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The World's Oldest Known Snake Fossils: Rolling Back the Clock by Nearly 70 Million Years
Jan. 27, 2015 — Fossilized remains of four ancient snakes have been dated between 140 and 167 million years old -- nearly 70 million years older than the previous record of ancient snake fossils -- and are changing ... full story -
The Origin of Life: Labyrinths as Crucibles of Life
Jan. 27, 2015 — Water-filled micropores in hot rock may have acted as the nurseries in which life on Earth began. A team has now shown that temperature gradients in pore systems promote the cyclical replication and ... full story -
Economic Trade-Offs of Owning Versus Leasing a Solar Photovoltaic System
Jan. 27, 2015 — Two new reports examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential solar energy systems. Analysts found that businesses that use low-cost financing to ... full story -
Sagebrush Ecosystem Recovery Hobbled by Loss of Soil Complexity at Development Sites
Jan. 26, 2015 — In big sagebrush country, re-establishing the ecosystem’s namesake shrub may jump-start the recovery process more successfully after oil and gas development than sowing grass-dominated reclamation ... full story -
Pilotless Aircraft Will Play Critical Roles in Precision Agriculture
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new article outlines many of the potential roles drones can play in university research, and the advantages they can offer in speed, cost and data ... full story -
Winters in Siberian Permafrost Regions Have Warmed Since Millenia
Jan. 26, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have successfully decoded climate data from old permafrost ground ice and reconstructed the development of winter temperatures in Russia's Lena River Delta. Their ... full story -
Global Warming Doubles Risk of Extreme La Niña Event, Research Shows
Jan. 26, 2015 — The risk of extreme La Niña events in the Pacific Ocean could double due to global warming, new research has shown. El Niño and La Niña events are opposite phases of the natural climate ... full story -
Geothermal Microbial Reservoirs: Staircase Fractures in Microbialites and Travertines
Jan. 26, 2015 — Geologists have come up with a new model of the development of fractures showing a stairway trajectory, commonly occurring in finely laminated rock, such microbialites and travertines. These ... full story -
Partly Wrong With a Chance of Being Right: Weather Forecast
Jan. 26, 2015 — The inaccuracy of weather forecasts has personal implications for people around the world. New research from Tel Aviv University prioritizes, for the first time, the reasons for forecasting failures ... full story -
Researchers Identify Materials to Improve Biofuel, Petroleum Processing
Jan. 26, 2015 — Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers has identified potential materials that could improve the production of ethanol and petroleum products. The discovery could ... full story -
Climate Models Disagree on Why Temperature 'Wiggles' Occur
Jan. 26, 2015 — Most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability occurring in mean surface temperatures as Earth's atmosphere warms. They also provide inconsistent ... full story -
Meteosat-7 Becomes EUMETSAT's Longest-Serving Operational Satellite
Jan. 26, 2015 — On 24 January 2015, Meteosat-7 becomes the longest-serving operational satellite in EUMETSAT history, clocking up 17 years of monitoring the weather from ... full story -
Cause for Decline of Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon Identified
Jan. 26, 2015 — Oxygen-depleted dead zones between dams in the upper Missouri River have been directly linked with the failure of endangered pallid sturgeon embryos to survive, according to a study. The study is the ... full story -
Ethnic Minorities, Deprived Communities Hardest Hit by Air Pollution
Jan. 26, 2015 — Air pollution levels are linked to many forms of ill health, including higher risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, especially for more vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, ... full story -
Converting Olive Mash Into Cash
Jan. 26, 2015 — An experimental system to create heat and power with waste from olive oil processing is up-and-running in Spain. The system shows a promising way forward for reducing environmental damage and ... full story -
3-D View of Greenland Ice Sheet Opens Window on Ice History
Jan. 23, 2015 — Scientists using ice-penetrating radar have created 3-D maps of the age of the ice within the Greenland Ice Sheet. The new maps will aid future research to understand the impact of climate change on ... full story -
Lead Negatively Impacts Cognitive Functions of Boys More Than Girls
Jan. 23, 2015 — The female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls, explaining why boys, are shown to suffer more often from the cognitive disabilities linked ... full story -
Boston's Leaky Pipes Release High Levels of Heat-Trapping Methane
Jan. 23, 2015 — A research team estimates that each year about 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas, worth some $90 million, escapes the Boston region's delivery system. The findings have implications for other ... full story -
Calculating the Future of Solar-Fuel Refineries
Jan. 23, 2015 — A team of engineers has developed a new tool to help engineers better gauge the overall yield, efficiency and costs associated with scaling solar-fuel production processes up into large-scale ... full story -
New Technique Helps Probe Performance of Organic Solar Cell Materials
Jan. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells, which are candidates for low-cost, next generation solar ... full story
- The world's oldest known snake fossils: Rolling back the clock by nearly 70 million years
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- Economic trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar photovoltaic system
- Sagebrush ecosystem recovery hobbled by loss of soil complexity at development sites
- Pilotless aircraft will play critical roles in precision agriculture
- Winters in Siberian permafrost regions have warmed since millenia
- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Geothermal microbial reservoirs: Staircase fractures in microbialites and travertines
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT's longest-serving operational satellite
- Cause for decline of Missouri River pallid sturgeon identified
- Ethnic minorities, deprived communities hardest hit by air pollution
- Converting olive mash into cash
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Surprising insights into effects of wood fuel burning
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Going with the flow: Is river basin management misguided?
