International investigation discovers bald eagles' killer
The alarm bells began ringing when dozens of eagles were found dead near an Arkansas lake.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2021
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News tagged with natural resource
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity
Nearly 2,000 active landfills are spread across the U.S., with the majority of garbage discarded by homes and businesses finding its way to a landfill. The resulting chemicals and toxins that build up at these sites can then ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2021
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The Blue Economy is more than resources: It has to focus on social equity and governance
The future of an equitable and sustainable global ocean, or "Blue Economy," depends on more than the resources available for technological advancement and industry expansion. A recent UBC-led study found that socioeconomic ...
Environment
Mar 17, 2021
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Lessons learned in Burkina Faso can contribute to a new decade of forest restoration
Forest landscape restoration is attaining new global momentum this year under the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), an initiative launched by the United Nations. Burkina Faso, in West Africa, is one country that ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2021
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It's time to bolster women in conservation
Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to research.
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2021
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Tourism desperately wants a return to the 'old normal' but that would be a disaster
With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 has not been enough to shift the trajectory, nor has it prompted polluting sectors of the economy to reconsider the harms they ...
Economics & Business
Feb 19, 2021
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New study evaluates the advancement of ecology from a 2-D to 3-D science
A new study, published in Bioscience, considers the future of ecology, where technological advancement towards a multidimensional science will continue to fundamentally shift the way we view, explore, and conceptualize the ...
Ecology
Feb 17, 2021
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Researcher expands plant genome editing with newly engineered variant of CRISPR-Cas9
Alongside Dennis van Engelsdorp, associate professor at the University of Maryland (UMD) in Entomology named for the fifth year in a row for his work in honey bee and pollinator health, Yiping Qi, associate professor in Plant ...
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2021
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Landmark climate policy faces growing claims of environmental racism
When California passed its landmark cap-and-trade law in 2006, supporters were hopeful that the program would provide the template for other states—and eventually the federal government—to solve the climate crisis.
Environment
Dec 24, 2020
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Can sting rays and electric rays help us map the ocean floor?
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have completed a feasibility study indicating that electric rays and sting rays equipped with pingers will be able to map the seabed through ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2020
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