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Fiction Prepares Us for a World Changed by Global Warming
Apr. 23, 2014 — Climate fiction, or simply cli-fi, is a newly coined term for novels and films which focus on the consequences of global warming. New research shows how these fictions serve as a mental laboratory ... full story -
How to Avoid Water Wars Between 'Fracking' Industry and Residents
Apr. 23, 2014 — The shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape in the US, but in some drier locations, it could cause conflict among the energy industry, residents and agricultural interests over ... full story -
Political Ravens? Ravens Understand the Relationships Among Others
Apr. 23, 2014 — Cognitive biologists have revealed that ravens do understand and keep track of the rank relations between other ravens. Such an ability has been known only from primates. Like many social mammals, ... full story -
Getting at the Root of Mountain Pine Beetle's Rapid Habitat Expansion
Apr. 22, 2014 — The mountain pine beetle has wreaked havoc in North America, across forests from the American Southwest to British Columbia and Alberta, with the potential to spread all the way to the Atlantic ... full story -
Checking Up on Crude Oil in the Ground: Nanoreporters Tell 'Sour' Oil from 'Sweet'
Apr. 22, 2014 — Scientists have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence and concentration of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ... full story -
Taxonomic Study of Green Algae (Chlorophyta) in Langkawi, Malaysia
Apr. 22, 2014 — Tourism is bringing rapid development to the islands of Langkawi, which puts pressure on the marine ecosystem. This research records the diversity and will be a useful baseline record for ... full story -
Surface Modification of Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Degradation of Hazardous Pollutants Under Ordinary Visible Light
Apr. 22, 2014 — Researchers have developed a modified photocatalyst which is economical and effective at transforming organic pollutants into harmless end products. Photocatalytic degradation is one of the highly ... full story -
Wildlife Response to Climate Change Is Likely Underestimated, Experts Warn
Apr. 22, 2014 — Analyzing thousands of breeding bird surveys sent in by citizen scientists over 35 years, wildlife researchers report that most of the 40 songbird species they studied shifted either northward or ... full story -
Ask Yourself: Will You Help the Environment?
Apr. 22, 2014 — Whether it's recycling, composting or buying environmentally friendly products, guilt can be a strong motivator -- not just on Earth Day. Now, research proves that even just asking ourselves, or ... full story -
UV-Radiation Data to Help Ecological Research
Apr. 22, 2014 — Researchers have processed existing data on global UV-B radiation in such a way that scientists can use them to find answers to many ecological questions. According to a new paper, this data set ... full story -
New Design for Mobile Phone Masts Could Cut Carbon Emissions
Apr. 22, 2014 — A breakthrough in the design of signal amplifiers for mobile phone masts could deliver a massive 200MW cut in the load on UK power stations, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by around 0.5 million ... full story -
Cloaked DNA Nanodevices Survive Pilot Mission
Apr. 22, 2014 — By mimicking a viral strategy, scientists have created the first cloaked DNA nanodevice that survives the body's immune defenses. Their success opens the door to smart DNA nanorobots that use ... full story -
Higher Solar-Cell Efficiency Achieved With Zinc-Oxide Coating
Apr. 22, 2014 — Researchers have achieved 14-percent efficiency in a 9-millimeter-square solar cell made of gallium arsenide. It is the highest efficiency rating for a solar cell that size and made with that ... full story -
European Eel Expedition 2014: First Phase Successfully Completed
Apr. 21, 2014 — Denmark's largest marine research vessel has spent three weeks exploring and gathering samples in the spawning grounds of the European eel in the Sargasso Sea, between Bermuda and the West ... full story -
Today's Antarctic Region Once as Hot as California, Florida
Apr. 21, 2014 — Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new ... full story -
Earth Week: Bark Beetles Change Rocky Mountain Stream Flows, Affect Water Quality
Apr. 21, 2014 — On Earth Week -- and in fact, every week now -- trees in mountains across the western United States are dying, thanks to an infestation of bark beetles that reproduce in the trees' inner bark. ... full story -
Krypton Used to Accurately Date Ancient Antarctic Ice
Apr. 21, 2014 — Scientists have successfully identified the age of 120,000-year-old Antarctic ice using radiometric krypton dating -- a new technique that may allow them to locate and date ice that is more than a ... full story -
Improving Understanding of Valley-Wide Stream Chemistry
Apr. 21, 2014 — Understanding the chemistry of streams at a finer scale could help to identify factors impairing water quality and help protect aquatic ecosystems. A geostatistical approach for studying ... full storyMore: -
New Technology for Greenhouses Developed
Apr. 21, 2014 — Agricultural and fruit producers could acquire high-tech greenhouses at a considerably less cost, thanks to researchers who are developing computer systems to control climatic variables within such ... full story -
Taking the Pulse of Mountain Formation in the Andes
Apr. 21, 2014 — New research shows that the Altiplano plateau in the central Andes -- and most likely the entire mountain range -- was formed through a series of rapid growth spurts. "This study provides ... full story
- Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming
- How to avoid water wars between 'fracking' industry and residents
- Political ravens? Ravens understand the relationships among others
- Getting at the root of mountain pine beetle's rapid habitat expansion
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Taxonomic study of green algae (chlorophyta) in Langkawi, Malaysia
- Surface modification of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of hazardous pollutants under ordinary visible light
- Wildlife response to climate change is likely underestimated, experts warn
- Ask yourself: Will you help the environment?
- UV-radiation data to help ecological research
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- Higher solar-cell efficiency achieved with zinc-oxide coating
- European Eel Expedition 2014: First phase successfully completed
- Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
- Earth Week: Bark beetles change Rocky Mountain stream flows, affect water quality
- Krypton used to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice
- Improving understanding of valley-wide stream chemistry
- New technology for greenhouses developed
- Taking the pulse of mountain formation in the Andes
- Lack of breeding threatens blue-footed boobies' survival
- Centuries of sand still available at Mississippi Delta
- Birthplace of the domesticated chili pepper identified in Mexico
- More questions than answers as mystery of domestication deepens
- New material coating technology mimics nature's lotus effect
- Researchers rethink 'natural' habitat for wildlife
- No-till soil organic carbon sequestration rates published
- Future heat waves pose risk for population of Greater London
- 'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
- Plants with dormant seeds give rise to more species
- Ancient DNA: Barnyard chickens living just a few hundred years ago looked far different from today's chickens
- Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years
- Is UK shale gas extraction posing a risk to public health?
- Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites
- Five anthropogenic factors that will radically alter northern forests in 50 years
- Findings shed light on seagrass needs
- More, bigger wildfires burning western US over last 30 years
- Alternative identification methods for threatened species urged
- Fewer sources for self-cleaning air: Study overturns existing knowledge on nitrous acid, HONO
- There's something ancient in the icebox: Three-million-year-old landscape beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
- Saving the lesser prairie chicken: What landowners should know
- New orchid: 'Lophiaris silverarum' is known to grow only in central Panama
- Food shortages could be most critical world issue by mid-century
- Surprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
- East African honeybees safe from invasive pests ... for now
- Recommendations on climate change mitigation
- After hurricane Sandy, residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
- Atom probe assisted dating of oldest piece of Earth
- Biologists help solve fungal mysteries, inform studies on climate change
- Methane climate change risk suggested by proof of redox cycling of humic substances
- Study shows lasting effects of drought in rainy Eastern U.S.
- The story of animal domestication retold: Scientists now think wild animals interbred with domesticated ones until quite recently
- Genetic study tackles mystery of slow plant domestications
- Suicide epidemic among India's 'marginalized' farmers
- Declining catch rates in Caribbean Nicaragua green turtle fishery may be result of overfishing
- Earliest ancestor of land herbivores discovered: 300-million-year-old predator showed way to modern terrestrial ecosystem
- Chimpanzees prefer firm, stable beds
- Residing in high altitude military facilities protects service members from obesity
- Mars: Meteorites yield clues to Red Planet's early atmosphere
- Air temperature influenced African glacial movements at height of last ice age
- Crucial new information about how the ice ages came about
- NutNet: New model for global research
- Significant baseline levels of arsenic found in soil throughout Ohio are due to natural processes
- Shade grown coffee shrinking as a proportion of global coffee production
- A greener source of polyester: Cork trees
- DNA looping damage tied to HPV cancer, researcher discovers
- Researchers question emergency water treatment guidelines
- Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis: New design for enhanced safety, easier siting and centralized construction
- Irrigated agriculture: precious habitat for the long-billed curlew
- Ant colonies help evacuees in disaster zones
- Researchers propose network-based evaluation tool to assess relief operations feasibility
- Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
- Diverse gene pool critical for tigers' survival, say experts
- EU must take urgent action on invasive species, experts urge
- Environmentally compatible organic solar cells in the future
- Warm U.S. West, cold East: 4,000-year pattern; Global warming may bring more curvy jet streams during winter
- New study outlines 'water world' theory of life's origins
- The human food connection: Authentic Puerto Rican food in Connecticut
- New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis
- Drought hormones measured in plants to prepare for food security
- People of color live in neighborhoods with more air pollution than whites, groundbreaking U.S. study shows
- Long-term predictions for Miami sea level rise could be available relatively soon
- Changes in processing, handling could reduce commercial fishing injuries
- Earthquake simulation tops one petaflop mark
- Biologists develop nanosensors to visualize movements and distribution of plant stress hormone
- Gut capacity limits bird's ability to adapt to rapid climate change
- Tiger beetle's chase highlights mechanical law
- Rethink education to fuel bioeconomy, says report
- Bioarchaeologists link climate instability to human mobility in ancient Sahara
- 'Condor watch' enlists citizen scientists to help endangered species
- Rising demand for herbal medicine can increase cultivation of medicinal trees
- Sibling cooperation in earwig families provides clues to the early evolution of social behavior
- Predicting bioavailable cadmium levels in soils
- New sensor improves the level of efficiency in detecting ozone
- Bizarre parasite may provide cuttlefish clues
- European climate at the 2 degrees Celsius global warming threshold
- Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half
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