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Study Emphasizes Role of Biodiversity in Maintaining Land Fertility and Productivity in Arid Areas

The multiple aspects of vegetable biodiversity in 123 arid and semi-arid ecosystems around the world have been explored by a Spanish and French team of scientists, including Universidad de Alicante (UA) researcher Santiago Soliveres, members of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, the National Agronomy Research Institute of France (INRA), and the Spanish National Research Council.

5 Apr 2019

ACOR and Boomerang Alliance Announce the 5 Big Waste Policies for Federal Election

The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) and national recycling campaign group, the Boomerang Alliance, have today released their 5 priority actions the next Commonwealth Government needs to implement to solve Australia’s waste and recycling crisis.

13 Mar 2019

World-First Research Shows How Beaches Clean Our Oceans

They are invisible to the human eye, but they are there – millions of microbes in our beaches, breaking down the rubbish in our waters.

12 Mar 2019

National Academies of Sciences Representatives Hand Over Recommendations for Improving Marine Conservation

On March 6th, 2019, representatives from the national academies of sciences of the G20 countries delivered recommendations to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Tokyo, Japan, for later consultation at the 2019 G20 summit.

7 Mar 2019

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

Ecosystems News

Study Emphasizes Role of Biodiversity in Maintaining Land Fertility and Productivity in Arid Areas

ACOR and Boomerang Alliance Announce the 5 Big Waste Policies for Federal Election

World-First Research Shows How Beaches Clean Our Oceans

National Academies of Sciences Representatives Hand Over Recommendations for Improving Marine Conservation

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

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