Genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish, indicates a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth's most agriculturally productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of rice, shrimp, and fruit. The 18m inhabitants of this low-lying river delta are also some ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2018
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Agriculture and domestic activities consume much of the Colorado River water that once flowed to the Colorado Delta and Northern Gulf of California. The nature and extent of impact of this fresh-water loss on the ecology ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2017
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NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts.
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2017
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Rising sea levels and human activities are fast creating a "worst case scenario" for Native Americans of the Mississippi Delta who stand to lose not just their homes, but their irreplaceable heritage, to climate change.
Environment
Oct 23, 2017
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River deltas, with their intricate networks of waterways, coastal barrier islands, wetlands and estuaries, often appear to have been formed by random processes, but scientists at the University of California, Irvine and other ...
Mathematics
Oct 19, 2017
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Deltas are important ecosystems, where freshwater meets the sea, and where people for centuries have been engaged in agriculture and fishing. Today, most of the deltas in the world are drowning because of increased human ...
Environment
Oct 4, 2017
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Human interference in river deltas is massive. And despite global concerns about river delta degradation, human activity in the world's largest deltas still intensifies. The extraction of natural resources, sediment retention ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2017
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The thawing permafrost soils in the Arctic regions might contribute to the greenhouse effect in two respects: On the one hand, rising temperatures lead to higher microbial methane production close to the surface. On the other ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2017
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Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to route much of California's mightiest river into two massive tunnels poses new perils for salmon and other struggling native species, but could give them a couple of breaks as well, experts and project ...
Ecology
Jul 1, 2017
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