News articles tagged with 'wetland'
Northern peatlands a misunderstood player in climate change
— 15 Mar 2011 21:23 | EnvironmentUniversity of Alberta researchers have determined that the influence of northern peatlands on the prehistorical record of climate change has been over estimated, but the vast northern…
Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century
— 2 Dec 2010 19:01 | EnvironmentMany coastal wetlands worldwide - including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast - may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change and sea-level rise projections for the…
Budding research links climate change and earlier flowering plants
— 17 Nov 2010 10:36 | EnvironmentAccording to research published today by a University of Cincinnati faculty member, native plants in southwestern Ohio are flowering significantly earlier, a finding he attributes,…
Cocaine and ecstasy detected in waters of the L'Albufera in Valencia
— 22 Sep 2010 17:51 | HealthThe water in the canals and irrigation channels in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia contain cocaine, ecstasy and a further six drugs. This has been confirmed by a study carried…
Rescue and relief the current priority for WWF-Pakistan
— 28 Aug 2010 10:13 | EnvironmentRescue and relief is the current priority for WWF-Pakistan in the numerous communities it works with in the flood ravaged Indus basin…
Planted, unplanted man-made wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks
— 7 Aug 2010 08:58 | EnvironmentA 15-year experiment in an outdoor 'laboratory' on Ohio State University's campus shows that naturally colonising wetlands can offer just as many, if not more, ecological services as…
Bacterial diversity of Tablas de Daimiel studied for first time
— 7 Jul 2010 11:08 | BiologyResearchers from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Biomedical Research Centre Network (CIBER) in Epidemiology and Public Health studied the structure of the bacterial community…
Higher wetland methane emissions caused by climate warming 40,000 years ago
— 25 Jun 2010 10:14 | Environment40,000 years ago rapid warming led to an increase in methane concentration. The culprit for this increase has now been identified. Mainly wetlands in high northern latitudes caused…
Gulf oil spill: Mississippi River hydrology may help reduce oil onshore
— 18 Jun 2010 14:05 | EnvironmentThe Gulf of Mexico: what role will the Mississippi River play in oil washing ashore and into delta wetlands?…
Taking the guesswork out of soil classification
— 7 Jun 2010 16:54 | EnvironmentA University of Missouri doctoral student has developed a technique that uses digital imaging of soil samples to take some of the guesswork out of wetland identification…