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Posted October 3, 2008:

• Similarity Of Urban Flora: Plants In Towns And Cities Are More Closely Related Than Those In The Countryside
• Turning Freshwater Farm Ponds Into Crab Farms
• Decline In Alaskan Sea Otters Affects Bald Eagles' Diet

Posted October 2, 2008:

• New Dinosaur Species, Pachyrhinosaur Lakustai, Had Bony Frill And Horns
• From Mothballs To Mobilization: Taking The Salt Out Of Sea Water
• Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002
• Atlantic Wolffish: Fearsome Fish That Deserve Protection?

Posted October 1, 2008:

• Commercial Aquatic Plants Offer Cost-effective Method For Treating Wastewater

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Carbonate-hosted Avalon-type Fossils In Arctic Siberia

Posted September 29, 2008:

• Warming Of 4 Degrees Celsius Depressed Plant Growth And Reduced Land Carbon Absorption
• Ancient Arctic Ice Could Tell Us About Future Of Permafrost

Posted September 28, 2008:

• Seabird Ammonia Emissions Contribute To Atmospheric Acidity
• Effect Of Climate Change On Animal Diversity

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Field Of The Future: Ecological Experiment Simulates Conditions In 2100
• The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave In The Rocks?

Posted September 25, 2008:

• Plants In Forest Emit Aspirin Chemical To Deal With Stress; Discovery May Help Agriculture
• Ocean Floor Geysers Warm Flowing Sea Water
• Homeowner Perceptions In Fire-prone Areas

Posted September 24, 2008:

• Lack Of Large-scale Experiments Slows Progress Of Environmental Restoration
• Flooding Might Help Lower Gas Emission From Wetlands
• Type Of Plankton -- Food Source For Many Fish -- Has Ability To Survive Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2008:

• Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories
• Modest Carbon Dioxide Cutbacks May Be Too Little, Too Late For Coral Reefs

Posted September 22, 2008:

• Solution To Global Fisheries Collapse? 'Catch Shares' Could Rescue Failing Fisheries, Protect The Ocean

Posted September 21, 2008:

• Global Warming's Ecosystem Double Whammy

Posted September 19, 2008:

• Ship-induced Waves Affect Snails, Crabs And Insect Larvae In Sandy Lakes And Rivers

Posted September 18, 2008:

• Significant Increase In Alien Plants In Europe Observed

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Biological Selenium Removal: Solution To Pollution?
• Arctic Sea Ice At Lowest Recorded Level Ever

Posted September 15, 2008:

• Nanoscale Silver: No Silver Lining?

Posted September 13, 2008:

• Math Model Helps Unravel Relationship Between Nutrients And Biodiversity

Posted September 10, 2008:

• How Plants Fine Tune Their Natural Chemical Defenses
• Silent Streams? Escalating Endangerment For North American Freshwater Fish

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Potential New Threat For Coral Reefs And Health Of Communities In The Tropics
• Urbanization Reconfigures Surface Hydrology

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Alpine Fungi Collected In Beartooth Mountains Of Montana

Posted September 4, 2008:

• Complex Ocean Behavior Studied With 'Artificial Upwelling'
• Wolves Would Rather Eat Salmon

Posted September 3, 2008:

• Biological Invasions Increasing Due To Freshwater Impoundments, Says Study
• Black-footed Ferrets Sired By Dead Males Via Frozen Sperm

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Thawing Permafrost Likely To Boost Global Warming, New Assessment Concludes
• Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary In Fair Condition, Facing Emerging Threats

Posted September 1, 2008:

• 'Lost World' Beneath Caribbean To Be Explored

Posted August 28, 2008:

• Protection Zones In The Wrong Place To Prevent Coral Reef Collapse
• Multinational Oceanographic Cruises To Study Climate Change In The Mediterranean & Black Sea

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Is Extinction Or Diversity On The Rise? Study Of Islands Reveals Surprising Results

Posted August 26, 2008:

• Even Seaweeds Get Sunburned
• Ecological Society Of America Criticizes Administration's Overhaul Of The Endangered Species Act

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