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Deep Creep Means Milder, More Frequent Earthquakes Along Southern California's San Jacinto Fault
New research demonstrates
that deep creep may mean
milder, more frequent
earthquakes along SoCal's
San Jacinto fault, making it
... > full story
Harvesting Energy From Nature's Motions
By taking advantage of the
vagaries of the natural
world, engineers have
developed a novel approach
that they believe can more
efficiently harvest
electricity from the motions
... > full story
Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others
Tree-dwelling ants generally
live in harmony with their
arboreal hosts. But new
research suggests that when
they run out of space in
their trees of choice, the
... > full story
Past Climate Of Northern Antarctic Peninsular Informs Global Warming Debate
The seriousness of current
global warming is underlined
by a reconstruction of
climate at Maxwell Bay in
the South Shetland Islands
... > full story
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Atlanta Floods Extremely Rare
November 9, 2009 — The epic flooding that hit the Atlanta area in September of 2009 was so extremely rare that, six weeks later this event has defied attempts to describe it. Scientists have reviewed the numbers and ... > full story -
Changing Arctic Affecting Air, Ocean, And Everything In Between
November 9, 2009 — Despite the fact that summer 2009 had more sea ice than in 2007 or 2008, scientists are seeing drastic changes in the region from just five years ago and at rates faster than ... > full story -
Discovery Of The Oldest European Marsupial In Southwest France
November 9, 2009 — Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime, France, by palaeontologists. This discovery raises a new hypothesis about the dispersal route of the earliest ... > full story -
Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows
November 9, 2009 — As the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today, say the ... > full story -
Antarctica Glacier Retreat Creates New Carbon Dioxide Store; Has Beneficial Impact On Climate Change
November 9, 2009 — Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. ... > full story -
Well-traveled Wasps Provide Hope For Vanishing Species
November 9, 2009 — They may only be 1.5mm in size, but the tiny wasps that pollinate fig trees can travel over 160km in less than 48 hours, according to new research. The fig wasps are transporting pollen ten times ... > full story -
Wet Ethanol Production Process Yields More Ethanol And More Co-products
November 9, 2009 — Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger ... > full story -
Marine Reserves Can Be An Effective Tool For Managing Fisheries
November 9, 2009 — Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine ... > full story -
What Is The Meaning Of 'One' Plant or Animal?
November 9, 2009 — Evolutionary biologists argue in a new article that high cooperation and low conflict between components, from the genetic level on up, give a living thing its "organismality," whether that thing is ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer With An Upside
November 9, 2009 — A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found. This same chemical may hold unexpected promise in cancer ... > full story
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