A new study recently published in the journal Science discussed the effect of nitrogen pollution on alpine lakes. James Elser, who works at Arizona State University, led the study regarding 90 alpine lakes around the world, including Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

The park is home to an array of species, including elk, deer, mountain lions, bears, bighorn sheep and eagles. Sixty of the ...

It is no secret that the decreasing sea ice in the Arctic has opened the waters to new issues, including ownership battles between countries and fishing in areas never before fished. Due to the dwindling ice, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council began debating what actions to take some three years ago. The group eventually decided to take a cautious approach.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council decided that it would prevent commercial fishing in areas that are becoming ...

A study done by a team of researchers regarding Mount Kilimanjaro was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team was led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson, who works for Ohio State University. The study found that the snow and ice cover on the mountain may soon disappear.

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the team studied data collected over various points in the ...

The loss of species on this planet is a major environmental and conservation issue. Global warming, in many instances, is increasing the rate of extinction for various groups. In addition to global warming, direct harm from human populations, including deforestation and hunting, are to blame for numerous other species being on the brink of extinction or already gone.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently released their Red List of endangered species. For this year’s ...

In 2004, the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency developed  a program entitled the Smartway program. This program is directed towards bus and trucking companies in order to have them change to clean diesel and upgrade their systems. The program gives loans to such companies, and in 2009 $20 million has be doled out.

A recent announcement by the EPA regarding ships has caused many to urge such a program be created for ships to convert to low-sulfur diesel. The ...