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Ecology Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Ecology.

Results 1 - 20 of 3,481 in Ecology

  1. SFA faculty to be honored at annual GalaRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Gilmer Mirror

    ... Dec. 12, at the Baker Pattillo Student Center. Dr. David Kulhavy, professor of forest entomology and landscape ecology, is the recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching, and Dr. Warren C. Conway, associate professor of wildlife ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  2. Soon, a certificate course in ornithologyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Indian Express

    In a bid to promote scientific awareness about birds, avian ecology and conservation aspects among people, the ELA foundation and M E S Abasaheb Garware College will conduct the sixth certificate course in basic ornithology from December 7. According to a press note, the course structure includes the history of ornithology, evolution of birds, ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  3. Protecting the forests, and hoping for paybackRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Chattanooga Times Free Press

    ... not as big a carbon pulse to the atmosphere as people think." Law, along with Mark E. Harmon, a professor of forest ecology at Oregon State, and others say that forest policy should be tailored to individual forests and that the risk of carbon ...

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    Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Global Warming

  4. Reflections on the Origin of Species : Greg Laden's BlogRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Cognitive Daily

    ... by the influential Louis Agassiz, had several God-made origins each representing a different combination of habitat, ecology, climate, and human race. Ice ages would periodically wipe everything out and then God would replace the bits, much like how ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Evolution Debate

  5. Ecologist sounds out bird numbersRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | The Otago Daily Times

    ... endangered species. The scientists' work, reported on Friday in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, is being regarded as a major advance because it enables scientists to monitor bird populations using an acoustic technique ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  6. Middle East executives agree: Governments need to do more to require...Read the original story w/Photo

    14 hrs ago | AME Info

    ... alleviation are either not relevant or not currently being addressed by their companies. Considering the fragile ecology and geo-political context of the region, Sustainability Advisory Group, together with many of the respondents, believe that ...

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    Related Topix: United Arab Emirates, Middle East, World News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  7. Saving wild Florida, one camera click at a timeRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Tallahassee Democrat

    ... to achieve lasting conservation, you cannot do it through science alone," said Ward, who earned a master's degree in ecology from the University of Florida in 2007. "In the calendar, we have the state's leading photographers, shooting in a very ...

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    Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Crawfordville, FL, Science, Walton County, FL

  8. Group seeks to halt Ark. sewage treatment plantRead the original story w/Photo

    16 hrs ago | Tulsa World

    ... Illinois River basin, which is already impaired by phosphorous. STIR is asking the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, which sets environmental policy for that state, to reconsider the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's ...

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    Related Topix: Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Environmental Law, Law, Science, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  9. Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forestsRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

    ... the plundering of the forests. Decades of logging, mining and slash-and-burn farming have destroyed up to 90% of the ecology on the world's fourth largest island. The report called on the government to place rosewood and ebony under the protection ...

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  10. Biological research snapshotsRead the original story w/Photo

    17 hrs ago | The Times

    ... studied the colonisation by sessile biota of artificial reefs off Spinola Bay, Francesca Pia Gravino studied the ecology of three local cartilaginous fish species (several cartilaginous species are currently endangered as a result of ...

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    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Malta

  11. Clark's deed was dirty - Sun, 29 Nov 2009 PSTRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | Spokesman Review

    ... click on "Reducing phosphorus pollution" in the right-hand column. Jani Gilbert Communications manager Department of Ecology, Eastern Region

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  12. Officials say nitrogen deposition big concern for RockyRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | Fort Collins Coloradoan

    ... other industrial sources is deposited into the water and soil at high elevations. The nitrogen wreaks havoc on the ecology of alpine lakes and mountain soil, starving fish of nutrients, altering the chemistry of trees and plants and increasing ...

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    Related Topix: US National Parks, Rocky Mountain National Park, US National Parks, Science, Chemistry

  13. Oiled wildlife rescue and response goes mobileRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Islands' Weekly

    Officials from the Washington departments of Ecology and Fish & Wildlife got a firsthand demonstration today about how refining, oil handling and vessel shipping companies in the state can effectively set up a mobile response operation to rescue and care for wildlife affected by oil spills.

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  14. Widnes municipal golf club set to swing back into actionRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | Runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk

    ... the ground. The creation of a new channel for the brook will also provide an opportunity to make improvements to the ecology along the watercourse. The course will then be newly surfaced. Remediation is scheduled to take two years. Halton Council ...

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    Related Topix: United Kingdom, Widnes, England, Cheshire County, England, Merseyside County, England

  15. UA researchers retrace journeys of yoreRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | Tucson Region

    ... to a 4-degree Fahrenheit rise in the area's average temperatures. Their report, published last year in the journal Ecology, makes no grand claim for proving global warming. Miller-Rushing attributes much of the temperature change in the Concord area ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  16. Protecting new, improved Beaver BrookRead the original story w/Photo

    23 hrs ago | Boston.com

    ... access to more areas in the reservation; and finding ways for school groups to use the parkland for biology and ecology studies. Agency officials unveiled the plan at a Nov. 17 public hearing at the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Habitat Wildlife ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation, Cross Country Skiing, Winter Sports

  17. BC-FORESTS-CARBON-ART-605&ADD-NYTRead the original story

    Saturday | Ventura County Star

    ... not as big a carbon pulse to the atmosphere as people think." Law, along with Mark E. Harmon, a professor of forest ecology at Oregon State, and others say that forest policy should be tailored to individual forests and that the risk of carbon ...

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    Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Global Warming

  18. SUNDAY: Oklahoma group fights Arkansas sewage plantRead the original story

    Saturday | Tulsa World

    ... Illinois River basin, which is already impaired by phosphorous. STIR is asking the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission to reconsider the Arkansas Department of Environmental Qualitya TMs October permitting decision. STIR claims the ...

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    Related Topix: Tahlequah, OK, Science

  19. 'Gangs plunder Madagascar forests'Read the original story

    Saturday | Independent Online

    ... of the forests. Decades of logging, mining and slash-and-burn farming have destroyed up to 90 percent of the ecology on the world's fourth largest island. The report called on the government to place rosewood and ebony under the protection of the ...

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    Related Topix: Madagascar, World News, Africa, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  20. Island County's new $5 land fee is officialRead the original story

    Saturday | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    ... financial liability in case the special assessment is invalidated. They also approved a letter to the Department of Ecology supporting the Whidbey Island Conservation District's application for a 2011 Centennial Clean Water Funds for the Whidbey ...

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    Related Topix: Island County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Camano Island, WA