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UPM Engineers Improve Environmental Impact Assessment Technique for Mining Exploitation

Two engineers at the School of Mining and Energy Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have improved the technique known as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the specific case of mining exploitation.

22 Oct 2015

Biodiversity Could Help Protect Ecosystems from Extreme Climate

Can biodiversity help protect ecosystems from extreme conditions? That question is much on the minds of scientists and policy makers as a changing climate brings more wildly swinging conditions at the same time human activities reduce the number of species available to produce food and oxygen and help keep our planet in balance.

16 Oct 2015

Study Reveals Mercury Methylation Genes are Abundant in Nearly Every Oxygen-Free Environment

Thawing permafrost and contaminated sediment in marine coastal areas pose some of the greatest risks for the production of highly toxic methylmercury, according to findings published in the journal Science Advances.

12 Oct 2015

Scientists Quantify Direct Influence of Climate on Growth of Ecosystems

An international research team led by UCLA life scientists has, for the first time, quantified the direct influence of climate on the growth of ecosystems around the globe.

9 Oct 2015

Managing Environment for Predictable Outcomes Could Backfire

When it comes to using our natural resources, human beings want to know what we're going to get. We expect clean water every time we turn on the tap; beaches free of algae and bacteria; and robust harvests of crops, fish and fuel year after year. As a result, we try to manage the use of our resources in a way that minimizes their variability.

8 Oct 2015

Chile to Design Network of Marine Protected Areas

The Government of Chile announced today at the Our Oceans Summit in Valparaiso its plan to design a network of Marine Protected Areas for the purpose of safeguarding Patagonia’s whales, dolphins, sea lions, sea birds and other coastal biodiversity, an initiative that would expand the country’s protected waters by 100,000 square kilometers (more than 38,000 square miles).

8 Oct 2015