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Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future (9th Edition) by R.T. Wright
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Environmental Science: Working with the Earth (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Environmental Science: Working with the Earth)
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Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science (Tasks for Vegetation Science)
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Environmental Science
Definition noun The branch of science that deals with the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment... Read More
Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions
Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) ... Read More
Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health
February 16, 2006 - Water. Waste. Energy. This trio of problems is among the greatest challenges to the environmental... Read More
Seagrass Ecosystems At A ‘Global Crisis’
An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their... Read More
Anti-Bacterial Additive Widespread In U.S. Waterways
January 24, 2005 — Many rivers and streams in the United States are believed to contain a toxic antimicrobial chemical... Read More
Life in the Universe
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Really Rapid Evolution: Water Pollution Prompts Crustaceans To Adapt In A Hurry, Cornell And Max-Planck Biologists Discover
ITHACA, N.Y. -- When the going gets toxic, the hungry get clever -- very quickly -- say biologists from Cornell... Read More
Aquatic Chemistry by W. Stumm & J.J. Morgan
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Sediments In Many Central Valley Streams Contain Toxic Levels Of Pyrethroid Pesticides
BERKELEY A family of pesticides used increasingly nationwide in place of more heavily restricted organophosphate... Read More
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World ... Read More
Bioinquiry: Making Connections in Biology, 3rd Edition by N.L. Pruitt & L.S. Underwood
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Pesticides Persist in Ground Water
MADISON, WI, JUNE 23, 2008– Numerous studies over the past four decades have established that pesticides, which are... Read More
The evolution of molecular biology
The evolution of molecular biology Eduard Kellenberger1 1Eduard Kellenberger is a cofounder and retired staff... Read More
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future ... Read More
Biophotonics: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century
Biophotonics: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century ... Read More
Scientists Take ‘snapshots’ Of Enzyme Action
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, the New York Structural Biology Center, and... Read More
Experts: Expanding biotechnology research in developing countries key to countering bioterrorism
Call for world scientists' network to keep vigil on biotechnology misuseExperts at the Canadian Program on Genomics and... Read More
Discovering How Environment Contributes To Breast Cancer
Breast cancer incidence in the United States ranks near the top internationally. And just across the Golden Gate from UCSF... Read More
Microbial fuel cells turn on the juice
The combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high school students and teachers sounds like a witches’ brew... Read More
Microbial fuel cells turn on the juice
The combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high school students and teachers sounds like a witches’ brew... Read More
Vineyard weeds found to host Pierce’s disease of grapes
New research just released in the September issue of Plant Disease suggests that weeds commonly found in California's wine... Read More
What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth
Approximately 250 million years ago, vast numbers of species disappeared from Earth. This mass-extinction event may hold... Read More
An impossible coexistence: Transgenic and organic agriculture
First field study in Europe carried out by a researcher from the UAB Institute of Environmental Science and... Read More
Natural selection
Natural Selection Definition What is natural selection in biology? Natural selection is defined as a process in nature... Read More
Deliberately Exposing People To Toxins: Report Calls For More Stringent Ethical Standards In Scientific Studies
WASHINGTON When regulating chemicals to protect public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should consider... Read More
High Levels Of Pollutants May Decrease Sexual Organ Size In Polar Bears
Exposure to high levels of environmental pollutants called organohalogen compounds (OHCs) seems to reduce the size of... Read More
Phosphorus Availability in an Artificially Flooded Southeastern Floodplain Forest Soil
DIVISION S-8—NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT & SOIL & PLANT ANALYSIS Phosphorus Availability in an Artificially Flooded... Read More
Carrying capacity
Carrying Capacity Definition What is carrying capacity? In biology and environmental science, the carrying capacity of a... Read More
Scientists Map Soils on an Extinct American Volcano
Thousands of years after the lava cooled, soil scientists conduct sophisticated mapping of the resulting soil... Read More
Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (3rd Ed) by M.D. Johnson
Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues with InterActive Physiology for Human Biology CD-ROM (3rd... Read More
New Zealand’s Biodiversity
Written by: Maria Victoria Gonzaga Peer-reviewed by: Cathy Buntting, Ph.D. and Andrea Soanes Why is New... Read More
Investigating Life In Extreme Environments Report Gives Hints On Facts Of Life
From the deepest seafloor to the highest mountain, from the hottest region to the cold Antarctic plateau, environments... Read More
Localization and Physical Property Experiments Conducted by Opportunity at Meridiani Planum
REPORTS R. E. Arvidson,1*R. C. Anderson,2P. Bartlett,3J. F. Bell, III,4P. R. Christensen,5P. Chu,3K. Davis,3B. L.... Read More
Divergent evolution
Divergent evolution definition Divergent evolution refers to the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two... Read More
Magnetism and mimicry of nature hold hope for better medicine, environmental safety
TEMPE, Ariz. – Critical advances in medicine and environmental protection promise to emerge from a new method for... Read More
Scientists Take Major Step To Improve River Restoration Efforts
PHILADELPHIA -- A group of the nation's leading river scientists, including Dr. David Hart and Jamie Carr of The Academy of... Read More