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Evaluating ecosystem services
Environmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that preserving the benefits that whole ecosystems provide to people is more economically and environmentally valuable. At the Annual Meeting of... view more (2008-08-05)

Scientists warn that species extinction could reduce productivity of plants on Earth by half
An international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and contain fewer total plants -- a situation that could ultimately compromise important benefits that humans get from nature.   view more (2007-11-06)

Remicade therapy shown to improve productivity in patients treated for chronic plaque psoriasis
Investigators reported today at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting that patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis receiving REMICADE® (infliximab) induction and maintenance therapy experienced significant improvements in productivity at week 10, which were sustained... view more (2007-02-05)

The Arctic and Global Warming
A warmer Arctic Ocean may mean less food for the birds, fish, and baleen whales and be a significant detriment to that fragile and interconnected polar ecosystem, and that doesn't bode well for other ocean ecosystems in the future.   view more (2006-02-21)

Europe's fishermen should have marine "stewardship" role, says study
NORTH Sea fishermen should be allowed to play a greater part in taking care of the marine environment as part of a new strategy to protect the sea's wildlife and habitats.   view more (2004-12-13)

Brazilian Ecosystem to Benefit from Study
Scientists from the University of Dundee and the University of York hope to improve the long term sustainability of certain ecosystems after being awarded a £359,422 grant from the Natural Environment Research Council to investigate unusual bacteria that live in the roots of trees and shrubs... view more (2004-10-20)

Does climate change affect marine productivity?
The scientific magazine NATURE, a worldwide leader, has published an article of a research worker of the Basque foundation AZTI, Xabier Irigoien, about marine ecosystem. The prestigious scientific magazine NATURE has published in its last issue of September an article and cover, whose first author... view more (2002-09-26)

Discovering an ecosystem beneath a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf
The chance discovery of a vast ecosystem beneath the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf will allow scientists to explore the uncharted life below Antarctica's floating ice shelves and further probe the origins of life in extreme environments.   view more (2005-07-19)

Antarctic seabirds and climate change
Recent changes in Antarctic seabird populations may be linked to environmental change according to scientists reporting in the journal Science this week. Researchers from the Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reviewed the best available data from a range of long-term studies to test... view more (2002-08-29)

LSU researchers challenge analyses on sustainability of Gulf fisheries
Louisiana's coastal fisheries produce approximately 25 percent of the total catch by weight in the lower 48 states. With such a substantial portion of the nation's economy dependant on the state of these waters - particularly the Gulf of Mexico region - it comes as no surprise that these fisheries... view more (2008-02-19)

Autism costs society an estimated $3M per patient
Each individual with autism accrues about $3.2 million in costs to society over his or her lifetime, with lost productivity and adult care being the most expensive components, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a theme issue on autism... view more (2007-04-03)

Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf
University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics the process of evolution. Theirs is the first model to simulate every step of the... view more (2007-11-12)

Field of the future -- ecological experiment simulates conditions in 2100
A new experiment to find out how British plant ecosystems may be affected by future changes to climate and biodiversity is underway at Imperial College London.   view more (2008-09-29)

Liverpool scientists work to improve water quality in Ghana
Ghana's large and growing population relies on wetlands for food and water and so experts at the University's Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER) have launched a research and training project near Accra, in Southern Ghana, to prevent continued... view more (2007-04-26)

Who needs environmental monitoring?
We monitor the stock market, the weather, our blood pressure. Yet environmental monitoring is often criticized as being unscientific, expensive, and wasteful.   view more (2007-06-08)

VIEWS SOUGHT ON THE SUPPLY OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
SIR GARETH ROBERTS' INDEPENDENT REVIEW Today saw the publication of a consultation paper seeking to encourage innovation and strengthen further the UK's science base by enhancing the supply of highly skilled scientists and engineers. The consultation paper, which seeks views on the key issues... view more (2001-06-21)

Noospheric Reality
A specialist of the Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, A.G. Nazarov has considered Vernadsky's famous concept on biosphere transmutation into noosphere ("sphere of human thought") from the ecological point of view and has come to the conclusion that... view more (2005-04-05)

Carbon capture, water filtration, other boreal forest ecoservices worth estimated $250 billion/year
It's time to create a comprehensive accounting system for natural capital to recognize the full value of ecosystem services provided by boreal forests, an ecological economist will urge delegates to Canada's 10th National Forest Congress Sept. 25-27.   view more (2006-09-25)

Salamanders, headwater streams critical in food chain
University of Missouri scientist Ray Semlitsch studies creatures most people don't ever see. These creatures are active only at night and thrive in the shallow, cool, wet surroundings of headwater streams, an oft-overlooked biological environment.   view more (2008-02-22)

Vielife recruits for ground breaking research on the impact of health and performance at work
Vielife, the health & well-being consultancy, and the Institute for Health & Productivity Management, are recruiting volunteers for research into the effect of health promotion on employees within the corporate environment. This is the very first piece of research of its kind. The research... view more (2003-11-02)

Drop in acid rain altering Appalachian stream water
Appalachian hardwood forests may be getting a respite from acid rain but data from a long-term ecological study of stream chemistry suggests that the drop in acid rain may be changing biological activity in the ecosystem and hiking dissolved carbon dioxide in forest streams.   view more (2006-12-12)

What caused westward expansion in the United States?
Western Expansion during the nineteenth century was an important determinant of geographic distribution and economic activity in the United States today. However, while explanations abound for why the migration occurred- from the low price of land to a pioneering spirit - little empirical work has... view more (2008-02-29)

Computer aid ensures speedy, high-quality translations
With 20 official languages and dozens more unofficial ones there is an immense and expanding need for translations in the European Union. Increasing translators' productivity is the goal of TransType2, an innovative computer-aided system that allows rapid and efficient high quality translations.   view more (2005-01-12)

MODELKEY - The key to clean surface waters
Analysing and evaluating chemical pollution - that is the goal of the new European large-scale project MODELKEY, starting in February. Under the management of the Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany (UFZ) researchers in 13 countries will be developing methods to identify... view more (2005-02-25)

International team shows mercury concentrations in fish respond quickly to increased deposition
A joint Canadian-American research team have, for the first time, demonstrated that mercury concentrations in fish respond directly to changes in atmospheric deposition of the chemical.   view more (2007-09-18)
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