http://www.enn.com/topics/ecosystems http://www.enn.com/images/technology.gif http://www.enn.com/topics/ecosystems Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News - ENN en-us http://enn.com/news/feeds/ecosystems2.xml http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53776 A new study by Chad Furl, postdoctoral research associate, and Hatim Sharif, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio, delves into the 2015 Wimberley, Texas floods that destroyed 350 homes and claimed 13 lives. Furl and Sharif researched the factors that led to the catastrophic flooding and shed light on new ways people in flood-prone areas can protect against future tragedies. Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:43:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53776 Joanna Carver, University of Texas San Antonio http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53774 More than 11 billion pieces of plastic are lodged within coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific region. According to a new study published in the journal Science, as this plastic gets tangled, it often cuts the coral, increasing the risk of infection and disease outbreaks by as much 89 percent. Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:39:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53774 Yale Environment 360 http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53772 As farmers in the American West decide what, when and where to plant, and urban water managers plan for water needs in the next year, they want to know how much water their community will get from melting snow in the mountains.This melting snow comes from snowpack, the high elevation reservoir of snow which melts in the spring and summer. Agriculture depends on snowpack for a majority of its water. Meltwater also contributes to municipal water supply; feeds rivers and streams, boosting fisheries and tourism; and conditions the landscape, helping lessen the effects of drought and wildfires. Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:27:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53772 NOAA http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53769 The flow of water that supports hydro-electric and irrigation infrastructure in the mountain regions of Nepal and India is regulated by hundreds of large icy ponds on the surface of some of the world’s highest glaciers, scientists have revealed. Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:40:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53769 Arthur Dafis, American Geophysical Union http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53768 The warming climate is expected to affect coastal regions worldwide as glaciers and ice sheets melt, raising sea level globally. Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:39:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53768 Liam Jackson, Pennsylvania State University http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53764 Research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that calculations of water storage in many river basins from commonly used global computer models differ markedly from independent storage estimates from GRACE satellites. Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:44:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53764 University of Texas at Austin http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53761 For coral reefs, the threat of climate change and bleaching are bad enough. An international research group led by Cornell University has found that plastic trash – ubiquitous throughout the world’s oceans – intensifies disease for coral, adding to reef peril, according to a new study in the journal Science, Jan. 26. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:24:00 EST http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/53761 Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University