Data from the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS), which was created as a collision avoidance tool, can provide information about global fishing activity, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. ...
Ecology
Nov 2, 2022
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The sounds of chainsaws and woodchippers and the sights of stands of dead trees have become more familiar in recent years across Connecticut. Forests are under stress and are being lost—an average of 13 acres of forests ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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Poor water management and excessive extraction are the primary causes of declining flow and the poor state of Australia's Darling River, a new study has found.
Environment
Oct 24, 2022
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Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks' storage. But our new research finds over ...
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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A new species of nuisance algae, which was formally described in 2020 by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa experts, continues to smother more reefs and coral at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. However, an early ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2022
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California's reservoirs will enter fall in a slightly better position than last year, but the Golden State should prepare for more dryness, extreme weather events and water quality hazards in 2023, officials say.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2022
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Genetic information is a critical part of conservation research but has proven invasive and costly—until now.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2022
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A radical decentralisation of politics and decision-making in Iran is needed to allow Kurdish communities to benefit from natural resources, experts have argued.
Political science
Sep 3, 2022
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Cities can have many benefits when designed well, including reducing carbon imprints. Another way cities can improve their environmental impact is by using "low-impact development" with regard to water management. It is also ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2022
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The American River Basin in central California expects to see increasing temperatures and a declining snowpack through the end of the 21st century. The Bureau of Reclamation released the American River Basin Study today, ...
Environment
Aug 31, 2022
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