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Sustainable Content for 嘿嘿视频enMarine Reserves a Solution to Bycatch Problem in Oceans
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<p>Commercial fishermen may be able to catch more of the profitable fish they want with marine reserves than without them, according to a study in the journal <em>PNAS</em> led by the University of California, Davis. Using marine reserves as a management tool could also help the recently rebounded West Coast groundfish fishery sustain itself, the study notes.</p>
<p>Marine reserves are a subset of Marine Protected Areas. Some MPAs allow fishing, but marine reserves are areas of the ocean closed to fishing and other extractive activities.</p>August 07, 2017 - 1:30pmKatherine E Kerlin/news/marine-reserves-solution-bycatch-problem-oceansManetti Shrem Museum Achieves LEED Platinum Distinction
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<p>嘿嘿视频 earned the U.S. Green Building Council鈥檚 highest LEED rating for the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. It is the ninth 嘿嘿视频 project to be platinum-certified in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).</p>
<p>鈥淚t is far too tempting to take an art museum and make the architecture unique and otherworldly,鈥� said Julianne Nola, Manetti Shrem project manager for the 嘿嘿视频 Office of Design and Construction Management. 鈥淏ut 嘿嘿视频 had a vision 鈥� realized by our design-build team 鈥� for a museum that would reflect the spirit of its place.鈥�</p>January 27, 2017 - 1:19pmKaren Michele Nikos/news/manetti-shrem-museum-achieves-leed-platinum-distinction$14 Million Federal Grant for Sustainable Transportation Research
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<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation selected the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, led by the 嘿嘿视频 Institute of Transportation Studies, to receive a five-year grant totaling about $14 million to advance a more sustainable transportation system.</p>December 05, 2016 - 1:37pmKatherine E Kerlin/news/14-million-federal-grant-sustainable-transportation-researchDiversity as Natural Pesticide
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<p>Monoculture crops provide the nutrient levels insect pests crave, explains a study led by the University of California, Davis, in the journal <em>Nature. </em>Returning plant diversity to farmland could be a key step toward sustainable pest control.</p>October 12, 2016 - 11:50amKatherine E Kerlin/news/diversity-natural-pesticide