Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year into the atmosphere and surface water, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati.
Idle Wells Could be Big Source of Methane Releases
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Research Gives Trees an Edge in Landfill Clean-up
A research team from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Missouri has developed a new contaminant prioritization tool that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of environmental approaches to landfill clean-up.
Fishing in African Waters
African waters have been contributing to the global supply of fish for years, with three of the four most productive marine ecosystems in the world near the continent.
Crop Rotations with Beans and Peas Offer More Sustainable and Nutritious Food Production
The authors use a first-of-its-kind approach to show that the increased cultivation of legumes would deliver higher nutritional value at lower environmental and resource costs.
Species or Ecosystems: How Best to Restore the Natural World?
The Serengeti plain of East Africa is one of the world’s great wild lands — teeming with lions, leopards and migrating wildebeest.
Study of Oak Forests of European Russia Elucidates Climate Change in the Region
Scientific classifications of forest vegetation on the territory of the former USSR, including the Republic of Tatarstan, previously used the dominant approach, traditional for northern countries, taking into account the dominance degree of one or another species in the main tree layer, or similarity in the composition of subordinate layers with the identification of cycles and series of associations.
