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Environmental Protection: is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
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SEP 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Earth Island. It may have been edited for publication purposes. A visit with Tumu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In the natural world, genes don’t always operate independently. They can function as part of a set of genes and ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2016Earth & The Environment
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Videos
While evidence of climate change is all around us, nowhere are the effects more visible than the Inupiat Eskimo village ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 23, 2016Earth & The Environment
A couple of weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had gotten an "unusually high number of rep ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 23, 2016Cancer
Blue and green eyes are exotic and beautiful, but researchers are finding that there’s a price attached to these c ...AUG 11, 2016Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble ...AUG 07, 2016Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
On May 26, the Norwegian Parliament pledged that the government's public procurement policy will be deforestation-fr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 16, 2016Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2016Earth & The Environment
Honduras is the world’s most dangerous country for environmentalists. According to Global Witness, a London-based ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2016Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2016Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers devised a method to improve oral bacteriophage therapy. The group, made up of investigators from the Autonom ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 26, 2016Health & Medicine
Picture this scene. It is a blistering hot late-July day, so hot that even the shade seems to melt away. Pink-skinned ch ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2016Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
Wildlife crimes around the world have caused countless unnecessary deaths - both of animals and humans. Latin America in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
One million square kilometers. That’s a big number. And an even bigger accomplishment, if the government of French ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Earth Island. It may have been edited for publication purposes. A visit with Tumu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the natural world, genes don’t always operate independently. They can function as part of a set of genes and ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A state of emergency has been called in several states along the east coast because of a leak in Alabama’s Colonia
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Videos
While evidence of climate change is all around us, nowhere are the effects more visible than the Inupiat Eskimo village
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 23, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A couple of weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had gotten an "unusually high number of rep
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 23, 2016
Cancer
Blue and green eyes are exotic and beautiful, but researchers are finding that there’s a price attached to these c
...
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble
...
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
On May 26, the Norwegian Parliament pledged that the government's public procurement policy will be deforestation-fr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lionfish may look attractive with their super bright and colorful appearance, but you should stay away from them like th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Honduras is the world’s most dangerous country for environmentalists. According to Global Witness, a London-based
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2016
Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers devised a method to improve oral bacteriophage therapy. The group, made up of investigators from the Autonom
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
Picture this scene. It is a blistering hot late-July day, so hot that even the shade seems to melt away. Pink-skinned ch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2016
Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Wildlife crimes around the world have caused countless unnecessary deaths - both of animals and humans. Latin America in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
One million square kilometers. That’s a big number. And an even bigger accomplishment, if the government of French
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan