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ECOLOG-L archives -- May 2012, week 1 (#18) ECOLOG-L archives -- May 2012, week 1 (#12) LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio. Nitrogen pollution 'costs EU up to £280bn a year' 4 August 2011Last updated at 12:46 By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst Nitrogen pollution is exacerbated by livestock farming Nitrogen pollution from farms, vehicles, industry and waste treatment is costing the EU up to £280bn (320bn euros) a year, a report says. The study by 200 European experts says reactive nitrogen contributes to air pollution, fuels climate change and is estimated to shorten the life of the average resident by six months. Livestock farming is one of the biggest causes of nitrogen pollution, it adds. It calls for changes in farming and more controls on vehicles and industry. The problem would be greatly helped if less meat was consumed, the report says.

Nitrogen is the most common element in the atmosphere and is harmless. It is the reactive forms - mainly produced by human activity - that cause a web of related problems. The 600-page report relies on experts from 21 countries and 89 organisations. 'Dominant driver' Continue reading the main story “Start Quote. Ministry considering bio-shields against tsunami - The Economic Times. Urmi A Goswami, ET Bureau Mar 18, 2011, 02.13am IST NEW DELHI: The Environment Ministry is considering the idea of developing bio-shields comprising mangrove and non-mangrove species in coastal areas adjoining critical infrastructure projects such as power plants and oil storage depots.

The idea of promoting mangroves and other biological shields to provide a 'speed breaker' was suggested by agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha MP MS Swaminathan. The suggestion is being followed up by the expert group appointed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to evaluate additional safeguards against the risk of tsunami. In a letter to Ramesh, Swaminathan referred to the manner in which dense mangrove forests served as a "speed breaker, reducing the damage done" during the 2004 tsunami which affected Tamil Nadu and other southern states. Swaminathan has also suggested that suggested that the coastal areas adjoining the nuclear plants could be declared as critically vulnerable coastline.

SERC - Pro Training: Intern Projects 2010. 2010 Intern Corner Intern Essay: Day at the Museum SERC's 2010 Interns Day at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Marsh by Matthew Isaiah Seal, Summer 2010 Intern This essay originally appeared on the SERC blog, Shorelines. I know the title sounds like another great Ben Stiller Night at the Museum movie. However, in this real story of life at the Smithsonian, you will get a first-hand look at what really goes on behind the scenes at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Although the movies show the Smithsonian as talking exhibits, in reality the Smithsonian is a multitude of museums and scientific research centers where students of all ages and specialties do research. My name is Matthew Isaiah Seal and I am doing an internship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in the Biogeochemistry Laboratory.

I am doing a 26-week internship under senior scientist J. I very rarely find myself doing the same thing every day. SERC's 2010 Interns. Wetland Academic Programs. Admission Requirements - Environmental Science Master of Science (M.S.) - Wetlands Assessment and Management - Towson University. GRE Test Special Offer | TakeTheGRE.com. Environmental Sciences Graduate Program | Environmental Sciences. The purpose of the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program is to provide a degree granting curriculum that will develop scientists who are able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change, and participate in the management of the environment. Each student in the ES Graduate Program conducts research and completes a thesis, dissertation, or project; develops depth in a specific academic area through the completion of focused course work; and develops breadth through a set of core courses that include concepts in physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences.

The purpose of the ES Graduate Program is to develop scientists who will be able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change, and participate in the management of the environment. For more information please see the following: Future Students Current Students. Zedler Lab Home. RECENT STUDIES. Coastal Wetland Restoration: Several wetland-dependent species have become endangered with extinction due to habitat losses of 75% or more of Southern California natural coastal wetlands. While there are many plans to restore degraded wetlands and enhance disturbed estuaries, recent PERL research at (funded by Calif. Sea Grant) has shown that constructed salt marshes do not match the functioning of natural wetlands--even 10 years after construction. In a major new research effort, the National Biological Survey and the Earth Island Institute are providing funding to improve restoration of coastal wetlands in southern California.

Studies of the wetland fish food web are underway, a salinity model is being developed for Tijuana Estuary, and experiments to control exotic plant invasions are in progress.To follow the progress of salt marsh restoration, CalTrans and NOAA's Coastal Ocean Program fund comparisons of constructed and natural wetlands. Impacts of non-point source inflows: Brochure. UW Wetland Ecosystem Team.