The drive to decrease the ecological impact of production machines is leading manufactures to focus on novel ways to incorporate energy efficiency in the designing of new products. One answer is the first-ever ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

The loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States could permanently change the area's hydrologic cycle, reports a new study by U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Coweeta Hydrologic ...

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new Ecological Applications paper, which highlights the ecolog ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 01, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 2 |

The pressures of global trade may heighten disease incidence by dictating changes in land use. A boom in disease-carrying ticks and chiggers has followed the abandonment of rice cultivation in Taiwanese paddies, say ecologist ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new carbon cycling model developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory better accounts for the carbon dioxide-releasing activity of microbes in the ground, improving scientists' understanding ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

Minute amounts of copper from brake linings and mining operations can affect salmon to where they are easily eaten by predators, says a Washington State University researcher. Jenifer McIntyre found the metal ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

For more than 30 years, scientists at the Harvard Forest have scaled towers into the forest canopy and measured the trunks of trees to track how much carbon is stored or lost from the woods each year. This treasure trove ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world’s most popular weed killer, Roundup, can cause amphibians to change shape, according to research published today in Ecological Applications. 

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

The land around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks might look like it's filling up with people and houses, but it's nothing compared to the rate of development around some other U.S. national parks, according to a new ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

During peak migration days in the early 1900s, tens of thousands of canvasback ducks could be seen floating and diving on Minnesota's Lake Christina. Since midcentury, changes to the lake have diminished this grand, iconic ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 27, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

Even though wildfires have increased in size over time, they haven't necessarily grown in severity nor had corresponding negative impacts to the ecosystem, according to a recently published study appearing in the journal ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

Europe's streams will in future be more heavily polluted with insecticides than before. This is the conclusion of a study by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) for which scientists compared ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 06, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Fishermen care about more than the quantity of fish in a pond. Access, beauty, distance from home and fishing regulations play into the choice of which lake to fish on a given Saturday. How deep into the woods will fishermen ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 18, 2011 not rated yet 0

Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists recently used long-term data from the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory (Coweeta) in Western North Carolina to examine the feasibility of managing forests ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 28, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

Baylor University, in collaboration with the U.S Forest Service (USFS) Rocky Mountain Research Station, has developed a model that predicts the risk of wetland habitat loss based on local wetland features and characteristics ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 18, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0