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New Report Documents the Effects of Climate Change on Greater Yellowstone Area

Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic Greater Yellowstone Area since 1950 because of climate change, and these trends will likely continue through the rest of the century, according to a climate report published today.

24 Jun 2021

New DNA Test to Transform Wild Fish Population Management

A DNA test developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, can improve management of wild fish populations for conservation or harvest by determining the ages of fishes.

24 Jun 2021

Coastal Overtopping can Significantly Accelerate Under More Severe Global Warming

In the last few decades, sea-level rise combined with waves, tides and storm surges has increased the overtopping of artificial and natural coastal protection by almost 50%.

21 Jun 2021

Sulfur-Based Mechanism of Carbon Storage Could Influence the Chemistry of Oceans in Future

The Black Sea is an unusual body of water: below a depth of 150 metres the dissolved oxygen concentration sinks to around zero, meaning that higher life forms such as plants and animals cannot exist in these areas.

18 Jun 2021

Aqua Perfecta Innovates for Clean Air Day with Pollution Postcode Checker

Aqua Perfecta is calling on the public this Clean Air Day (17 June) to check the potential pollutants in the air in their postcode.

17 Jun 2021

Pharmaceutical Pollution Causes Changes in Crayfish Behavior

Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems.

16 Jun 2021

Pesticides Heavily Contaminate Small Streams in Agricultural Landscape

Pesticides safeguard agricultural yields by controlling harmful insects, fungi, and weeds.

16 Jun 2021

Herring Larvae Study Reveals the Effects of Climate Change on the Baltic Sea Ecosystem

Data collected for over two decades shows that rising Baltic Sea water temperature is one of the main factors in the increasingly earlier appearance and faster growth of Baltic herring larvae.

16 Jun 2021

Jumeirah Group Celebrates Conservation Efforts on World Sea Turtle Day

Jumeirah Group’s Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project released 30 sea turtles back into their natural habitat today, in celebration of World Sea-Turtle Day on 16 June.

16 Jun 2021

Sustainable Water Management can Preserve Biodiversity 'Hotspots' Along California's Streams

A study of woodland ecosystems that provide habitat for rare and endangered species along streams and rivers throughout California reveals that some of these ecologically important areas are inadvertently benefitting from water that humans are diverting for their own needs.

15 Jun 2021