More than 1,700 miles of Appalachian stream channels have been damaged by mining spoils
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At the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) 95th Annual Meeting…
Ultrafine pollution particles incite inflammation deep in the lungs
admin @ July 2, 2010 #
A study done by a team of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists has…
Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is expected to be larger than average
admin @ June 28, 2010 #
According to the University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues this year’s…
Importance of flowering plants in ever–wet rainforest regions
admin @ June 16, 2010 #
In their study C. Kevin Boyce and Jung–Eun Lee at the University of Chicago…
The ocean crust may be the largest biological reservoir on our planet
admin @ June 14, 2010 #
Beth Orcutt, a post-doctoral fellow at Aarhus University in Denmark and the University…
Observed biome shifts due to climate change
admin @ June 8, 2010 #
Based on their study researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service…
Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities as a significant source of pharmaceuticals to the environment
admin @ June 7, 2010 #
According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted in…
Impacts of urban development on streams
admin @ June 4, 2010 #
According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) the number…
Landscape limnology
admin @ June 3, 2010 #
Scientists from the Michigan State University (MSU)…
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under threat from mountain pine beetle
admin @ June 2, 2010 #
Unprecedented outbreak of mountain pine beetle in GYE…
John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
admin @ June 1, 2010 #
John Marshall, an oceanographer in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, spoke to MIT News about the deep-sea catastrophe and the long, difficult cleanup ahead.
International Day for Biological Diversity – 22 May
admin @ May 21, 2010 #
International Day for Biological Diversity – 22 May
Oceans more acidic than they have ever been for at least 20 million years
admin @ May 19, 2010 #
Impacts of Ocean Acidification…
Chemicals from Seaweeds Can Damage Coral
admin @ May 12, 2010 #
A field study conducted during 2008 and 2009 has shown for the first time…
MPAs – a slow but effective tool for conserving Mediterranean red coral populations
admin @ May 12, 2010 #
A team of Spanish and French scientists has analysed the three oldest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)…
Improving water quality using algae
admin @ May 10, 2010 #
According to Microbiologist Walter Mulbry at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS)…
ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers has been discovered
admin @ April 27, 2010 #
A deep ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers…
Ocean will continue to become more acidic
admin @ April 22, 2010 #
According to a study done by the National Research Council, Washington…
Global ratios of nitrogen and carbon in the environment are linked: Presence of sufficient organic carbon keeps the nitrates at a low level
admin @ April 22, 2010 #
A new study done by the researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that the ratio between nitrates…
Eukaryotic phytoplankton capable of carbon fixation
admin @ April 15, 2010 #
Scientists at the University of Warwick and the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton…
Insect-feeding animals aid plant growth
admin @ April 7, 2010 #
In a study done by ecologist Kailen A. Mooney…
Engineering yeast to transform sugars more efficiently into alcohols
admin @ March 29, 2010 #
Dr Weber and Professor Eckhard Boles also from Frankfurt University have worked out…
Current Climate Mitigation Efforts not adequate
admin @ February 23, 2010 #
In their article ‘A Very Inconvenient Truth’ Charles H. Greene…
38 percent of world’s surface in danger of desertification
admin @ February 10, 2010 #
According to researchers from the Institute of Agro Food Research and Technology…
E85 could cause greater risk to public health than gasoline
admin @ December 14, 2009 #
In a new study, researchers at Stanford University have found that E85…