 Web tool puts wildlife diseases on the map May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new online map makes it possible, for the first time, to track news of disease outbreaks around the world that threaten the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and people. | |
Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When it comes to using distiller’s grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference. | |
Keeping yields, profits and water quality high May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
One of the key questions facing agriculturalists in the 21st century is how to produce adequate amounts of food and farm income while protecting environmental quality. Diversified, low-external-input (LEI) farming systems ... | |
 Amazon under threat from cleaner air May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature. | |
 First-of-its-kind 14-country study ranks consumers according to environmental behavior May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan today unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. “Greendex™ ... | |
Ponds found to take up carbon like world's oceans May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans. | |
Study shows mercury levels from products decreasing, though still at dangerous levels May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A recent study shows that mercury releases from products in the U.S. declined dramatically between 1990 and 2005, but that they continue to be a significant source of environmental contamination. Mercury released from products ... | |
Finding the real potential of no-till farming for sequestering carbon May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The potential of no-tillage (NT) soils for increasing the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool must be critically and objectively assessed. Most of the previous studies about SOC accrual in NT soils have primarily focused on the ... | |
Sounding out Congo Red May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Brightly colored dyes such as the shimmering Congo Red commonly used in silk clothing manufacture are notoriously difficult to dispose of in an environmentally benign way. | |
Ecological Impact of Bridge Design Is Not Trivial, UB Professors Say May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The latest delay in the construction of a new Peace Bridge between Buffalo and Ft. Erie, Ontario, may be trying the patience of Western New Yorkers, but the region has more to lose than time if it erects a bridge that destroys ... | |
 Fighting global warming — at the dinner table May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Substituting chicken, fish, or vegetables for red meat just once a week can help combat climate change — even more dramatically than buying locally sourced food, according to scientists in Pennsylvania who ... | |
Limitations of charcoal as an effective carbon sink May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a SLU paper in Science shows that charcoal promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon. | |
MSU research reaches Supreme Court of India May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists who study the 1,500-mile river. | |
Safe water? Lessons from Kazakhstan April 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Despite significant efforts to improve access to safe water and sanitation, a new report co-authored by an expert at The University of Nottingham, argues that much more needs to be done. | |
Aquaculture concept leaves judges 'goggle eyed' April 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Ronald Hoenig and Aaron Welch, both graduate students at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine UM Rosenstiel School students take home top prize in B-School's 6th Rothschild Entrepreneurship Competitionand ... | |
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