#Fragmented forests: Tree cover, urban sprawl both increased in Southeast Michigan over the past 30 years

“#Fragmented forests: Tree cover, urban sprawl both increased in Southeast Michigan over the past 30 years” The seven-county Southeast Michigan study area used in a new University of Michigan analysis of the relationship between forested areas and urban sprawl. Credit: Gounaridis et al. in Landscape Ecology, July 2020. The extent of Southeast Michigan’s tree canopy…

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#Technology can help speed soil recovery after oil spills

“#Technology can help speed soil recovery after oil spills” These laboratory-constructed soil samples contain various concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons. Credit: David Weindorf After an oil spill or leak, it’s important to act fast. If the oil has gotten into soil, scientists need to rapidly assess how much oil there is and how far it spread….

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#Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could split: PM

“#Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could split: PM” Attempts to stabilise the stricken vessel and pump 4,000 tonnes of fuel from its hold have failed A ship that ran aground off Mauritius leaking tonnes of oil into the ocean is cracking, the prime minister said Sunday, threatening an even greater ecological and economic disaster…

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#Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat

“#Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat” In September and October last year, the Planpincieux glacier also threatened a partial collapse, after which extra surveillance measures were put in place An Italian Alpine resort on Sunday lifted a state of alert declared last week over fears that a chunk of glacier on the Mont…

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#Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline

“#Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline” This photo taken and provided by Eric Villars shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius are stuffing fabric sacks…

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