Mega cities are now thought to replicate living organisms in that they Breathe, Consume Energy, Excrete Wastes And Pollute — It is interesting that the scientific trend of viewing the world’s biggest cities as analogous to living, breathing organisms Read more…

African cities are growing faster than anywhere else in the world. This is having a major impact, but few ecologists are studying the urban environment and effect of cities on rural areas. One of the most important ecological changes in Africa’s history is being over-looked. Read more…

The progressive degradation of useful soils for agriculture and farm animal husbandry is a growing environmental and social problem, given that it endangers the food safety of an increasing world population. This fact prompted the Basque Institute Read more…

Most readers will be aware that a recent report commissioned and funded by the UK Food Standards Agency has found that organic food is not nutritionally better than conventionally-produced food. The study was a review of literature pertaining to the subject Read more…

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Ecological restoration is an activity that ideally results in the return of an ecosystem to an undisturbed state. Ecosystem services are the benefits humans derive from ecosystems. Read more…

Coral reefs May Survive Global Warming. Leading Experts say that more than half of the world’s coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University (USA) scientists Read more…

Most polluted or damaged ecosystems worldwide can recover within a lifetime if societies commit to their cleanup or restoration, according to an analysis of 240 independent studies by researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Read more…

European biodiversity loss ‘as serious’ as climate change, European environment commissioner warns. Most of Europe’s species and habitats are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise, environment chiefs warned at a major biodiversity Read more…

Icebergs, until now a powerful symbol of the damage caused by global warming, seem to have decided to save the world from this threat instead. A team of UK scientists aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Endurance (RN Antarctic Ice Patrol Ship and class 1A1 ice breaker, Read more…

Welcome to EcoNewsOnline which aims to bring interesting and easily digestible articles on new ecological research and news to all those who wish to sift out the truth about the global ecology from the many myths that abound. Most proponents of improving the Read more…

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) helps individuals, businesses and local authorities in the UK to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change. (See www.wrap.org.uk). Every day we watch on Read more…

With the increasing shouts of alarm over the use and production of biofuels, scientists are actively looking for alternative fuel sources that won’t impact adversely on the lives of millions of people world wide. So what should they be looking at in their search for new and Read more…

It has now been estimated that the growing economic strength of the European Union has doubled the ecological pressure on the planet in the past 30 years, according to a WWF report.
Despite technological advances, environmental pressure has Read more…

Air New Zealand has just become the latest airline to float the skies using bio fuels in a move that is hailed (by some) as a huge advance in the struggle to find an alternative to the oil based economy. Many however are justifiably concerned that the increase in plantations Read more…

The loss of organic matter is one of the various threats to the soils that have been identified by the European Commission. Soils act as vast carbon sinks and could therefore become emitters of green house gasses when the carbon holding organisms decay. Read more…