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Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

According to a research team from Cardiff University, in association with the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a strain of useful bacteria could be repurposed to produce a sustainable, safe, and natural substitute to synthetic chemical pesticides.

5 Mar 2019

Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Recently, the city officials of Los Angeles have announced that by 2035, the city would recycle 100% of its wastewater by taking initiatives to markedly enhance water conservation and reduce dependency on imported water.

4 Mar 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystem in the Western United States

Leander Anderegg (Carnegie Institution for Science) and Janneke Hille Ris Lambers (University of Washington) have reported in their new study that climate plays an important role in determining which tree communities will grow under severe conditions on the mountain slopes of the Western United States.

26 Feb 2019

New Model for Predicting Pharmaceutical Concentrations in Freshwater Sources Worldwide

An investigation by environmental professionals at Radboud University has revealed that in the last 20 years, there has been an increase in pharmaceutical concentrations in freshwater sources across the globe.

25 Feb 2019

Young Regrowing Forests Found to be Major Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

A study at the University of Birmingham shows that more than half of the carbon sink in the forests across the globe is in the regions where trees are comparatively young—less than 140 years—and not in the tropical rainforests.

19 Feb 2019

Usual Household Chores Prove to be Greater Source of Global Atmospheric Air Pollution

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have found that cleaning, cooking, and other regular household chores create considerable levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, resulting in indoor air quality levels to be comparable with a polluted major city.

18 Feb 2019

Study Emphasizes the Need to Significantly Ramp Up Efforts to Protect World’s Inland Waters

According to new research by the JRC, around 15% of the world’s inland surface water areas come under protected areas.

6 Feb 2019

EU Gets Closer to Circular Plastics Economy with New Rules to Reduce Marine Litter

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional political agreement on the ambitious new measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter at its source, targeting the 10 plastic products most often found on our beaches as well as abandoned fishing gear.

15 Jan 2019

Studying the Effect of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems

When a nor’easter struck the East Coast in early January 2018, a record-breaking high tide made several streets in Boston inaccessible, and in Boston’s Seaport District, seawater rushed down Seaport Boulevard.

28 Dec 2018

Even Slight Changes in Oxygen Levels Can have Big Consequences for Tiny Marine Organisms

According to the findings of oceanographers at The University of Rhode Island, even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have significant impact on tiny marine organisms known as zooplankton.

20 Dec 2018

Ecosystems News

Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystem in the Western United States

New Model for Predicting Pharmaceutical Concentrations in Freshwater Sources Worldwide

Young Regrowing Forests Found to be Major Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

Usual Household Chores Prove to be Greater Source of Global Atmospheric Air Pollution

Study Emphasizes the Need to Significantly Ramp Up Efforts to Protect World’s Inland Waters

EU Gets Closer to Circular Plastics Economy with New Rules to Reduce Marine Litter

Studying the Effect of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems

Even Slight Changes in Oxygen Levels Can have Big Consequences for Tiny Marine Organisms

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