News tagged with quality habitat

NOAA releases status on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary marine resources

NOAA scientists have found that pressure from increasing coastal populations, ship and boat groundings, marine debris, poaching, and climate change are critically threatening the health of the Florida Keys ecosystem. Many ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Limits for mountain trail use identified

A new study on human impact to wildlife in some of Canada's most popular national parks has identified limits at which trails can be used before ecological disturbance takes place. The study led by University of Calgary Masters ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Continental-scale research project thinks big about water quality

We drink it, we bathe in it and we play in it. Water is essential to our everyday lives, yet water quality in streams and lakes can be profoundly influenced by the organisms that live in these habitats.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows that soil calcium limits forest songbirds

Acid rain and subsequent calcium depletion of forest soils in eastern North America may be limiting forest songbird populations, according to a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study provides insight on energy development and sage-grouse habitat in the intermountain West

A study released October 14th in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE will shed new light on oil and gas development potential in the Intermountain West. Maps accompanying the study show the impacts to gre ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0