Most Michigan and Pennsylvania residents say fracking is good for the economy, but have concerns about chemicals used and other environmental risks, according to a University of Michigan survey.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A lengthy battle over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which aims to funnel oil from Canada's tar sands to coastal Texas, heads to the most hotly contested area along the route Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 18, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

South Africa announced its opposition to a total ban on rhino trophy exports, saying it has beefed up hunt rules amid a poaching crisis that has killed 96 animals this year.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 13, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0

Brazil's new forestry code—approved last year at the urging of the powerful agrobusiness sector—faced a constitutional challenge Tuesday from federal prosecutors afraid it threatens the Amazon rainforest.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 1

England's wettest year on record. Severe heat waves in Russia. Droughts in the US. The past year has been characterised by extreme weather across the world. Protecting the Amazon rainforest – one of the ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 10, 2013 not rated yet 2

The Endangered Species Act (ESA)—the key US law protecting species listed as threatened or endangered—focuses on boosting species' numbers until they reach recovery thresholds and so can be taken off the ESA list. Almost ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new strategy to manage invasive species and achieve broader conservation goals is being tested in the Grand River Grasslands, an area within the North American tallgrass prairie ecoregion. A University of ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Landowners can reduce wildfire risks to houses, cabins and outbuildings by creating defensible spaces around them, according to wildfire experts.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Your next bite of an organically grown apple may hold within it a tiny bit of a Washington forest.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 14, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

An endangered Florida bird may have some unexpected help in its struggle for survival, according to a new University of Florida study.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 24, 2011 not rated yet 0

Something strange happened in 1973. Republican president Richard Nixon -- who the year before had stated, "this is not the land of quotas and restrictions" -- signed the Endangered Species Act into law.

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2011 not rated yet 1

A geographical map depicting landowners’ loyalties to the restored King Charles II after the English Civil War has shown that contrary to popular opinion, peace was not assured in the 1660s, long after ...

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 02, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Social housing provision in Northern Ireland is not adequately funded to comply with international human rights standards. That's according to researchers at Queen's University Belfast, who publish their report, Budgeting ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 27, 2010 not rated yet 0

The results of a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study that rapidly measures stream habitat have been adopted by a government agency working with private landowners to restore waterways throughout the U.S.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 18, 2009 not rated yet 0