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On November 10, 2011, the U.S. State Department delayed plans to build the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline to get additional information. It was a major coup for environmentalists who opposed the project that would have straddled Canada and the US.
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During the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, which concluded at the end of October, the World Bank announced two linked initiatives that aim to protect ecosystems and species at risk of extinction.
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The Internet could be used as an early warning system for potential ecological disasters, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia and Stockholm University.
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Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.
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Researchers use novel tools to report some of the first quantifiable results that place values on nature’s services to humans.
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Researchers say unparalleled warming over the last few decades has triggered widespread ecosystem changes in many temperate North American and Western European lakes.
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A University of Georgia study has found that tadpoles play a key role keeping the algae at the base of the food chain productive.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that can help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and other sensitive ecosystems.
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The catastrophic action a tiny beetle is wreaking on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert will be revealed in the April edition of the Royal Entomological Society’s Ecological Entomology journal.
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It may be the year of the rat but the Aleutian Islands is working on evicting the vermin. The action is taking place because of the massive ecosystems that have been changed with the presence of the rodents.
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A UK scientist studying volcanic vents in the ocean says they hold a grave warning for future marine ecosystems.
Continued inefficient use of water could threaten Europe's economy, productivity and ecosystems, a report warns.
Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.
 Scientists warn that seeds attached to Antarctic tourists and researchers are bringing invasive plant species that could potentially threaten the southern continent's ecosystems.
 Large numbers of mammals living in Florida's Everglades are being wiped out by massive pythons, a phenomenon scientists fear could disrupt the food chain and upset the ecosystem, says a new study.
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The American Academy of Microbiology have produced an interesting report entitled "The Rare Biosphere". The report...
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Humans kill 1400 whales each year. For most who are opposed to the practice of whaling, the objection is based on...
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Admit it. Being a kid means you like good dreams while sleeping. Being an adult is the same too. Dreaming of beautiful...
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Biodiversity means diversity of species, ecosystems, genes, and landscapes. Biodiversity is the source of our food,...
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Obama had an astronomical mandate (and hence power) to change the human condition more than any person in history....
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