Eco-Briefs
Saving bison; Free trade palm oil
Wild ‘N Free event focuses on saving bison
Hundreds of bison are removed every year from the Yellowstone area in what land managers say is...
Low-cost solar observatory; New Superfund sites
Test flight of low-cost miniature solar observatory
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) tested its Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) on Aug. 29, in San Antonio,...
Eurasian watermilfoil fragment found in Boulder Reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently found a new invasive plant in Boulder Reservoir: Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM).
EWM is a highly transmissible invasive aquatic plant that...
Wind energy research funding; The ocean’s oxygen
NREL will see $30 million in funding from federal government in 2017
Wind energy research, and especially the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden,...
Methane leaks are far more common than previously thought; Studies show...
Methane leaks are far more common than
previously thought
The massive methane gas leak at a storage facility near Los Angeles has raised public health concerns...
Eco-briefs | Nuclear sensors could be used to predict tsunamis and...
A network of sensors used to track nuclear weapons since the Cold War could be used for environmental monitoring instead, according to a study published in Science last week...
PA announces new regulations on methane emissions; Astronomers have found evidence...
PA announces new regulations on methane emissions
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced new rules to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas sector across...
Eco-briefs | Coffee production could be shaken by climate change
The world’s most consumed coffee species, Arabica, could be pushed to extinction in the wild in 70 years by the hand of climate change, according to a new study...
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EXXON VALDEZ RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUED COLLAPSE OF ALASKAN FISHERIES, STUDY SUGGESTS...
