ecological science News
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Risk Assessment Symposium 22 June 2023
Are you a risk assessment practitioner interested in the latest development in human and ecological health risk assessment science, putting risk assessment into practice in due diligence, land transactions and planning, and what advances in data analytics mean for risk assessment? Join Kimberley Saflian at the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) Risk Assessment Symposium in ...
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Integrating social and ecological science for effective coral reef conservation
While many conservation plans focus on only environmental indicators for success, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)'s coral reef program is trying a relatively new approach: focusing on both social and ecological processes and outcomes to ensure a long-term future for coral reef systems, according to a newly published study. In the new study, scientists from WCS and James Cook ...
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Tenure-Track faculty position in Marine Science and Conservation
The Division of Marine Science and Conservation, part of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, invites applications for a full time tenure track faculty position, based at the Duke Marine Laboratory on the North Carolina coast. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and offer students varied perspectives, ways of ...
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Assistant or Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences/Coastal Ecology
The University of Virginia's Department of Environmental Sciences invites applicants for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in Coastal Ecology. We seek candidates dedicated to our mission and passionate about research and teaching in a world-class institution. We wish to hire an outstanding scientist who will thrive in an interdisciplinary department with hydrologists, atmospheric ...
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Assistant Professor - Freshwater Ecology and Conservation - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
The successful recruit is expected to develop an internationally recognized research program on the ecology and conservation of freshwaters. Possible areas of emphasis for this position would include: freshwater population, community, or ecosystem ecology conservation of freshwater species and populations bio-indicators for freshwater ecosystem health and restoration population dynamics of ...
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ASLO Announces the 2016 Global Outreach Initiative Award Winners
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 ASLO Global Outreach Initiative Awards. The ASLO Global Outreach Initiative provides mini-grants to ASLO members to conduct outreach projects in their own communities. This year’s recipients are: Using Puppet Shows to Educate Children about Plastic Waste Problem in the ...
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NOC to support Madagascan adaptation to climate change
NOC scientists will be using global ocean models to identify the most effective way for low income countries, such as Madagascar, to adapt to climate change. For example, ocean warming model projections will help identify the future risk of coral bleaching, which enables planning for the impact on the fisheries and tourism that depend on the reef. The NOC is playing a key role in this ...
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Japan pays high price for ‘silo’ science
Lack of scientific co-operation with other countries has cost Japan “trillions of yen” in expensive solar power because the country did not learn from the experience of other countries before rushing to install it, analysts say. This is one example they give in a report in Nature journal of how much Japan’s economy has lost through the failure of its scientists to involve ...
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EPA Awards $400K to University of North Carolina Wilmington for Chemical Exposure Research in Estuaries and Marine Ecosystems
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced almost $4 million in funding to six universities to study the ecological impacts of manufactured chemicals, leading to better chemical risk assessments and decisions for protecting the environment. Among those, the University of North Carolina Wilmington was selected to receive $399,884 for research to develop an estuarine and marine ...
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Towards a new industrial revolution: studying societies’ metabolism
To achieve a lasting transition towards sustainability, large-scale conversion of our built environment – cities, transport systems, power generation – is key. This is an outcome of a special feature investigating advances in the research on industrial ecology, published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and coordinated by the Potsdam Institute for ...
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Athens EPA Employees Mark Earth Day Week by an East-side Area Cleanup
EPA’s Athens-based employees together with Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful (KACCB) will mark Earth Week by cleaning up the Firewood Street neighborhood and WOW playground area. WHAT: Eastside cleanup to mark 44th observance of Earth Day WHO: U.S. EPA employees in Athens WHEN: Thursday, April 24, 2014 1 – 5 PM WHERE: Firewood Street Neighborhood and WOW playground area Whit ...
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CEC Expands Operations, Opens Office in East Tennessee
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) announces the launch of operations in East Tennessee and the establishment of a Knoxville office through the acquisition of VISION Engineering and Development Services, Inc. The move serves to extend the capabilities of CEC's Nashville office, which has been in operation since 1998, across the state to meet existing client needs. CEC Nashville ...
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GEI Names New COO and New Central Region Manager
GEI Consultants, Inc.,one of the nation's leading civil, geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today that Ron Palmieri, P.E. has been appointed as the company's chief operating officer and that Michael Gatzow, P.E. has been promoted to senior vice president to replace Palmieri as GEI's central region manager. GEI provides its ...
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GEI Consultants Welcomes Water Resources and Environmental Industry Veteran Mark Scott
GEI Consultants, Inc.,one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today that Mark M. Scott, P.E. has joined the firm as a senior consultant, and water resources, environmental and business solutions leader based in Denver. As a 31-year veteran water resources engineer, project leader, client service manager, ...
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GEI Consultants Providing Testing, Inspection at Wolf Creek Nuclear Construction Site
GEI Consultants, Inc.,one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, is providing materials testing for a construction project at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Burlington, Kan. GEI was hired by Bechtel Powerto provide materials testing and on-site inspection of 30,000 linear feet of buried essential service ...
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GEI Enhances Contaminated Sediments Practice with Shoreline Work
GEI Consultants, Inc.,one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms announced today the accelerated growth of its national Contaminated Sediments Practice. The company has strengthened its offerings both through acquisition and the hire of a number of senior experts and mid-level technical staff in waste engineering, marine ...
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EPA Exhibit Pays Tribute to Women Pioneers in Science and Engineering
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic Regional Office unveiled at its center city office today a new exhibit honoring the contributions of women scientists and engineers. Located in EPA’s Public Information Center at 1650 Arch Street, the exhibit features a photo gallery and biographies of famous women pioneers in science and engineering, along with Victorian dresses ...
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SCS Global Services Validates New Methodology for Use in Grassland and Farmland Soil Carbon Offset Projects
SCS Global Services (SCS) has evaluated a new modular methodology for measuring the carbon sequestration ability of soil under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), a leading greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting system. The methodology, developed by The Earth Partners, will allow land managers who sequester GHGs in grasslands, rangelands and farmlands to generate carbon credits for sale in the voluntary ...
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India expands its biodiversity databases
India is expanding its biodiversity databases and linking them in a network so that policymakers for programmes that address biodiversity, climate change and socio-economic concerns have ready access to information. An Indian Bioresources Information Network (IBIN) was launched this month (11 October) by M. S. Swaminathan, eminent crop scientist and founder of the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation of ...
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GEI`s Washington, D.C. Office Announces Work on Three Major Projects
GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today work on three new projects under the leadership of its Washington, D.C. office. The Marriott Marquis Hotel and Blue Plains Tunnel are situated within the nation's capital. Wolf Creek Dam, the highest hazard dam within the purview of the ...
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