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Ottawa Scientists Seek Insect Ally Against 'Dog-Strangling Vine'
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- 71 days ago - cbc.ca
A researcher at Carleton University in Ottawa is looking hard for an insect that could potentially control a destructive European weed invading the Ottawa area.
Destruction Of Wetlands May Cause "Carbon Bomb"`
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- 81 days ago - redorbit.com
Threatened by climate change, development and dehydration, wetlands throughout the world could release a "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, scientists reported Sunday. These wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases
NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Predict Largest Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" on Record This Summer
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- 86 days ago - noaanews.noaa.gov
NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University are forecasting that the "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be the largest on record.
Fishing Ban Spurs Coral Trout Recovery in Australia
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- 108 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
by Anne Minard. Australia's coral trout have thrived under a fishing ban on the Great Barrier Reef, showing that no-take reserves can spur dramatic comebacks in overfished ocean habitats, new research suggests.
Florida to Buy Chunk of Everglades From Sugar Firm
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- 108 days ago - reuters.com
The state of Florida announced on Tuesday it intends to spend $1.75 billion to buy a large chunk of Everglades land from U.S. Sugar, one of a number of sugar companies blamed for polluting the precious wildlife habitat.
Bikini Corals Recover From Atomic Blast
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- 156 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, most of the corals are flourishing again, but a few coral species appear to be locally extinct.
Reservoir Larger Than Manhattan Planned to Help Everglades
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- 157 days ago - ap.google.com
By BRIAN SKOLOFF. Around South Florida's vast sugar cane fields, where turtles grow to the size of basketballs and alligators own the marsh, the silence of the swamp is broken by the sound of rumbling trucks and explosions
Cracking Down On Invasive Species In Great Lakes & Seaway
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Burton
- 157 days ago - wwnytv.net
Sometimes the organisms end up being discharged into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System. That's why Canadian and American Seaway officials are turning to new standards and technologies to help control and the non-native species invasion
Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests
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Burton
- 157 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A new international study has found that large brown seaweeds, when under stress, release large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere, where it may contribute to cloud formation
Outrage Over Plans to Extract Uranium Ore From the Grand Canyon
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, ecosystems )

Burton
- 158 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
by Chris Ayres in Los Angeles .A Mayfair mining company has caused uproar with plans to extract uranium from the Grand Canyon - prompting one official to ask how Britons would react "if an American company went to drill at Stonehenge.
 
 
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