- When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- As trees are cut and climates shift, can the animals of Borneo be saved?
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- California's policies can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions through 2030
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Study projects unprecedented loss of corals in Great Barrier Reef due to warming
- Small drop in sea level had big impact on southern Great Barrier Reef
- Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow
- Doubt cast on global firestorm generated by dino-killing asteroid
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Zolushka, (the russian translation for Cinderella), the tiger, rescued and released back into the wild
- Warmer, drier climate altering forests throughout California
- Drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries
- Synthetic amino acid enables safe, new biotechnology solutions to global problems
- Animal-to-human transmission of Ebola virus appears tied to increasing human population density in forested regions
- Two lakes beneath the ice in Greenland, gone within weeks
- Next-generation sequencing offers insight into how species adapt to climate change
- Death of a dynamo: A hard drive from space
- Researchers introduce macrosystems approach to study stream ecology
- Ecocentricity: How do consumers decide what makes a product 'green'?
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Climate change threatens 30 years of sea turtle conservation success
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Endangered chimpanzees may experience drastic habitat loss within 5 years
- Simple soil mixture reverses toxic stormwater effects
- Greenland Ice: The warmer it gets the faster it melts
- Biggest fish in the ocean receives international protection
- Warming climate likely will change the composition of northern forests, study shows
- Vegetation can help prevent soil erosion due to wind
- Climate change does not bode well for picky eaters
- Drugs from dirt: Scientists develop first global roadmap for drug discovery
- Pioneer study examines declining coral reef health due to pesticides/sea surface temperatures
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- Ocean floor dust gives new insight into supernovae
- First public lighting system that runs on solar and wind energy
- Paleontologist names a carnivorous reptile that preceded dinosaurs
- Predators, parasites, pests and the paradox of biological control
- Time to rethink the inner-city asthma epidemic?
- Making waves with lasers could enhance solar cell efficiency
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
- Fossil ankles indicate Earth's earliest primates lived in trees
- Geophysicists find the crusty culprits behind sudden tectonic plate movements
- Voyage from Earth's crust to its mantle and back again
- Melting glaciers have big carbon impact
- How planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
- Preserved fossil represents oldest record of parental care in group of prehistoric reptiles
- How the yellowhammer bird became a Kiwi: From hero to villain in 15 years
- NASA, NOAA find 2014 warmest year in modern record
- NASA satellite set to get the dirt on Earth's soil moisture
- NASA mountaintop sensor finds high methane over Los Angeles
- Peat fire emissions may shed light on climate change
- Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealed
- Finding farmland: New maps offer a clearer view of global agriculture
- Heart arrhythmias detected in deep-diving marine mammals
- Volcanic eruption on Cape Verde Island
- Nanoparticles for clean drinking water
- Perovskites provide big boost to silicon solar cells
- Nearly half the systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
- Wildlife loss in the global ocean not as dire as on land
- Tiny plant fossils a window into Earth's landscape millions of years ago
- Roller coaster geese: Insights into high altitude bird flight physiology and biomechanics
- New planetary dashboard shows 'great acceleration' in human activity since 1950
- In the mood to trade? Weather may influence institutional investors' stock decisions
- Environment, not genes, dictates human immune variation, study finds
- For sea turtles, there's no place like magnetic home
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