Researchers from the Oil and Gas Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and their Skoltech colleagues have surveyed the newest known 30-meter deep gas blowout crater on the Yamal Peninsula, which formed in ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2021
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Eastern Australia's wetlands and waterbirds have partially recovered from the drought—but long-term trends remain concerning, an aerial survey by UNSW researchers has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2020
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Dr. Christophe Cleguer is on a mission to save the dugong. In doing so, he's saving a critical habitat for a host of other marine species.
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2020
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No longer will important information about severe storms across the country—information that could save countless lives—be simply gone with the wind.
Environment
Jun 14, 2019
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A leading conservation group has warned of surging elephant poaching in parts of Botswana and estimated nearly 400 were killed across the country in 2017 and 2018, according to a report published Thursday, adding to conservation ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2019
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Delta environments are low-lying and highly vulnerable to flooding and erosion by ocean waves. And these hazards are likely to increase as the world's climate changes and sea levels rise. Monitoring these hazards, and their ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2018
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A general misconception about estimating wildlife population is that it is a simple calculation of individual animals. Much like how we do a headcount at school, orangutans too, can be counted in a similar way in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2018
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska's northwest coast.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2018
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Groups of basking sharks ranging from as few as 30 to nearly 1,400 individual animals have been observed aggregating in waters from Nova Scotia to Long Island. While individual sightings are fairly common, seeing large groups ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2018
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As big as they are, Florida manatees aren't always so easy to find.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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