Restored Oxbows As A Nutrient Reduction Practice In The Agricultural Midwest
Nutrient export from the Corn Belt of the United States is impacting rivers at local and regional scales and is contributing to the development of…
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Climate Change Stressors Threaten Blue Crab Populations
Billions of larval blue crabs, or zoeae, are spawned each year into the many estuaries and bays of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the…
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Horseshoe Crabs Living Through A Crisis
Horseshoe crabs, or limulids, are some of the strangest of shoreline creatures. There are only four species today, three of them living in shallow waters…
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Marriage Can Protect Against Tribulation
The psyche should also benefit from a bond for life. Researchers have now noticed a certain degree of protection against depression. However, this is by…
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Carbon Benefits Of Managed Forests
Forests have a complicated relationship with carbon and climate. They sequester huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, estimated at 10-20 percent of U.S. emissions,…
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How Effective Is Family Drug Treatment Court As An Interagency And Cross-System Collaboration Approach To Improve Child Welfare Outcomes?
In 2016, over three million children in the United States were subjects of a child protective service (CPS) investigation. One in five of these children…
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Preventing Plant Extinction In A Complex World
There are many different factors that can drive a plant population toward extinction, but anthropogenic threats (eg. habitat loss, invasive species) are the most common…
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A Unique Independent Record Of Past Temperature Change In Northwest Ireland For The Mid To Late Holocene
The Holocene, the current geological epoch, spans approximately the last 11,700 years. Holocene temperature variability in Ireland is considered to have been relatively subdued; however, recent…
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Wind Farms And Wildlife Hazards
Through our sheer abundance, human activity is a pervasive influence on all ecosystems. Any influence can be appraised through cost-benefit analysis, which, I would suggest,…
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How The Last Deglaciation Period Affected Antarctic Intermediate Water Penetration In The Bay Of Bengal
The last deglaciation period (∼18–10 kyr BP) presents a transition from the last glacial stage to warm interglacial, accompanied by an increase in global temperature,…
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What “Bee Services” Can Different Temperate Lowland Ecosystems Really Provide?
The natural environment delivers many goods and services that human beings cannot manage without. Health, energy, and safety are just a few of the basic…
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