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Economic Models Provide Insights Into Global Sustainability Challenges
Feb. 26, 2015 — Using models that blend global economics, geography, ecology and environmental sciences is essential to understanding how changes in trade and natural systems in one part of the world affect those in ... full story -
Embrace Unknowns, Opt for Flexibility in Environmental Policies, Experts Say
Feb. 26, 2015 — We make hundreds, possibly thousands, of decisions each day without having full knowledge of what will happen next. Life is unpredictable, and we move forward the best we can despite not knowing ... full story -
'Ecosystem Services' Help Assess Ocean Energy Development
Feb. 26, 2015 — Environmental scientists suggest that the way to fill vast gaps in knowledge about the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of ocean energy development is to consider how the benefits provided by ... full story -
Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific Oscillations Caused 'False Pause' in Warming
Feb. 26, 2015 — The recent slowdown in climate warming is due, at least in part, to natural oscillations in the climate, according to a team of climate scientists, who add that these oscillations represent ... full story -
World's Challenges Demand Science Changes -- And Fast, Experts Say
Feb. 26, 2015 — The world has little use -- and precious little time -- for detached experts. A group of scientists -- each of them experts -- makes a compelling case that the growing global challenges has rendered ... full story -
Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Reaches Madagascar
Feb. 26, 2015 — The chytrid fungus, which is fatal to amphibians, has been detected in Madagascar for the first time. This means that the chytridiomycosis pandemic has now reached a biodiversity hotspot. Researchers ... full story -
'Blue-Green Algae' Proliferating in Lakes
Feb. 26, 2015 — The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries -- and in many cases the ... full story -
Finland: Wheat Harvest Turned Larger Than Oat for the First Time in a Century
Feb. 26, 2015 — On the average, the Finnish grain crop harvest has been over four billion kilograms every other year in the 2000s. In 2014, this figure was exceeded for the seventh time. For the first time in the ... full story -
Suspended Soils Maintain Rainforest Ecosystems, Says Researcher
Feb. 26, 2015 — The bird’s nest fern, a plant commonly found in many of our homes, has a critical place in maintaining the biodiversity and the ecosystems of the world’s rainforests, researchers ... full story -
Drilling Ancient African Lakes Sheds Light on Human Evolution
Feb. 26, 2015 — How was human evolution and migration influenced by past changes in climate? Researchers hope to find ... full story -
Forest Tree Seeds Stored in the Svalbard Seed Vault
Feb. 26, 2015 — A new method for the conservation of the genetic diversity of forest trees will see its launch on 26 February 2015, as forest tree seeds are for the first time stored in the Svalbard Global Seed ... full story -
Lake Tahoe Research Provides New Insights on Global Change
Feb. 26, 2015 — A study on how natural and human-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue ... full story -
Causes of Great Lakes Smelt Population Decline Are Complex
Feb. 25, 2015 — The reasons for the dwindling population of smelt prey fish in the Great Lakes to near historic lows are more complicated than previously believed, new research suggests. Although results of the 2014 ... full story -
Felling of Tropical Trees Has Soared, Satellite Shows, Not Slowed as UN Study Found
Feb. 25, 2015 — The rate at which tropical forests were cut, burned or otherwise lost from the 1990s through the 2000s accelerated by 62 percent, according to a new study which dramatically reverses a previous ... full story -
First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at Earth's Surface
Feb. 25, 2015 — Scientists have observed an increase in carbon dioxide's greenhouse effect at Earth's surface for the first time. They measured atmospheric carbon dioxide's increasing capacity to ... full story -
New Technology Could Make Treatment of Oil and Gas Wastewater Simpler, Cheaper
Feb. 25, 2015 — Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made ... full story -
Cellular Communication Offers Easy Fog Detection for Roads and Runways
Feb. 25, 2015 — Thick fogbanks can blanket open roads and runways and dramatically reduce visibility -- often causing devastating accidents. A new study suggests that a practical solution to fog detection can be ... full story -
Learning by Eye: Silicon Micro-Funnels Increase the Efficiency of Solar Cells
Feb. 25, 2015 — A biological structure in mammalian eyes has inspired scientists to design an inorganic counterpart for use in solar cells: micron-sized vertical funnels were etched shoulder-to-shoulder in a silicon ... full story -
Electric-Car Driving Range and Emissions Depend on Where You Live
Feb. 25, 2015 — Many car buyers weighing whether they should go all electric to help the planet have at least one new factor to consider before making the switch: geography. Based on a study of a commercially ... full story -
Magnetic Nanoparticles Enhance Performance of Solar Cells
Feb. 25, 2015 — Magnetic nanoparticles can increase the performance of solar cells made from polymers -- provided the mix is right. Adding about one per cent of such nanoparticles by weight makes the solar cells ... full story
- Economic models provide insights into global sustainability challenges
- Embrace unknowns, opt for flexibility in environmental policies, experts say
- 'Ecosystem services' help assess ocean energy development
- Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused 'false pause' in warming
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
- Amphibian chytrid fungus reaches Madagascar
- 'Blue-green algae' proliferating in lakes
- Finland: Wheat harvest turned larger than oat for the first time in a century
- Suspended soils maintain rainforest ecosystems, says researcher
- Drilling ancient African lakes sheds light on human evolution
- Forest tree seeds stored in the Svalbard seed vault
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Causes of Great Lakes smelt population decline are complex
- Felling of tropical trees has soared, satellite shows, not slowed as UN study found
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Cellular communication offers easy fog detection for roads and runways
- Learning by eye: Silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells
- Electric-car driving range and emissions depend on where you live
- Magnetic nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- Researchers enable solar cells to use more sunlight
- Being better problem solvers helps mountain chickadees survive at higher altitudes
- Fitting meters has immediate effect on consumers' water saving habits
- Agricultural insecticides pose a global risk to surface water bodies, researchers find
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Crocodiles rocked pre-Amazonian Peru: Seven crocodile species found in single 13-million-year-old bone bed
- Yellowstone: Geysers erupt periodically because they have loops in their plumbing
- World's protected natural areas receive eight billion visits a year
- Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or more
- Climate-change clues from turtles of tropical Wyoming
- Intelligent tree inventory detector
- Coral disease linked to a warming Atlantic
- Ocean circulation change: Sea level spiked for two years along Northeastern North America
- Great Barrier Reef corals eat plastic
- Massive amounts of Saharan dust fertilize the Amazon rainforest
- Detecting defects at the nanoscale will profit solar panel production
- International team of scientists launches fossil database
- Climate science literacy unrelated to public acceptance of human-caused global warming
- Agriculture expansion in Tanzania may greatly increase human plague risk
- Ocean acidification slows algae growth in the southern ocean
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- New cicada species discovered in Switzerland and Italy
- Environmentally friendly procedure developed for extracting silver
- Small predator diversity an important part of a healthy ecosystem
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- La Niña-like conditions associated with 2,500-year-long shutdown of coral reef growth
- Time when Southwest was wet and Northwest was dry aids efforts to predict future rainfall patterns
- NASA satellite sees a warm winter U.S. West
- World must achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk to newborns than breast milk, study shows
- Community-led marine reserve produces benefits for fisheries, conservation
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- New products from bark to replace fossil compounds: Adhesives and insulating foams from softwood bark tannins
- Paleoclimate, proxies, paleosols, and precipitation: A look to the future
- System to turn wastewater into fresh water developed
- Caribbean coral findings may influence Barrier Reef studies
- Draft report analyzes policy options for hydraulic fracturing in Michigan
- Greenland is melting: The past might tell what the future holds
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
- Out of Africa: Did humans migrate quickly and all-at-once or in phases based on weather?
- Impact of tsunami on the Columbia River
- Climate change may dramatically reduce wheat production, study shows
- Clearing up Europe's air pollution hotspots
- Global impact of debris on marine life studied
- Fighting decline of pollinators in Europe
- Cattle damage to riverbanks can be undone
- Flame retardants found to cause metabolic, liver problems, animal study shows
- Does dark matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
- Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimates
- Models predict where lemurs will go as climate warms
- Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells
- Understanding forces of abrupt climate change
- Fearless birds and big city spiders: Is urbanization pushing Earth's evolution to a tipping point?
- Farmers can better prevent nutrient runoff based on land characteristics
- Feasibility of tracking parrots with GPS telemetry confirmed
- Switchgrass removes PCBs from soils, engineers find
- Turning smartphones into personal, real-time pollution monitors
- For the first time, spacecraft catch solar shockwave in the act: 'Ultrarelativistic, killer electrons' made in 60 seconds
- Urbanization may affect the initiation of thunderstorms
- Tropical fire ants traveled the world on 16th century ships
- In a warmer world, ticks that spread disease are arriving earlier, expanding their ranges
- Study recommends better EPA labels on cost of traditional vs. hybrid, electric cars
- Researchers devise new system to enhance sustainability in smaller ports
- Size matters in the battle to adapt to diverse environments, avoid extinction
- New device will change how florida monitors sea level rise, water quality, hurricanes and more
- Global warming to increase ocean upwelling, but fisheries impact uncertain
- Gear technology helps lower cost of wave energy farming
- Eco-composites, a solution for residual agricultural plastics
- Igniting the air for atmospheric research
- Hanoi, Vietnam: The metropolis is weakening the 'craft villages'
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