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Gulf Oil Spill Researcher: Bacteria Ate Some Toxins, but Worst Remain
July 31, 2014 — Bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico consumed many of the toxic components of the oil released during the Deepwater Horizon spill in the months after the spill, but not the most toxic ... full story -
Brother of Hibiscus Flower Is Found Alive and Well on Maui, Hawaii
July 31, 2014 — Most people are familiar with Hibiscus flowers -- they are an iconic symbol of tropical resorts worldwide where they are commonly planted in the landscape. Only a few, however, are aware of an ... full story -
Pesticide DDT Linked to Slow Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes, Mouse Study Finds
July 30, 2014 — A new study in mice is the first to show that developmental exposure to DDT increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body ... full story -
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Result of Carbon Dioxide Decrease, Not Continental Breakup
July 30, 2014 — Climate modelers have shown that the most likely explanation for the initiation of Antarctic glaciation during a major climate shift 34 million years ago was decreased carbon dioxide levels. The ... full story -
Deep-Sea Octopus Broods Eggs for Over Four Years -- Longer Than Any Known Animal
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have observed a deep-sea octopus brooding its eggs for four-and-a-half years -- longer than any other known animal. Throughout this time, the female kept the eggs clean and guarded them ... full story -
Tidal Forces Gave Moon Its Shape Early in Its History, New Analysis Finds
July 30, 2014 — The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study shows that most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into ... full story -
Saving Seeds the Right Way Can Save the World's Plants
July 30, 2014 — Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the ... full story -
Dimly Lit Working Environments: Correcting Body Clock Is Possible
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have, for the first time, conducted a study under real conditions on the body clocks of members of an international polar research station. The researchers have shown that a particular ... full story -
Nature Inspires a Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
July 30, 2014 — Long before humans figured out how to create colors, nature had already perfected the process -- think stunning, bright butterfly wings of many different hues, for example. Now scientists are tapping ... full story -
Decades-Old Amber Collection Offers New Views of a Lost World: Tiny Grasshopper Encased in Amber
July 30, 2014 — Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yielding fresh insights into ancient ... full story -
Mercury's Bizzare Magnetic Field Tells Scientists How Its Interior Is Different from Earth's
July 30, 2014 — Mercury's interior is different from the Earth's interior in a way that explains Mercury's bizarre magnetic field, planetary physicists report. Measurements from NASA's Messenger ... full story -
Scientists Caution Against Exploitation of Deep Ocean
July 30, 2014 — The world's oceans are vast and deep, yet rapidly advancing technology and the quest for extracting resources from previously unreachable depths is beginning to put the deep seas on the cusp of ... full story -
Climate Extremes Are Here to Stay: Expect More Heat Waves and Cold Snaps
July 30, 2014 — Researchers show how they've used advanced computational data science tools to demonstrate that despite global warming, we may still experience severe cold snaps due to increasing variability in ... full story -
New Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
July 30, 2014 — Scientists have synthesized a catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas, a precursor of gasoline and other energy-rich products, bringing the process closer ... full story -
Peru's Carbon Quantified: Economic and Conservation Boon
July 30, 2014 — Today scientists unveiled the first high-resolution map of the carbon stocks stored on land throughout the entire country of Peru. The new and improved methodology used to make the map marks a sea ... full story -
All-in-One Energy System Offers Greener Power for Off–grid Homes, Farms and Businesses
July 30, 2014 — An innovative ‘trigeneration’ system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid ... full story -
NASA-Funded X-Ray Instrument Settles Interstellar Debate
July 29, 2014 — New findings from a NASA-funded instrument have resolved a decades-old puzzle about a fog of low-energy X-rays observed over the entire sky. Thanks to refurbished detectors first flown on a NASA ... full story -
Underwater Elephants: Mixed Impacts of the World's Largest -- And Threatened -- Parrotfish
July 29, 2014 — Scientists recently got back to basics in order to discover the positive and negative effects that bumphead parrotfish exert on coral reef ecosystems. Using direct observation, animal tracking and ... full story -
Huge Waves Measured for First Time in Arctic Ocean
July 29, 2014 — The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free ... full story -
Famine in the Horn of Africa (1984) Was Caused by El Nino and Currents in the Indian Ocean
July 29, 2014 — Oceanic patterns are important drivers of climatic variability. There is a clear link between periods of drought in the North Ethiopian Highlands and oceanic phases of El Nino, the Indian Ocean ... full story
- Gulf oil spill researcher: Bacteria ate some toxins, but worst remain
- Brother of Hibiscus flower is found alive and well on Maui, Hawaii
- Pesticide DDT linked to slow metabolism, obesity and diabetes, mouse study finds
- Antarctic ice sheet is result of carbon dioxide decrease, not continental breakup
- Deep-sea octopus broods eggs for over four years -- longer than any known animal
- Tidal forces gave moon its shape early in its history, new analysis finds
- Saving seeds the right way can save the world's plants
- Dimly lit working environments: Correcting body clock is possible
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Decades-old amber collection offers new views of a lost world: Tiny grasshopper encased in amber
- Mercury's bizzare magnetic field tells scientists how its interior is different from Earth's
- Scientists caution against exploitation of deep ocean
- Climate extremes are here to stay: Expect more heat waves and cold snaps
- New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
- Peru's carbon quantified: Economic and conservation boon
- All-in-one energy system offers greener power for off–grid homes, farms and businesses
- NASA-funded X-ray instrument settles interstellar debate
- Underwater elephants: Mixed impacts of the world's largest -- and threatened -- parrotfish
- Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean
- Famine in the Horn of Africa (1984) was caused by El Nino and currents in the Indian Ocean
- Algae-eating native freshwater snails: 'Little janitor' merits attention in Florida springs health debate
- Top water saving tips for American households
- From finding Nemo to minerals: What riches lie in the deep sea?
