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Mammoth and Mastodon Behavior Was Less Roam, More Stay at Home
July 21, 2014 — Their scruffy beards weren't ironic, but there are reasons mammoths and mastodons could have been the hipsters of the Ice Age. According to new research, the famously fuzzy relatives of ... full story -
Global Warming 'Pause' Since 1998 Reflects Natural Fluctuation
July 21, 2014 — Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according ... full story -
Guide to Household Water Conservation Provided by Experts
July 21, 2014 — Households can reduce water use substantially by simple actions such as installing more efficient appliances and changing day-to-day habits involving water consumption, experts explain in a new ... full story -
Real Price of Steak: Comparing Environmental Costs of Livestock-Based Foods
July 21, 2014 — New research reveals the comparative environmental costs of livestock-based foods. While we are told that eating beef is bad for the environment, do we know its real cost? Are the other animal or ... full story -
Climate: Meat Turns Up the Heat as Livestock Emit Greenhouse Gases
July 21, 2014 — Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research finds that livestock emissions are on the rise and that beef cattle are responsible for far more ... full story -
Mammals Metabolize Some Pesticides to Limit Their Biomagnification
July 21, 2014 — The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- called legacy contaminants -- can become magnified in an animal that eats contaminated ... full story -
Insights Into Birds' Migration Routes
July 21, 2014 — By tracking hybrids between songbird species, investigators have found that migration routes are under genetic control and could be preventing interbreeding. The research was conducted using ... full story -
Storm-Triggered Landslides: Examining Causes of Devastating Debris Flow
July 21, 2014 — Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants of Hurricane Camille in 1969 caused 109 deaths in central Virginia, after 600 mm ... full story -
Replacing Coal, Oil With Natural Gas Will Not Help Fight Global Warming, Expert Argues
July 21, 2014 — Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do coal or oil, especially for the primary uses of residential and commercial heating. "While emissions of ... full story -
Process to Purify Water Using Seed Extracts Now Simplified
July 21, 2014 — Researchers have streamlined and simplified a process that uses extracts from seeds of Moringa oleifa trees to purify water, reducing levels of harmful bacteria by 90 percent to 99 percent. The hardy ... full story -
New Meteorological Insight Into Mid-Level Clouds
July 21, 2014 — At medium altitudes ranging from 6,000 feet to 20,000 feet above mean sea level, water droplets in altocumulus clouds can remain in a supercooled liquid phase that cannot be reasonably resolved in ... full story -
Seals Forage at Offshore Wind Farms
July 21, 2014 — By using sophisticated GPS tracking to monitor seals' every movement, researchers have shown for the first time that some individual seals are repeatedly drawn to offshore wind farms and ... full story -
Refined Biological Evolution Model Proposed
July 21, 2014 — Models for the evolution of life try to clarify the long term dynamics of an evolving system of species. A recent model accounts for species' interactions with various degrees of symmetry, ... full story -
Technology Tracks the Elusive Nightjar
July 21, 2014 — Bioacoustic recorders could provide us with vital additional information to help us protect rare and endangered birds such as the European nightjar, new research has shown. The study found that newly ... full story -
Fecal Transplants Let Packrats Eat Poison
July 21, 2014 — Woodrats lost their ability to eat toxic creosote bushes after antibiotics killed their gut microbes. Woodrats that never ate the plants were able to do so after receiving fecal transplants with ... full story -
When Temperatures Get Cold, Newly-Discovered Process Helps Fruit Flies Cope
July 21, 2014 — Cold-blooded animals cannot regulate their body temperature, so their cells are stressed when facing temperature extremes. Worse still, even at slightly colder temperatures, some biological processes ... full story -
Size and Age of Plants Impact Their Productivity More Than Climate
July 20, 2014 — The size and age of plants has more of an impact on their productivity than temperature and precipitation, according to a landmark study. They show that variation in terrestrial ecosystems is ... full story -
Sea Level Rising in Western Tropical Pacific Anthropogenic as Result of Human Activity, Study Concludes
July 20, 2014 — Sea levels likely will continue to rise in the tropical Pacific Ocean off the coasts of the Philippines and northeastern Australia as humans continue to alter the climate, a study concludes. The ... full story -
A Noble Gas Cage: New Material Traps Gases from Nuclear Fuel Better and Uses Less Energy Than Currently Available Options
July 20, 2014 — A new material called CC3 effectively traps xenon, krypton, and radon. These gases are used in industries such as lighting or medicine and, in the case of radon, one that can be hazardous when it ... full story -
Mixing It Up: Study Provides New Insight Into Southern Ocean Behavior
July 20, 2014 — Turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean, which has a profound effect on global ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies -- the ocean equivalent of ... full story
- Mammoth and mastodon behavior was less roam, more stay at home
- Global warming 'pause' since 1998 reflects natural fluctuation
- Guide to household water conservation provided by experts
- Real price of steak: Comparing environmental costs of livestock-based foods
- Climate: Meat turns up the heat as livestock emit greenhouse gases
- Mammals metabolize some pesticides to limit their biomagnification
- Insights into birds' migration routes
- Storm-triggered landslides: Examining causes of devastating debris flow
- Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues
- Process to purify water using seed extracts now simplified
- New meteorological insight into mid-level clouds
- Seals forage at offshore wind farms
- Refined biological evolution model proposed
- Technology tracks the elusive Nightjar
- Fecal transplants let packrats eat poison
- When temperatures get cold, newly-discovered process helps fruit flies cope
- Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate
- Sea level rising in western tropical Pacific anthropogenic as result of human activity, study concludes
- A noble gas cage: New material traps gases from nuclear fuel better and uses less energy than currently available options
- Mixing it up: Study provides new insight into Southern Ocean behavior
- Oceans vital for possibility for alien life
- NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: Data to lead scientists forward into the past
- Management of South Florida coastal environments
- The bend in the Appalachian mountain chain is finally explained
- Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills
- A 10-year endeavor: NASA's Aura and climate change
- Ten-year endeavor: NASA's Aura tracks pollutants
- Big data used to guide conservation efforts
- Revealed: The mystery behind starling flocks
- Catastrophic debris avalanches: A second volcanic hazard
- Tiniest catch: Scientists' fishing expedition reveals viral diversity in sea
- Atlantic salmon show capacity to adapt to warmer waters
- Untangling spider's webs: Largest-ever study of spider genetics shows orb weaver spiders do not share common origins
- How existing cropland could feed billions more
- Chromosome-based draft of the wheat genome completed
- Study led by indigenous people uncovers grizzly bear 'highway' in coastal British Columbia
- Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life
- Is the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program affordable?
