News tagged with environmental devastation

While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island

Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue ...

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7




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Company makes power bills more understandable, suggests how to save energy

It's often said that knowledge is power. Knowledge about power is what drives Opower, a 5-year-old online customer engagement platform.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evidence in ashes

The devastation of Black Saturday bushfires gave researchers an unparalleled opportunity to come up with bushfire answers.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Gold rush sweeps Latin America, Amazon suffers

A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight against big international projects.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds logging of tropical forests needn't devastate environment

Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

North Atlantic storm patterns throw light on 1987 gale

The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Could the Mekong's water destabilise Asia?

(Phys.org) -- South-East Asian nations surrounding the Lower Mekong Basin should put construction of hydro-electric dams on the Mekong River on hold if they want to avoid a human security disaster more reminiscent ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Climate change may create price volatility in the corn market

By the time today's elementary schoolers graduate from college, the U.S. corn belt could be forced to move to the Canadian border to escape devastating heat waves brought on by rising global temperatures. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Smartphone app now available to boost invasive species data collection

The new smartphone app for the Outsmart Invasive Species Project that lets people learn about, identify and report invasive species using an iPhone or Android is now available for free through iTunes and Google ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

History is key factor in plant disease, study finds

(Phys.org) -- The virulence of plant-borne diseases depends on not just the particular strain of a pathogen, but on where the pathogen has been before landing in its host, according to a new study from researchers ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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