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Bighead Carp: From 5 to 150 Centimeters in 37 Million Years
Mar. 12, 2014 — During excavations in the open lignite-mining pit Na Duong in Vietnam, scientists discovered the world’s oldest bighead carp. With a length of only 5 centimeters, Planktophaga minuta is also the ... full story -
Long-Term Warming Likely to Be Significant Despite Recent Slowdown
Mar. 11, 2014 — A new study shows Earth's climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in the rate of global warming. The research ... full story -
Lignin Breakthroughs Serve as GPS for Plant Research
Mar. 11, 2014 — By thoroughly mapping a single specialized tissue involved in wood formation, scientists have developed the equivalent of turn-by-turn directions for future plant scientists to understand how plants ... full story -
Solar Policy Pathways for U.S. States Examined
Mar. 11, 2014 — The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published a report that aligns solar policy and market success with state demographics. By organizing the 48 contiguous states ... full story -
Ocean Food Web Is Key in the Global Carbon Cycle
Mar. 11, 2014 — Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold to an oceanographer. In a study of the ocean's role in the ... full story -
Land Cover Change Over Five Years Across North America Revealed
Mar. 11, 2014 — A new set of maps featured in the CEC's North American Environmental Atlas depicts land cover changes in North America's forests, prairies, deserts and cities, using satellite images from ... full story -
After Major Earthquake, Silence: Dynamic Stressing of a Global System of Faults Results in Rare Seismic Silence
Mar. 11, 2014 — In the global aftershock zone that followed the major April 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake, seismologists noticed an unusual pattern -- a dynamic 'stress shadow,' or period of seismic silence ... full story -
Soil Microbes Shift as Shrubs Invade Remnant Hill Prairies
Mar. 11, 2014 — Perched high on the bluffs of the big river valleys in the Midwest are some of the last remnants of never-farmed prairie grasslands. These patches, edged by forest, are slowly being taken over by ... full story -
California and Arizona Amaze With Two New Species of Desert Poppy
Mar. 11, 2014 — Not quite desert roses, two new species of desert poppies from North America amaze with their simple beauty. The newly described plants are found in the deserts of California and Arizona and have a ... full story -
Speed Trap for Fish Catches Domestic Trout Moving Too Slow
Mar. 11, 2014 — Researchers have documented dramatic differences in the swimming ability of domesticated trout and their wilder relatives. The study calls into question the ability of hatcheries to mitigate more ... full story -
Personality Predicts Social Learning in Wild Monkeys: Bold or Anxious Baboons Learn to Solve Tasks from Other Baboons
Mar. 11, 2014 — Baboons learn from other baboons about new food sources -- but only if they are bold or anxious. The results suggest that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something ... full story -
Exotic Plant Species Alter Ecosystem Productivity
Mar. 11, 2014 — Biologists have reported an increase in biomass production in ecosystems colonized by non-native plant species. In the face of climate change, these and other changes to ecosystems are predicted to ... full story -
Light Pollution Impairs Rainforest Regeneration: Seed-Dispersing Bats Avoid Feeding in Light Polluted Areas
Mar. 10, 2014 — Increasing light pollution in tropical habitats could be hampering regeneration of rainforests because of its impact on nocturnal seed-dispersers. These new findings show that seed-dispersing bats ... full story -
New Light Shed on Changing Greenland Ice
Mar. 10, 2014 — Research using NASA data is giving new insight into one of the processes causing Greenland's ice sheet to lose mass. A team of scientists used satellite observations and ice thickness ... full story -
Impersonating Poisonous Prey: Evolution of Interspecific Communication
Mar. 10, 2014 — Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery -- especially in the predator/prey/poison cycle. In nature, bright colors are basically neon signs that scream, 'Don't eat me!' But how ... full story -
Small Biomass Power Plants Could Help Rural Economies, Stabilize National Power Grid
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have found that creating a bioenergy grid with these small plants could benefit people in rural areas of the country as well as provide relief to an overworked national power ... full story -
National U.S. Study Reveals How Urban Lawn Care Habits Vary
Mar. 10, 2014 — What do people living in Boston, Baltimore, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and Los Angeles have in common? From coast to coast, prairie to desert -- residential lawns reign. But, according to ... full story -
Mongol Empire Rode Wave of Mild Climate, but Warming Now May Be Tipping Region Into Unparalleled Drought
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the ... full story -
Volcanoes Helped Species Survive Ice Ages
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species ... full story -
A Shocking Diet: Researchers Describe Microbe That 'Eats' Electricity
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have shown that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located remotely in soil and sediment while remaining ... full story -
West Virginia Spill Activates Engineers to Determine Effects of Chemicals
Mar. 10, 2014 — Engineers sprung into action when more than 10,000 gallons of a chemical mixture leaked from a storage tank near Charleston, W.Va., and entered a river upstream of a water-treatment plant in ... full story
- Long-term warming likely to be significant despite recent slowdown
- Lignin breakthroughs serve as GPS for plant research
- Solar policy pathways for U.S. states examined
- Ocean food web is key in the global carbon cycle
- Land cover change over five years across North America revealed
- After major earthquake, silence: Dynamic stressing of a global system of faults results in rare seismic silence
- Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies
- California and Arizona amaze with two new species of desert poppy
- Speed trap for fish catches domestic trout moving too slow
- Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys: Bold or anxious baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
- Exotic plant species alter ecosystem productivity
- Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration: Seed-dispersing bats avoid feeding in light polluted areas
- New light shed on changing Greenland ice
- Impersonating poisonous prey: Evolution of interspecific communication
- Small biomass power plants could help rural economies, stabilize national power grid
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- West Virginia spill activates engineers to determine effects of chemicals
- Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
- Elevated mercury from in-ground wastewater disposal found by researchers
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- Alaska the Last Frontier ... not for long
- Can the solution to climate change help eliminate poverty?
