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ecology
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Brett Israel • May 8, 2009
Can carbon trading save Indonesia’s forests?
Allison Bond • April 10, 2009
The Audubon Center in Brooklyn's Prospect Park offers a hands-on chance for children to experience nature, teaching respect for the planet to tomorrow's environmentalists.
Lynne Peeples • March 25, 2009
Invasive sea lampreys may soon become vulnerable to a powerful new stake to the heart: irresistible sex pheromones.
Lindsey Konkel • March 22, 2009
Experts say that global warming will have a major impact on poor nations’ fisheries.
Lindsey Konkel • March 13, 2009
Ordinary citizens make valuable contributions to scientific research.
Jonathan Teyan • February 19, 2009
The soil, nearly black with compost, is only recently emerged from alternating bands of ice and powder snow. The meltwater has rendered it a wallow. A wallow measuring two hundred […]
Dave Levitan • January 26, 2009
On Monday, President Barack Obama followed through on a campaign promise to begin tightening standards for the automotive industry. He signed a memorandum instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider […]
Lindsey Konkel • January 19, 2009
One fish’s evolution raises questions about what constitutes a species.
Lindsey Konkel • January 9, 2009
With the Super Bowl approaching in a fury of clashing helmets and diving tackles, the National Football League hardly conjures up a sensitive image, but sensitive is what the NFL […]
Dave Levitan • December 19, 2008
New centers aim to prevent nanotechnology environmental disasters.
Lindsey Konkel • November 10, 2008
Asks Rob from Los Angeles, CA
Lynne Peeples • November 7, 2008
A cooler ocean is feeding hungry salmon, but their ultimate survival remains uncertain.
Katherine Tweed • September 24, 2008
Earlier this month, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick asked the federal government to declare a commercial fishery failure in his state. More than 600,000 acres of shellfishing areas were closed from […]
Eric R. Olson • September 10, 2008
How volunteers and scientists are fighting an uphill battle to bring the mollusk back to the city’s waters.
Natalie Peretsman • June 12, 2008
A program that rewards recyclers is growing, even in a state that once boasted some of the highest recycling rates.