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Soil Ecology
Soil Ecology news, blogs, and links. Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment.
After a pool renovation that lasted way too long this summer, I was left with a great looking pool but not one blade of grass.
The workers and all the heavy machinery completely destroyed my lawn. It's really not their fault because I had them do some grading of the yard so they scooped away the lawn and all the top soil along with it.
The estimate for new sod was crazy ($$$) and after all the pool work was done, it just wasn't in the budget. I thought about putting down grass...
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"In 1973, Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer Arne Naess introduced the phrase "deep ecology" to environmental literature. Environmentalism had emerged as a popular grassroots political movement in the 1960s with the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring...
"Naess saw two different...
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Microbial ecology is an important study that looks at the relationship that the microorganisms living throughout Earth have with the environment around them as well as their relationship with each other.
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ONE of Australia's leading ecologists, David Lindenmayer, and the CSIRO have created an interactive computer program to enlighten students about the complex challenges of environmental conservation.
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It's been almost 35 years since a tree was planted in the International Friendship Garden, a project of the Evanston Rotary Club. However, thanks in part to the efforts of one of the club's members, Dario Kerkez, a new tree took its place this summer in the garden. The garden runs along McCormick...
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It's commonly accepted that a rich or spicy Mexican meal can cause some "toxic" after-effects, but still it seemed odd that the La Bamba restaurant site in Union Gap was listed on the state Department of Ecology's newest list of hazardous sites.
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One research firm estimates that at least 2% of global atmospheric carbon emissions can be traced to the information technology industry because of the electricity consumed by PCs, servers, cooling systems, telecommunications gear and printers. Now, under pressure from tightening global anti...
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The Port of Olympia expects to submit a revised draft study detailing pollution problems on its East Bay redevelopment property to the state Department of Ecology this week, port officials said Tuesday.
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Green activists' views on climate change are a "hysterical pseudo-religion", Northern Ireland's environment minister, Sammy Wilson, has said.
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Experts from the United States, Australia, Japan, Netherlands and the United Kingdom will gather at the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma for the first-ever international workshop on the pervasive problem of microplastics in the marine environment.
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