Canada’s World-Renowned Freshwater Research Facility Saved by New Management
The Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), Canada’s flagship environmental research center that...
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German Researchers Withdraw From Canadian Oil Sands Project
TORONTO, CANADA—German scientists have pulled out of an international research project...
Fukushima fallout fears over Japan farms
New research has found that radioactive material in parts of north-eastern...
The EcoIsland
The UK’s energy prices are soaring. As gas and oil reserves...
Species flee warming faster than previously thought
Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the...
Swedish wolves threatened by under-reported poaching
Illegal poaching accounts for over half of all deaths of Swedish...
Over-fished tuna in ‘hot water’, study finds
Two more species of tuna have been added to the Red...
Can States Sue on Greenhouse Gas as a ‘Nuisance’? High Court Asks
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is busy girding itself...
An Early Warning Sign for Ecosystem Collapse?
The surprising strength and location of last month’s Fukushima earthquake highlighted...
Loosing the Louse on Europe’s Largest Invasive Pest
Don’t be duped by its delicate pale flowers; Japanese knotweed can...
Tiny Organism, Big Sequence
Diving into a lake next summer you could swallow hundreds of...
Finnish Ecologist Clinches Crafoord Prize
This year’s Crafoord Prize has gone to Finnish ecologist Ilkka Hanski...
Some Don’t Like It Hot
As oceans continue to warm and acidify, the survival of the...
Surviving drought
We’ve all felt it: a quickening of the heart and a...