- Microwave radar monitors sliding slopes: Geodesists research in the Alps
- Aerosols from human activities tend to weaken hurricanes and cyclones
- Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools, researchers say
- Salmon louse delay salmon returning to spawn
- Tuscany's 'badlands' acutely endangered
- Making it easier to plan offshore wind farms: New tool to help development
- 'Super bacteria' clean up after oil spills
- 'Tree of life' distances are no shortcut to conservation
- Atomically thin, flexible, semi-transparent solar cells created
- First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study suggests
- In grasslands remade by humans, animals may protect biodiversity: Grazers let in the light, rescue imperiled plants
- Four new human-made ozone depleting gases found in the atmosphere
- Sun's energy influences 1,000 years of natural climate variability in North Atlantic
- New NASA Van Allen Probes observations helping to improve space weather models
- Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- That sinking feeling: NASA radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes
- Europe's largest badger study finds rare long-distance movements
- Urbanization exposes French cities to greater seismic risk
- Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
- Urgent need to study impacts of biomass burning and haze on marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia
- Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure, function
- Europe may experience higher warming than global average
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- Fertilizer in small doses yields higher returns for less money
- Deer feeding puts birds at risk, research shows
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- How river networks move across a landscape
- Plasma plumes help shield Earth from damaging solar storms
- Biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology licensed
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- 'Current test' for water pollution
- Warming temperatures are pushing two chickadee species -- and their hybrids -- northward
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Earth's mantle plasticity explained: Missing mechanism for deforming olivine-rich rocks
- Japanese Town: Half the survivors of mega-earthquake, tsunami, have PTSD symptoms
- Mental health care model reduced symptoms in those most affected by BP oil spill
- Offshore dispersant data and decisions
- Santorini tree rings support the traditional dating of the volcanic eruption
- New software automates and improves phylogenomics from next-generation sequencing data
- Maize and bacteria: A one-two punch knocks copper out of stamp sand
- Look back at US soybeans shows genetic improvement behind increased yields
- Human activity influences beach bacterial diversity
- The Eurasian lynx as a key to the conservation and future viability of the endangered Iberian lynx
- Study suggests non-uniform climate warming globally
- First-ever 3-D image created of the structure beneath Sierra Negra volcano
- Warm rivers play role in Arctic sea ice melt
- Livestock can produce food that is better for people, planet
- A single gene, doublesex, controls wing mimicry in butterflies
- Stricter controls of wastewater reuse on crops needed to meet WHO guidelines
- Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filament
- Some metallic toys, low-cost jewelry present health risks for young children
- Hop leaves -- discarded in beer brewing -- have substances that could fight dental diseases
- A wristband for a different kind of cause ... environmental health
- When disaster strikes: Safeguarding networks
- New technique allows frequent water quality monitoring for suite of pollutants
- 3-D scans map widespread fish disease
- Climate change: Improving heat tolerance in trees
- Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet
- Remote sensing moisture model could aid farmers
- Convergent evolution: New fins evolve repeatedly in teleost fishes
- Sea-level rise threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Sea turtles' 'lost years' mystery starts to unravel
- Prequel outshines the original: Exceptional fossils of 160-million-year-old doahugou biota
- New data confirms Arctic ice trends: Ice-free season getting longer by five days per decade
- An environmentally friendly chemical reaction that does not waste any atoms
- Predators delay pest resistance to Bt crops
- Insights into plate tectonics, the forces behind earthquakes, volcanoes
- Team models photosynthesis, finds room for improvement
- Solution to planet-clogging plastics? Fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells used to make objects
- Central Hardwoods forest vulnerabilities, climate change impacts reviewed by report
- Fish bioluminescence: Distinctive flashing patterns might facilitate fish mating
- Solar power: Making it less expensive and more efficient
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