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Great Lakes Negatively Impacted by Climate Change

Climate change is having a direct negative effect on the Great Lakes, including impacts to recreational value, drinking water potential, and becoming more suited to invasive species and infectious pathogens, according to a Grand Valley State University researcher.

12 Aug 2014

Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

A drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety in humans and which regularly finds its way into surface waters through wastewater effluence has been shown to reduce mortality rates in fish.

8 Aug 2014

Paper on Dynamics of Assembling Food Webs Wins Ecological Society of America Award

Humans are known to alter the planet. One efficient way is by adding new species to ecosystems. People accidentally (and oftentimes deliberately) transport species from place to place in airplanes, boats and cars. Humans are known, too, to even remove a species entirely from its ecosystem by overhunting or by destroying the species’ habitat. What, if any, are the consequences of such actions? How do they impact ecosystems?

6 Aug 2014

Environmental Impact of Chemical Contamination in Shale Gas Production Needs to be Determined

As production of shale gas soars, the industry's effects on nature and wildlife remain largely unexplored, according to a study by a group of conservation biologists published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on August 1.

5 Aug 2014

Researchers Find Significant Knowledge Gaps on How Natural World Responds to Shale-Gas Operations

In the United States, natural-gas production from shale rock has increased by more than 700 percent since 2007. Yet scientists still do not fully understand the industry's effects on nature and wildlife, according to a report in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

1 Aug 2014

University of Chicago Completes Warren Woods Ecological Field Station in North America

The University of Chicago has completed the Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, the first Passive House-certified laboratory in North America and only the fifth worldwide. Built to Passive House standards -- an innovative design process that results in minimal energy requirements for heating and cooling -- the field station and accompanying cabins set a new benchmark for sustainable and energy-efficient educational facilities.

28 Jul 2014

New Study Reveals that Plants' Size, Age Impact Productivity More Than Temperature

The size and age of plants has more of an impact on their productivity than temperature and precipitation, according to a landmark study by University of Arizona researchers.

21 Jul 2014

NASA Embarks on Coordinated Ship and Aircraft Observation Campaign to Study Marine Ecology, Carbon Cycle

NASA embarks this week on a coordinated ship and aircraft observation campaign off the Atlantic coast of the United States, an effort to advance space-based capabilities for monitoring microscopic plants that form the base of the marine food chain.

18 Jul 2014

UD, Mt. Cuba Center Partner to Assess Ecological Value of Native Plants

The University of Delaware and Mt. Cuba Center have entered into a new research collaboration to assess the ecological value of native plants, and determine if insects are more attracted to "store bought" native plants or plants that grow in the wild.

9 Jul 2014

EPFL Doctoral Student Studies the Role of Flow Fluctuations in Local Sediment Transport

Transported by water or wind, sediments have a significant impact on the environment, and we cannot really quantify the magnitude of these events. A doctoral student at EPFL has proposed a new mathematical approach to these random phenomena.

27 May 2014

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Great Lakes Negatively Impacted by Climate Change

Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

Paper on Dynamics of Assembling Food Webs Wins Ecological Society of America Award

Environmental Impact of Chemical Contamination in Shale Gas Production Needs to be Determined

Researchers Find Significant Knowledge Gaps on How Natural World Responds to Shale-Gas Operations

University of Chicago Completes Warren Woods Ecological Field Station in North America

New Study Reveals that Plants' Size, Age Impact Productivity More Than Temperature

NASA Embarks on Coordinated Ship and Aircraft Observation Campaign to Study Marine Ecology, Carbon Cycle

UD, Mt. Cuba Center Partner to Assess Ecological Value of Native Plants

EPFL Doctoral Student Studies the Role of Flow Fluctuations in Local Sediment Transport

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