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Left: a handful of Holopedium from a lake in the Muskoka-Haliburton region of Ontario. Right: a Holopedium up close

Calcium loss turning lakes to ‘jelly’

19 Nov 2014

Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their...

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Pollution

Winds of change for pollution sensing

31 May 2012

A new system of pollution sensing, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, could revolutionise monitoring air quality and predicting its health...

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Biodiversity

To save biodiversity, society’s behaviour must change

09 Sep 2010

Leading conservationists warn that in order to save biodiversity, society's behaviour must change.

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every drop counts

Scientists urge global action to preserve water supplies for billions worldwide

19 May 2009

Chinese, Indian, American and British scientists have released a conference declaration urging a region-by-region response to increased water...

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Arctic Sky

Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic

17 Apr 2009

Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...

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Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle

Putting metabolism on the eco-map

01 Feb 2008

One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms...

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Peak District

Going feral

01 Sep 2007

Are there any wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Robert Macfarlane has travelled in search of them, reflecting on the meaning of &lsquo...

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Arsenic in drinking water a global threat to health

29 Aug 2007

Arsenic in drinking water is threatening the health of people in more than 70 countries around the globe, according to new research presented today.

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Coral Reef at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade

04 Aug 2006

Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal...

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