In an effort to advance the field of coastal restoration, The Nature Conservancy and a team of scientists from more than a dozen management agencies and research institutions led by the University of Cambridge conducted an ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 12, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Offshore winds pushed a giant oil slick closer to the Louisiana coast Thursday amid a frenzied effort by authorities to contain what one official said had become a disaster of "national significance."

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 29, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 3

Rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world's river deltas from an array of threats, Indiana University Bloomington geologist Douglas A. ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 03, 2009 4 / 5 (2) 0

LSU researchers have identified a link between the diversity of crops grown in farmlands and the pollution they create in lakes and rivers. In a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View paper, these ecologists show t ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 11, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 1

(AP) -- New pressures on the nation's oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 21, 2009 3 / 5 (2) 0