Ecosystem
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With various “de-extinction” projects in the works right now, researchers have published a paper analyzing the ecological benefits, risks and responsibilities of reintroducing once-extinct species into modern ecosystems.
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Android Wear-powered watches have made their way into the wild, but the wider public of consumers seems to have taken little notice. Eric Mack has some suggestions for improvements to get their attention.
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ScienceA team of researchers may have found new evidence to shed light on the cause of the most devastating mass extinction in the history of our planet. The event, estimated to have taken place around 252 million years ago, was responsible for the extinction of roughly 90 percent of all life on Earth.
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An international project is using floating plastic islands to restore the ecosystem of an African lake.
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ScienceNASA's stunning Perpetual Ocean animation visualizes ocean currents.
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Using the Kinect, the SandyStation projects a virtual environment over an ordinary patch of sand.
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The i-Tree tool provides analysis, benefit-calculations and assessment tools to quantify the contribution made by trees in the urban environment to allow communities to understand the economic benefit of protecting our urban forests.
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The Fishy Farm is a new home food-growing system that combines horticulture, aquaculture, and vermiculture.
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Designers have completed the largest and most biologically diverse living wall in Surrey, British Columbia for Semiahmoo Public Library and RCMP Facility with a design covering nearly 3,000 square feet and consisting of over 10,000 individual plants.
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EcoCradle is a packaging with all the same properties as Styrofoam, but is grown from useless agricultural by-products and is fully compostable.
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Geologist Chen Zhu proposes the application of another industrial waste to the Hungarian bauxite residue spill, with the aim of reducing its toxicity via carbon sequestration.
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ScienceA recently-published research paper states that perennial grain crops would have numerous advantages over our current annual crops.
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