Specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic chemical associated with tires entering our waterways by more than 90 percent, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2023
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The McCloud River redband trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, is newly identified as its own distinct subspecies of rainbow trout in a study from the University of California, Davis. It is the first newly identified subspecies ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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Microplastics—tiny particles generated as plastics weather and fragment—pose a growing threat to ecosystem and human health. A new laboratory study shows these threats extend beyond direct physical or chemical impacts, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2023
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In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state's commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination ...
Environment
Nov 21, 2022
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The world's oceans can no longer sustain the ever-rising demand for fish. Aquaculture offers an alternative approach—if production is sustainable and high quality. INRAE, the Aqualande group and its selective breeding company ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2022
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Awareness of non-native—often called "invasive"—species has vastly increased over the past half-century, to the point where anyone with a green conscience has heard of them and their negative impacts.
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2022
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The number of trout in a southern Oregon stream system showed no decline one year after a fire burned almost the entire watershed, including riparian zone trees that had helped maintain optimal stream temperatures for the ...
Ecology
Oct 4, 2022
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Over 1 million dams and culverts (tunnels that encircle rivers passing under roads) block the movements of fish and other wildlife in Europe. Scientists estimate that less than 1% of catchments in the U.K. are free of obstruction. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2022
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Clad in waders and knee-deep in a clear stream, fly fishers pay attention to everything swimming, crawling and flying around them, often getting a close look at nature's wonders.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2022
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Otters learn skills from each other—but they also solve some mysteries alone, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2022
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