University of Miami (UM) doctoral student in Environmental Science and Policy, David Shiffman was invited to tweet updates in real-time, at the International Congress of Conservation Biology, New Zealand, ...

Technology - Internet

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 1

A Flinders University researcher is digging up the past to solve problems of the future.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

We often hear that technology is advancing so fast that society cannot keep up. But in reality, social change is intimately linked to technology changes, and that expectations of what technology can bring changes in intensity.

Technology - Other

Mar 15, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

New research on household pesticide contamination emphasizes the need for less reliance on pesticides and more emphasis on neatness, blocking cracks where insects can enter and other so-called "integrated ...

Chemistry - Other

Mar 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Aging sewer systems are spilling a considerable amount of nitrogen into urban watersheds, diminishing both the quality of water and ecosystems' habitats. However, many studies documenting the impacts of nitrogen on urban ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory—a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any other ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A paper published in the journal Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts by NPL's Richard Brown is featured as the cover story and named as a 'HOT article' on the journal's blog.

Space & Earth - Environment

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(Phys.org) —It was often assumed marine plankton would be easy prey, especially in the dense viscosity of colder waters, but that is not necessarily so.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Pulp and paper producers are among Canada's most important industries and also one of the largest producers of wastewater. Estimating the greenhouse gas emissions in this wastewater has become a priority for the industry.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

According to Finnish-Estonian joint research with data obtained on two crustacean species, there is apparently no reason to consider silver nanoparticles more dangerous for aquatic ecosystems than silver ions. The results ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Feb 28, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 1

In folklore, storks' strong white wings would carry babies to parents around the world. But since the mid 1980s increasing numbers of storks have stopped their annual migration from Northern Europe to Africa ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 1

Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land available for growing fuel crops by almost 80 percent. Their report appears ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in Boston University's Department of Earth and Environment have developed a new, bottom-up model for measuring on-road vehicle emissions. The model will be used in Massachusetts to more ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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(Phys.org)—Two compact laboratories inside NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have ingested portions of the first sample of rock powder ever collected from the interior of a rock on Mars. ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

Researchers at Umeå University conclude that public opposition to dam removal is not based on knowledge deficiency, as is sometimes argued in dam removal science. It is instead a case of different understandings ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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