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  Trang An, an Outdoors Vietnamese Geological Museum
  Discover this Asian landscape made up of a cave system connected by water. This place has a wild beauty and unique names.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “ecosystems”

 

• @SaveTheWater Infographic: Groundwater Contamination

  
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  From the good folks at Save the Water - here is the original site. Enjoy! "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you learn why." - Mark Twain
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• Tonle Sap Visit Finds Little Evidence of Once-Abundant Species

  
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  CIs Les Kaufman shares his latest thoughts from Cambodia.
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• Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

  
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  Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist. With researchers from Louisiana and South ...
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• A new approach to judging the impact of invasive species

  
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  The impact an introduced species can have on Australian native animals should take into account possible long-term stress not just numbers of outright deaths, University of Sydney research has shown. “We also showed that sometimes ‘the hunted’ adapt more successfully to the introduction of a predator than ...
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• Move over Quinine

  
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  Photo Credit: Discover Forests provide many life supporting services to individuals living in tropical countries, but public health is not often considered one of them. In fact, for many years the best way to fight malaria was thought to be the destruction of the tropical forests and swamps that sheltered ...
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• Fishing in Singapore: Reel Deal

  
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  Fishing in Singapore is not restricted to just beachside locations. Here are some other places to go to for the big catchKezia Toh Straits Times 10 May 13;They say the early bird catches the worm, and for avid anglers such as undergraduate Kang Bao Long, the best time to fish is during the "first and last light" of ...
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• Are We Missing the Big Picture in our Ocean Ecosystem?

  
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  Lee Crockett takes a look at the need for our nation to move towards ecosystem based management for US fisheries.
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• Scientists discover that marine animals disperse seagrass

  
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  Lesser known than coral reefs, marine seagrass ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and are powerhouses when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide. Yet, much remains unknown about the ecology of seagrass beds, including detailed information on how seagrass spread their seeds and colonize new area. Now a recent study ...
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• Identifying ecosystems at risk – the new IUCN Red List

  
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  We know quite a lot about which species around the world are most endangered. The Red List of threatened species, developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species that are most at risk of extinction. But scientists have become increasingly concerned that the habitats of ...
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• A Conversation with Nirarta “Koni” Samadhi on Indonesia’s Forests

  
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  Forest in Kerinci region, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo credit: Luke Mackin, Flickr How can Indonesia—the world’s fourth-most populous country and an emerging economic powerhouse— reduce deforestation and promote sustainable development across its vast, rapidly changing landscape? That was a ...
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• Decline in snow cover spells trouble for many plants, animals

  
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  For plants and animals forced to tough out harsh winter weather, the coverlet of snow that blankets the north country is a refuge, a stable beneath-the-snow habitat that gives essential respite from biting winds and subzero temperatures. But in a warming world, winter and spring snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere ...
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• Balancing nutrient diets determines how ecosystems age

  
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  From rainforests to rocky glaciers, the life of an ecosystem is rooted in the balance of nutrients in its soil. Shifting levels of soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) define how ecosystems evolve, and understanding the dynamics of these key nutrients can help ecologists identify crucial factors to help mitigate ...
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• The worlds largest waste dump is found in the Pacific Ocean

  
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  If you were to travel from the United States of America to Japan, you would most likely encounter what could be described as the worlds largest waste dump: a 100,000 tonne expanse of debris floating around a large region of the Pacific Ocean. The total area of this phenomenon has been said to equal the size of ...
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• Why Your Software Should Cry

  
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  The problem of pain has bothered philosophers–particularly those with a religious bent–for a long time. What might be the purpose of suffering, they’ve wondered, and how does it relate to the human experience? But pain barely impinges on the thinking of software engineers at all. Computers never wince, or ...
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• Video: Kel Wer - Bringing Song and Safe Water to Lela, Kenya

  
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  This video tells the following story: In July of 2012, a group of Oregon State University students traveled to the small village of Lela, Kenya with the goal of helping the community gain access to safe water. Kel Wer ("to bring song" in the native Dholuo language) is a film...
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• Bureaucracy Kills: Is An Open Letter to @UNICEF Unfair?

  
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  I was perusing the TheWaterChannel website when I encountered a provocative post (29 April 2013) by Frank van Steenbergen on TheWaterBlog. If the name sounds familiar to you, he is the co-founder and co-manager of TheWaterChannel. Van Steenbergen pulls no punches. He begins: If you would head an organization whose...
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• AMERICAS GREAT OUTDOORS: USGS Economic Analysis of Anacostia River Shows Potential Value of Restoring Urban Streams Nationwide

  
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  Case Study Demonstrates How Restoring a Stream Can Help Restore a Community WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The U.S. Geological Survey today released an analysis of the Watts Branch of the Anacostia River in Prince Georges County, Md. and Washington, D.C. that documents how restoration work on this urban tributary has had a ...
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• Worlds rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

  
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  After a final sighting in 1991, the Madagascar pochard was thought to have vanished for good. But this diving duck was rediscovered in 2006 when a flock of 22 individuals was found on Lake Matsaborimena in northern Madagascar by conservationists during an expedition. Soon after Madagascar pochard eggs were taken and ...
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• For Groups interested in rainforest sceneries to share content about their activities

  
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  Have your own network for sharing content about rainforest activities, use to share reference content, organize projects, planning a trip and using in your preferred language.
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• Revised palm oil standards a positive step forward

  
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  Your shampoo, your ice cream, your margarine, your lipstick – all likely contain palm oil. Demand is still growing, as are oil palm plantations but at a steep price to tropical forests and the biodiversity found there.WWF has welcomed revised standards for sustainable palm oil that were endorsed by the Roundtable ...
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