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Soil Samples Reveal Urban Mercury Footprints
July 19, 2011 — A new study has investigated mercury deposits in industrialized city soil near coal-fired power plants. While wind patterns vary by cities, the process in various urban areas is similar with mercury ... > full story -
Geographers Predict Increasing Rate of Amazon Deforestation
July 14, 2011 — A team of geographers has proved what environmental scientists have suspected for years: Increasing the production of soybean and biofuel crops in Brazil increases deforestation in the Amazon. ... > full story -
Dust Storms: New Way to Undercut Dust Emissions
July 14, 2011 — There is literally a way to undercut dust emissions in the very driest parts of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia Plateau region, according to an agricultural ... > full story -
New UK Land Cover Map Shows Habitat Distributions in Countryside
July 5, 2011 — The UK’s new Land Cover Map was recently completed, providing a continuous coverage of habitat distributions across the countryside at a 25m resolution. The map was developed using a ... > full story -
Most of World's 'Missing Species' Live in Known Hotspots, Study Finds
July 4, 2011 — Most of the world's "missing" or undiscovered species live in regions already identified by scientists as conservation priorities, according to a new ... > full story -
Assessing Agroforestry's Advantages: Scientists Develop Model to Assess the Impact Agroforestry Windbreaks Have on Farming Operations
June 30, 2011 — Agroforestry can provide production benefits while capturing substantial amounts of carbon on agricultural lands. Research is being conducted towards developing a method of accurately determining ... > full story -
Predicting Locations for Deer Vs. Car Collisions
June 30, 2011 — Researchers have produced a map of Edmonton, in the western Canadian province of Alberta, predicting the most likely locations where vehicles will collide with deer. These collisions can be fatal for ... > full story -
Fire Brings Communities Together and Increases Trust in Government
June 30, 2011 — As homes and cities expand closer to forests and wildlands across the American West, increasing wildfire threats have created an unlikely new phenomena -- confidence in government. Recent studies ... > full story -
Tropical Birds Return to Harvested Rainforest Areas in Brazil
June 28, 2011 — Bird species in rainforest fragments in Brazil that were isolated by deforestation disappeared then reappeared over a quarter-century, according to new ... > full story -
Land Use Change Influences Continental Water Cycle
June 28, 2011 — Forests, and tropical forests in particular, play an important role in the global water cycle. Scientists have recently shown that evaporation from the Amazon forest is for more than 50% responsible ... > full story
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