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Hydraulic Fracturing In The Marcellus Shale

A supply glut and price collapse in natural gas is slowing down the hydraulic fracturing boom in some areas. How market forces, state regulations and health and environmental concerns are shaping development of the Marcellus Shale.

Bike to Work and School Day set for Friday, May 18
Environmental clubs to hold gala Wednesday
²ÝÁñÉçÇø biologist: Loss of plant biodiversity could affect ecosystems as much as global climate change, pollution

The scientists gathered at a workshop in California knew that shrinking biological diversity affects an ecosystem's plant growth, based on the many experiments that have shown just that.
"But how big are those effects, really?" said David Hooper, a biology professor at…

Students for Renewable Energy to participate in Climate Impacts Day event May 5
Students approve renewal of fee that funds bus passes
Biodiversity loss from species extinctions may rival pollution and climate change impacts

Species extinction and loss of biodiversity could be as devastating for the earth as climate change and air pollution. That's the finding of a new study by a group of scientists from nine countries. The research aims for the first time to comprehensively compare the consequences of…

Scientists: Extinctions Just as Damaging as Climate Change

A new paper in the prestigious science journal Nature assesses one of the big questions in ecology today: How do species extinctions rack up compared to other global change issues like global warming, ozone holes, acid rain, and nutrient pollution (overfertilization)?

Could biodiversity loss rival impacts of climate change?
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