Ecology
Fish bones yield new tool for tracking coal ash contamination
DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University study shows that trace elements in a fish’s ear bones can be used to ...
A damming trend
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social ...
The fauna in the Antarctica is threatened by pathogens humans ...
The new study, which detected bacteria from humans in the genus Salmonella and Campylobacter in Antarctic and Subantarctic marine birds, ...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 ...
Scientists from the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter and the Ukrainian Institute of Agricultural Radiology sampled cow’s ...
Hurricanes: Stronger, slower, wetter in the future?
Scientists have developed a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would be different if they formed under the conditions ...
Hippo waste causes fish kills in Africa’s Mara River
(Millbrook, NY) Ecologists have long known that agricultural and sewage pollution can cause low oxygen conditions and fish kills in ...
New evidence that bullfrogs are to blame for deadly fungus ...
In the 1890s, settlers crossed the Rocky Mountains seeking new opportunities — and bearing frogs. A new study coauthored by ...
Study shows sea turtle nesting beaches threatened by microplastic pollution
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Plastic is famous for its unyielding durability, making it perfect for consumer products but a unique ...
More accurate estimates of methane emissions from dairy cattle developed
Leading the worldwide effort to get a better handle on methane emissions from animals, an international consortium of researchers devised ...
How biofuels from plant fibers could combat global warming
Scientists, companies and government agencies are hard at work on decreasing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In ...
