News tagged with restoration
Look ma, no mercury in fillings!
Tooth enamel is hardest material in the human body because it's made almost entirely of minerals. As tough as it may be, however, enamel can be broken down by bacteria, forming cavities and eventually destroying the tooth. ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction
The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) in September. The 2.6-acre ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Lagoon size can be predicted
(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Conservation targets too small to stop extinction: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conservation biologists are setting their minimum population size targets too low to prevent extinction, according to a new study led by University of Adelaide.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Living, Meandering River Constructed
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of reverse-engineering, Christian Braudrick of University of California at Berkeley and three coauthors have successfully built and maintained a scale model of a living meandering ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Tennessee foresters helping to return chestnuts to American forests
The American chestnut was a dominant species in eastern U.S.'s forests before a blight wiped it out in the early 1900s. Today it's being returned to the landscape thanks in part to work by a University of ...
Sep 23, 2009 |
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New water-depth evaluation system will aid Everglades research, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discuss Everglades restoration, one phrase pops up again and again -- "getting the water right."
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Scientists warn restoration-based environmental markets may not improve ecosystem health
While policymakers across of the globe are relying on environmental restoration projects to fuel emerging market-based environmental programs, an article in the July 31 edition of Science by two noted ecologists warns that t ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Researchers find fertile pastures
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers are breaking new ground in rainforest regeneration.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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NOAA chief says new ocean uses creating conflicts
(AP) -- New pressures on the nation's oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it (Update)
(AP) -- NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Cameron Davis appointed as Great Lakes czar
(AP) -- Cameron Davis, leader of a Chicago-based environmentalist group, has been appointed to oversee President Barack Obama's initiative to clean up the Great Lakes.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Obama wants to pump $475M into Great Lakes cleanup
(AP) -- A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes.
May 15, 2009 |
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Large sponges may be reattached to coral reefs
April 27, 2009 - A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally applied to the restoration of oth ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Cropland diversity reduces nitrogen pollution
LSU researchers have identified a link between the diversity of crops grown in farmlands and the pollution they create in lakes and rivers. In a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View paper, these ecologists show t ...
Feb 11, 2009 |
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