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Light Pollution Impairs Rainforest Regeneration: Seed-Dispersing Bats Avoid Feeding in Light Polluted Areas
Mar. 10, 2014 — Increasing light pollution in tropical habitats could be hampering regeneration of rainforests because of its impact on nocturnal seed-dispersers. These new findings show that seed-dispersing bats ... full story -
New Light Shed on Changing Greenland Ice
Mar. 10, 2014 — Research using NASA data is giving new insight into one of the processes causing Greenland's ice sheet to lose mass. A team of scientists used satellite observations and ice thickness ... full story -
Impersonating Poisonous Prey
Mar. 10, 2014 — Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery -- especially in the predator/prey/poison cycle. In nature, bright colors are basically neon signs that scream, 'Don't eat me!' But how ... full story -
Small Biomass Power Plants Could Help Rural Economies, Stabilize National Power Grid
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have found that creating a bioenergy grid with these small plants could benefit people in rural areas of the country as well as provide relief to an overworked national power ... full story -
National U.S. Study Reveals How Urban Lawn Care Habits Vary
Mar. 10, 2014 — What do people living in Boston, Baltimore, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and Los Angeles have in common? From coast to coast, prairie to desert -- residential lawns reign. But, according to ... full story -
Mongol Empire Rode Wave of Mild Climate, but Warming Now May Be Tipping Region Into Unparalleled Drought
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the ... full story -
Volcanoes Helped Species Survive Ice Ages
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species ... full story -
A Shocking Diet: Researchers Describe Microbe That 'Eats' Electricity
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have shown that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located remotely in soil and sediment while remaining ... full story -
West Virginia Spill Activates Engineers to Determine Effects of Chemicals
Mar. 10, 2014 — Engineers sprung into action when more than 10,000 gallons of a chemical mixture leaked from a storage tank near Charleston, W.Va., and entered a river upstream of a water-treatment plant in ... full story -
Predation on Invertebrates by Woodland Salamanders Increases Carbon Capture
Mar. 10, 2014 — Woodland salamanders perform a vital ecological service in American forests by helping to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Woodland salamander predation on invertebrates indirectly affects the ... full story -
Scents and Sustainability: Renewable Sources for Artificial Scents and Flavors
Mar. 10, 2014 — Fresh banana, a waft of flowers, blueberry: the scents in some labs are a little sweeter than most. Researchers are engineering bacteria to make esters -- molecules widely used as scents and ... full story -
Alaska the Last Frontier ... Not for Long
Mar. 10, 2014 — Alaska, the last great frontier, is being threatened by many proposals to mine an estimated 5.5 trillion tons of coal. Scientists comment on the struggle to keep Alaska ... full story -
Can the Solution to Climate Change Help Eliminate Poverty?
Mar. 10, 2014 — It is clear that climate change and poverty are two separate problems that affect all corners of the world, but can the solution to one help eliminate the other? Ecosystem-based adaptation is ... full story -
Microwave Radar Monitors Sliding Slopes: Geodesists Research in the Alps
Mar. 10, 2014 — The “Steinlehnen” slope in Northern Tyrol (Austria) started to move in 2003. Rockfalls threatened people, streets and buildings. Meanwhile, peace has returned; although the slope is merely ... full story -
Aerosols from Human Activities Tend to Weaken Hurricanes and Cyclones
Mar. 10, 2014 — Aerosols in the atmosphere produced from human activities do indeed directly affect a hurricane or tropical cyclone, but not in a way many scientists had previously believed. In fact, they tend to ... full story -
Salmon Louse Delay Salmon Returning to Spawn
Mar. 10, 2014 — Outbreaks of salmon louse during smolt migration reduce the survival rate of the smolt and mean that salmon spend longer at sea before returning to spawn. The mortality rate among migrating smolt as ... full story -
Tuscany's 'Badlands' Acutely Endangered
Mar. 10, 2014 — Vast fields of sunflowers, sprawling pine trees and slim cypresses, as well as vineyards as far as the eye can see -- these are typical memories of Tuscany for all those who have been there. By ... full story -
'Super Bacteria' Clean Up After Oil Spills
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature's own ability to clean up after oil spills. Scientists know that marine bacteria can assist in cleaning up after oil spills. ... full story -
'Tree of Life' Distances Are No Shortcut to Conservation
Mar. 9, 2014 — Some conservation strategies assume that the evolutionary distances between species on a phylogenetic 'tree of life' (a branching diagram of species popularized by Charles Darwin) can be ... full story -
Atomically Thin, Flexible, Semi-Transparent Solar Cells Created
Mar. 9, 2014 — A lot of research has been done on graphene recently -- carbon flakes, consisting of only one layer of atoms. As it turns out, there are other materials too which exhibit remarkable properties if ... full story -
First Animals Oxygenated Earth's Oceans, Study Suggests
Mar. 9, 2014 — The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated Earth's oceans -- contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development. New research contests the long held ... full story
- Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration: Seed-dispersing bats avoid feeding in light polluted areas
- New light shed on changing Greenland ice
- Impersonating poisonous prey
- Small biomass power plants could help rural economies, stabilize national power grid
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- West Virginia spill activates engineers to determine effects of chemicals
- Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- Alaska the Last Frontier ... not for long
- Can the solution to climate change help eliminate poverty?
