44.02% Reduction in GHG Emissions from 2007 – 2020
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Recirculating aquaculture to farm fish more sustainably
UMBC’s Dept. of Marine Biotech. is taking on the challenge
Fishing Without a Net In UMBC’s Department of Marine Biotechnology, Yonathan Zohar and his colleagues are creating sustainable fish farms that may revolutionize our notions of fishing and...
Posted: February 11, 2013, 12:42 PM
Doha 2012: UN Climate Change Conference (COP18)
Many thousands have have traveled to the Qatari capital of Doha for the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For a primer...
Posted: November 30, 2012, 3:18 PM
Rio+20 Has Officially Begun
Earlier this morning the official opening of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) occurred amid dreams, hopes and disappointment. The watering down of the language to...
Posted: June 20, 2012, 11:41 AM
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