News tagged with tidal wetlands
Scientist discovers beavers building prime salmon habitat in Skagit Delta
May 24, 2009 |
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As sometimes happens with science, Greg Hood went looking for one thing, and found something else: tidal beavers.
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Scientists find climate change to have paradoxical effects in coastal wetlands
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is largely responsible for recent global warming and the rise in sea levels. However, a team of scientists, including two Smithsonian ecologists, have found that this same increase in CO2 may ironic ...
Report: Net increase in U.S. wetlands
Mar 31, 2006 |
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Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said for the first time since 1954, there is a net increase in U.S. wetlands.
Oxford turbines to harvest energy from tides
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Oxford researchers have developed a new tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler and more robust and scaleable than current ...
Tidal energy farms influence the natural transport of sands
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tidal stream farms, in which electricity is generated by turbines from regions of strong tidal flow, may influence the natural balance of marine sands, according to research at Bangor University.
North West tidal barrages could provide five percent of UK's electricity
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Liverpool claim that building estuary barrages in the North West could provide more than 5% of the UK's electricity.
New threat to Lake Victoria?
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Two hydroelectricity dams appear to be threatening the health of Lake Victoria – and of the people living along its shores who depend on the lake for food. A new study¹ suggests that the dams’ systematic overuse of water ...
Cisco buys Tidal Software for 105 mln dlrs
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.
Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called "habitable zone," University of Arizona planetary ...
Connection between health of wetlands and humans in focus
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Despite the vital role wetlands play in society, they remain among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. To emphasise the direct and positive effects of healthy wetlands for humans, the theme of this year’s ...
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers ...
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