- Microwave radar monitors sliding slopes: Geodesists research in the Alps
- Aerosols from human activities tend to weaken hurricanes and cyclones
- Salmon louse delay salmon returning to spawn
- Tuscany's 'badlands' acutely endangered
- 'Super bacteria' clean up after oil spills
- 'Tree of life' distances are no shortcut to conservation
- Atomically thin, flexible, semi-transparent solar cells created
- First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study suggests
- In grasslands remade by humans, animals may protect biodiversity: Grazers let in the light, rescue imperiled plants
- Four new human-made ozone depleting gases found in the atmosphere
- Sun's energy influences 1,000 years of natural climate variability in North Atlantic
- New NASA Van Allen Probes observations helping to improve space weather models
- Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- That sinking feeling: NASA radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes
- Europe's largest badger study finds rare long-distance movements
- Urbanization exposes French cities to greater seismic risk
- Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
- Urgent need to study impacts of biomass burning and haze on marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia
- Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure, function
- Europe may experience higher warming than global average
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- Fertilizer in small doses yields higher returns for less money
- Deer feeding puts birds at risk, research shows
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- How river networks move across a landscape
- Plasma plumes help shield Earth from damaging solar storms
- Biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology licensed
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- 'Current test' for water pollution
- Warming temperatures are pushing two chickadee species -- and their hybrids -- northward
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Earth's mantle plasticity explained: Missing mechanism for deforming olivine-rich rocks
- Japanese Town: Half the survivors of mega-earthquake, tsunami, have PTSD symptoms
- Mental health care model reduced symptoms in those most affected by BP oil spill
- Offshore dispersant data and decisions
- Santorini tree rings support the traditional dating of the volcanic eruption
- New software automates and improves phylogenomics from next-generation sequencing data
- Maize and bacteria: A one-two punch knocks copper out of stamp sand
- Look back at US soybeans shows genetic improvement behind increased yields
- Human activity influences beach bacterial diversity
- The Eurasian lynx as a key to the conservation and future viability of the endangered Iberian lynx
- Study suggests non-uniform climate warming globally
- First-ever 3-D image created of the structure beneath Sierra Negra volcano
- Warm rivers play role in Arctic sea ice melt
- Livestock can produce food that is better for people, planet
- A single gene, doublesex, controls wing mimicry in butterflies
- Stricter controls of wastewater reuse on crops needed to meet WHO guidelines
- Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filament
- Some metallic toys, low-cost jewelry present health risks for young children
- Hop leaves -- discarded in beer brewing -- have substances that could fight dental diseases
- A wristband for a different kind of cause ... environmental health
- When disaster strikes: Safeguarding networks
- New technique allows frequent water quality monitoring for suite of pollutants
- 3-D scans map widespread fish disease
- Climate change: Improving heat tolerance in trees
- Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet
- Remote sensing moisture model could aid farmers
- Convergent evolution: New fins evolve repeatedly in teleost fishes
- Sea-level rise threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Sea turtles' 'lost years' mystery starts to unravel
- Prequel outshines the original: Exceptional fossils of 160-million-year-old doahugou biota
- New data confirms Arctic ice trends: Ice-free season getting longer by five days per decade
- An environmentally friendly chemical reaction that does not waste any atoms
- Predators delay pest resistance to Bt crops
- Insights into plate tectonics, the forces behind earthquakes, volcanoes
- Team models photosynthesis, finds room for improvement
- Solution to planet-clogging plastics? Fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells used to make objects
- Central Hardwoods forest vulnerabilities, climate change impacts reviewed by report
- Fish bioluminescence: Distinctive flashing patterns might facilitate fish mating
- Solar power: Making it less expensive and more efficient
- Native American city on the Mississippi was America's first 'melting pot'
- Virtual bees help to unravel complex causes of colony decline
- Soils control atmospheric hydrogen
- Discovery in France of the New Guinea flatworm
- 30,000 year-old giant virus found in Siberia
- Not even freezing cold stops invasive species in high altitudes
- Complex plant behavior? In fight against parasites, Barberry sacrifices seeds depending on survival chance
- Unmasking the secrets of the extinct moa
- BPA linked to prostate cancer, study shows
- Oceanographer refutes claims that climate change is slowing pace of Gulf Stream
- Large mammals were the architects in prehistoric ecosystems
- Want to save water? Toilets have greatest impact
- Amazon's canopy a patchwork quilt of chemicals generated by plants
- Surface of the sea is a sink for nitrogen oxides at night
- Increasing homogeneity of world food supplies warns of serious implications for farming and nutrition
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