The INSPIRE Conference 2011 will take place from 27th June to 1st July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The theme of this year's edition is "INSPIREd by 2020 - Contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth". ...

A new study on biological invasions based on extensive data of alien species from 10 taxonomic groups and 28 European countries has shown that patterns of established alien species richness are more related to historical levels of socio-economic ...

Phosphorus is an ingredient in agricultural and household products such as fertiliser, detergents, etc. When released in excessive quantities to the environment, this mineral contributes to the development of algae and micro-organisms that pollute ...

In Brittany, the foremost agricultural region in France, animal farming produces millions of tons of liquid manure each year. To reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses and meet current energy challenges, researchers from Cemagref in Rennes, INRA in ...

A Gulf of Finland theme year was last organised more than 10 years ago. Now, for 2014, it is being arranged again. The decision was made on Tuesday at the convention of Finnish, Russian, and Estonian marine researchers hosted by the Finnish ...

The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate change effect and a taste of the future, says Dr. Guy Pe’er, one of the authors of Israel’s first report to the UN on climate change. Ten years ago, Dr. Pe’er and ...

The implementation of the Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure in Finland has now been evaluated for the first time. On the whole, the objectives of the law have been well met. Each year, the assessment procedure is applied for about 30 ...

(Press release by Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Environment Institute) There are 2,247 threatened species in Finland, which is 10.5 per cent of the 21,400 species evaluated. The number of species evaluated is exceptionally large, even by ...

The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has just launched the CEH Information Gateway, a new web portal that provides researchers and the wider public with quick, easy and direct access to a diverse range of environmental data....

Just under a year ago prolonged heavy rainfall brought extensive flooding to many parts of the western UK and Ireland, with the worst flooding concentrated in west Cumbria. The towns of Cockermouth and Workington experienced particularly severe ...