Ecosystem services are self- evidently important to society as natural capital
inputs into economic markets, the basis for life-support systems such as clean air, clean
water, and climate control, and are integral to ...
<p>Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a valuable commercial and recreational fishery
on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. In recent years red snapper stocks have drastically declined presumably due to a combination ...
This research quantifies the potential environmental impacts that shale gas extraction in New York and Pennsylvania will have on New Jersey. Here we focus on three potential impacts: Delaware River water drawdown, Delaware ...
It is estimated that approximately 10 barrels of water are produced for every barrel of oil. The handling and disposal of this “produced water” represents the single greatest environmental barrier for such operations ...
Climate change will bring about many changes to the composition of the atmosphere. In addition to the increasing threats of extreme weather events and rising sea levels, climate change may also have a negative effect on ...
As many small dams exceed their structural life expectancies, dam removal is becoming a priority to safeguard aquatic ecosystems against potential failures. While this restoration tool improves habitat connectivity and ...
The sinking of thousands of ships during the Pacific Theater of World War II has blanketed the South Pacific region. These potentially polluting wrecks present a major environmental danger to the region in the form of oil ...
The Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, is an ancient species with ecologically and economically vital roles in estuarine ecosystems. Most notably, the biomedical industry relies on an amoebocyte lysate in their ...
Rapid development in the Potomac watershed – the conversion of forests to agricultural, suburban, and urban land — threatens water quality. Similarly, strategic land conservation can protect water quality. Inspired by ...
The forests of the Klamath-Cascade region of California are some of the most diverse and productive coniferous forests in the world. However, decades of fire suppression threaten the region's ecological complexity and the ...
The healing powers of nature have been documented in the past two decades, primarily in the collaboration of health care professionals and architectural/design firms who build hospitals. The relationship between accelerated ...
The western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) is considered the most endangered subspecies of chimpanzee. The populations living at the furthest extent of its range, in southern Senegal – a country situated directly south ...
Little is known about the oceanic distribution of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP), or what governs their offshore movements. In collaboration with NOAA’s Southwest ...
In 2006, cavers near Albany, New York first documented a few hibernating bats with a curious white fungus growing on their muzzles. Over the next seven winters, the aptly named white-nose syndrome (WNS) has decimated bat ...
Nolan, Mike; Naftel, Jackson IV; Reaves, Patrick(2011-12-09)
The most attractive markets for renewable energy investment are shifting from the developed world to emerging economies. Among the most prominent emerging economies, China, India, and Brazil have become three of the most ...
Small island economies are almost entirely dependent on petroleum-based products as the fuel stock for power generation. This dependency places a significant burden on economic growth with up to 30% of GDP attributable to ...
Kirindy Mitea National Park contains one of the largest continuous tracts of dry forest
left in Madagascar. Most of the dry, deciduous forest of western Madagascar is degraded and
fragmented after years of deforestation ...
I hypothesize that urbanization Murrells Inlet will affect the total number of
elasmobranches present and the species diversity of elasmobranchs. I believe predation
is the controlling factor for newborn sharks and young ...
The State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Program was created in 2003 with the goal of creating a dynamic, global-scale, geo-referenced nesting database of all marine turtle species, a network of people who generate and ...
Researchers studying common-pool resources have historically not given enough attention to the influence of faith and religion among fisheries resource users. However, the ethics and value systems taught by religious leaders ...