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Seeking the Signal in the Noise of Environmental Performance Metrics
The 2012 Environmental Performance Index is a powerful tool for diagnosing trends not just across countries but over time, too. Consider what we can learn about overfishing, for example.
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Ecological Succession: Forest Fires to the Ocean Floor
A new study reveals that new microbes supplant the active hydrothermal vent’s microbes after the site ceases to produce thermal energy. Though more research is necessary to fully understand the regeneration process in the dormant hydrothermal vents, the study provides an additional platform for ecologists to explore how ecosystems recover from natural unbalances and how…
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Eco-Markets: Business, Regulation, and Sustainability
Interested in learning more about environmental markets and the nexus between business, regulation, and sustainability? How does an organization trade carbon credits?
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Disease Ecology and Conservation Medicine
Disease Ecology provides an overview of the principles of conservation medicine and disease ecology, with an emphasis on the effect of disease on human, wildlife and domestic animal and ecosystem health. It examines the impact of disease on biodiversity and rates of extinction, as well as the rise of emergent diseases as a result of…
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A Struggle to Coexist with Nature – Dr. Shahid Naeem
Dr. Shahid Naeem, CERC’s Director of Science, examines humanity’s struggle to coexist with the natural environment.
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MS Student Seeks to Make Sustainability an Indispensable Business Practice
Current President of the Sustainability Management Student Association, former officer in the United States Air Force and consultant, Jonathan Cain discusses his experience in the MS in Sustainability Management program. Now equipped with a variety of skills and tools, Cain is posed to develop clear, coordinated strategies to address challenging sustainability issues.
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One Billion Gallons a Day, Naturally
If not for the amazing feats of planning and engineering that provide access to clean water, New York City would never have become the essential node in the many meshworks of the world that it is today.
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Putting the ‘Death’ Back Into Death Valley?
Popular Tourist Stop May Have More Potential to Explode Than Thought
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Climate News Roundup: Week of 1/17
Rejecting Pipeline Proposal, Obama Blames Congress; Five Myths About the Keystone Pipeline; GM microbe breakthrough paves way for large-scale seaweed farming for biofuels; Clean Energy Investment Rises to $260 Billion, Boosted by Solar.
