Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.

ESF, Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps Launch Bioblitz at Onondaga Lake

Hundreds of scientists, students and members of the public will gather along the shores of Onondaga Lake Sept. 12 and 13 to inventory and identify every…

An uphill climb for mountain species?

A recently published paper provides a history of scientific research on mountain ecosystems, looks at the issues threatening wildlife in these systems, and…

Underwater grass comeback bodes well for Chesapeake Bay

“This is a story about resilience,” said Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. “It's a powerful example of…

Natura 2000 could do a great deal more for nature protection

Overall, Europe's nature conservation areas are having a positive effect on maintaining biodiversity, but are not working for all species. In particular, there…

Lowering coal-fired power plant emissions may have saved 1,700 lives in 1 year

Scientists assessed the effects of one state's prescient restrictions on plant emissions in a report in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology….

Nature's tiny engineers

Conventional wisdom has long held that corals — whose calcium-carbonate skeletons form the foundation of coral reefs — are passive organisms that rely entirely…

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