Combining natural salt marsh habitats with conventional dikes may provide a more sustainable and cost-effective alternative for fully engineered flood protection.
Grazing Management of Salt Marshes Contributes to Coastal Defense
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For the First Time Researchers Directly Link Destruction from Hurricane Sandy to Human-Caused Climate Change, Tallying Over $8 Billion
Research to be published tomorrow in the journal Nature Communications is the first study to quantify the costs of storm damage caused by sea level rise driven specifically by human-induced climate change.
New Model for Infectious Disease Could Better Predict Future Pandemics
In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease transmission are critical to the health of all life.
Global Food Security: Climate Change Adaptation Requires New Cultivars
Global agriculture both is one of the major drivers of climate change and strongly affected by it.
Soil Data Aids Prediction of Locust Swarms
Researchers can predict locust breeding locations up to nine weeks in advance.
News Release: Environmental Concerns Propel Research Into Marine Biofuels
A global effort to reduce sulfur and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships has researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other Department of Energy facilities investigating the potential use of marine biofuels.