- Evolution in rainforest flies points to climate change survival
- Worldwide water shortage by 2040
- New gadget helps vision-impaired to read graphs
- Gasses from Kilauea volcano affected tropical storm Flossie formation
- Mortality rates increase due to extreme heat and cold
- Generating a genome to feed the world: African rice sequenced
- Lead pollution beat explorers to South Pole, persists today
- Mineral magic? Common mineral capable of making and breaking bonds
- Stress-tolerant tomato relative sequenced
- Impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coral is deeper and broader than predicted
- Global warming amplifier: Rising water vapor in upper troposphere to intensify climate change
- Green spaces found to increase birth weight
- 'Nuisance flooding' an increasing problem as coastal sea levels rise
- How sweet it is: Bioenergy advanced by new tool
- Social network research may boost prairie dog conservation efforts
- Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events, study shows
- Europe's habitat and wildlife is vulnerable to climate change
- Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems
- Changes in agriculture increase high river flow rates
- Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Slowdown in Next 20 Years
- Intensity of hurricanes: New study helps improve predictions of storm intensity
- New system to detect mercury in water systems
- Bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate
- 'Light pollution' may affect love lives of birds in the Viennese Forests
- Steam energy from the sun: New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
- Saharan dust is key to formation of Bahamas' Great Bank, study finds
- Large raptors in Africa used for bushmeat, study indicates
- Parched West is using up underground water: Study points to grave implications for Western U.S. water supply
- Biologist warn of early stages of Earth's sixth mass extinction event
- How to power California with wind, water and sun
- Global wildlife decline driving slave labor, organized crime
- Pesticide linked to three generations of disease: Methoxychlor causes epigenetic changes
- No returning to Eden: Researchers explore how to restore species in a changing world
- Noise pollution impacts fish species differently
- Synchronization of North Atlantic, North Pacific preceded abrupt warming, end of ice age
- New way to determine cancer risk of chemicals found
- Invertebrate numbers nearly halve as human population doubles
- Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared
- Attitudes, preferences toward post-Superstorm Sandy rebuilding explored
- New perspective on agricultural plastic, debris burning, and air quality
- Fukushima accident underscores need for U.S. to seek out new information about nuclear plant hazards
- Corn and soy insecticides similar to nicotine found widespread in midwest U.S. rivers
- Rising temperatures can be hard on a dog's life
- Western Indian Ocean communities play vital role in conservation
- Strengthening community forest rights is critical tool to fight climate change
- Eco-pottery product from water treatment sludge
- Vasculature of the hive: How honey bees stay cool
- Sapronoses: Diseases of another kind, caused by pathogenic microorganisms
- Bird 'backpacks' put wood thrush migration on the map
- Urban heat boosts some pest populations 200-fold, killing red maples
- 15-year analysis of blue whale range off California finds conflict with shipping lanes
- Major impact of climate change on Antarctic fur seals
- How much magma is hiding beneath our feet? Mysteries of Earth's crust pierced
- Calcification in changing oceans
- Climate change: Soil respiration releases carbon
- Membrane filter developed for clean water around the world
- Research charts ecological impact of microbial respiration in oxygen-starved ocean
- An increase in temperature by 2050 may be advantageous to the growth of forage plants
- Geography of global electronic waste ('e-waste') burden
- Researchers work to save endangered New England cottontail
- No increased risk of cancer near Sellafield or Dounreay in recent years
- New plant species that can help soil depollution has been identified
- Rising temperatures hinder Indian wheat production
- Electronic nose could aid in rescue missions
- Helping save narrow-headed gartersnakes from after-effects of Slide Fire
- Alaska frogs reach record lows in extreme temperature survival
- Safeguarding Belize's barrier reef with conservation drones
- Oso disaster had its roots in earlier landslides
- Vulnerability of sharks as collateral damage in commercial fishing shown by study
- Radio frequency ID tags on honey bees reveal hive dynamics
- NASA's HS3 mission spotlight: The HIRAD instrument
- New water balance calculation for Dead Sea
- Bats use polarized light to navigate: First mammal known to use polarization patterns in the sky to navigate
- Natural-terrain schoolyards reduce children's stress, says study
- Jeju Island, Korea is a live volcano
- New York squirrels are nuts about city life
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