- Duck migration study reveals importance of conserving wetlands
- Eradicating fatal sleeping sickness by killing off the tsetse fly
- Map reveals worldwide impacts of climate change
- The rate at which groundwater reservoirs are being depleted is increasing
- New view of Mount Rainier's volcanic plumbing: Electrical images show upward flow of fluids to magma chamber
- Fires are major cause of wind farm failure, according to new research
- Alaska's resources and changing climate connect, clash
- Are ants the answer to carbon dioxide sequestration?
- Dredging linked to diseased corals by new study
- 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survives series of simulated earthquakes
- Indus river dolphin's declining range: Patterns of river fragmentation provide insight into river dolphin conservation
- Whale shark fringe migration: 16-year study suggests Azore islands may play increasing role in whale shark habitat
- Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years
- Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases, study shows
- Sun exposure, vitamin D levels and mortality
- Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon spill found to persist in the environment
- Efficient structures help build a sustainable future
- Hungry, invasive 'crazy worm' makes first appearance in Wisconsin, threatens forests
- Rising-2 captured highest resolution image of Earth's surface among satellites in its class
- What do Google searches tell us about our climate change fears?
- Health risks posed by 'third hand' tobacco smoke
- Tracking the breakup of Arctic summer sea ice
- For bees and flowers, tongue size matters
- NOAA's GOES-R satellite Magnetometer ready for spacecraft integration
- NASA's Van Allen Probes show how to accelerate electrons
- Glowing red in the big blue: Red fluorescence at great depths
- Rainwater discovered at new depths, with high pressure and temperatures over 300 degrees Celsius
- Gene discovery could lead to better soybean varieties for northern United States
- Eyeing multiple scenarios, conservation scientists can tackle an uncertain future
- Experts voice concerns over arsenic in rice
- Organic pollutants not factor in turtle tumor disease, study finds
- Socio-economic change more of a problem for nomads than climate change
- Norwegian reindeer herds boosted by climate change
- Marine, terrestrial wildlife haven becomes four million-acre biosphere reserve
- Rethinking fish farming to offset its public health and environmental risks
- Best for bees to be stay-at-homes: Imported bees don't do as well as locals
- Belize's lobster, conch, and fish populations rebuild in no-take zones
- Australia drying caused by greenhouse gases, study shows
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- Nutritional, food safety benefits of organic farming documented by major study
- Contributing factors to groundwater table declines identified
- NASA’s high-flying laser altimeter to check out summer sea ice and more
- Novel gene for salt tolerance found in wild soybean
- Ecologists make first image of food niche
- Precipitation, not warming temperatures, may be key in bird adaptation to climate change
- 3-D technology used to help California condors, other endangered species
- 'Tailored' water: the latest in lawn care
- Biodegradable paper covers as replacement for plastics opens up bio-economy market for horticulture
- New approach to forecast hurricane intensity
- Climate, genetics can affect how long virus-carrying mosquitoes live
- Leading scientists express rising concern about 'microplastics' in the ocean
- Evidence of super-fast deep earthquake: Rare high-speed rupture off Russia and similar phenomena on shallow fault zones
- Significant harmful algal bloom predicted in western Lake Erie this summer
- Overfishing in English Channel leaves fisherman scraping bottom of the barrel
- Ocean's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles
- Feedback control could be key to robust conservation management
- Hunger for vegetable oil means trouble for Africa's great apes
- Mediterranean fish stocks show steady decline
- Straits of Mackinac 'worst possible place' for a Great Lakes oil spill, researcher concludes
- Invasion of yellow crazy ant in a Seychelles UNESCO palm forest: Threats and solutions
- Drought, poor wheat harvest in Kansas has effects on national economy, says climatologist
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