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Safeguarding Belize's Barrier Reef With Conservation Drones
July 22, 2014 — Seeking to gain a high-tech edge over illegal fishers, the Government of Belize will use “eyes in the sky” to enforce fishing regulations in the biodiverse Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve and ... full story -
Vulnerability of Sharks as Collateral Damage in Commercial Fishing Shown by Study
July 22, 2014 — A new study that examined the survival rates of 12 different shark species when captured as unintentional bycatch in commercial longline fishing operations found large differences in survival rates ... full story -
Radio Frequency ID Tags on Honey Bees Reveal Hive Dynamics
July 22, 2014 — Scientists attached radio-frequency identification tags to hundreds of individual honey bees and tracked them for several weeks. The effort yielded two discoveries: Some foraging bees are much busier ... full story -
NASA's HS3 Mission Spotlight: The HIRAD Instrument
July 22, 2014 — The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer, known as HIRAD, will fly aboard one of two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft during NASA's Hurricane Severe Storm Sentinel or HS3 mission from Wallops beginning ... full story -
New Water Balance Calculation for Dead Sea
July 22, 2014 — The drinking water resources on the eastern, Jordanian side of the Dead Sea could decline more severely as a result of climate change than those on the western, Israeli and Palestinian side. This is ... full story -
Bats Use Polarized Light to Navigate: First Mammal Known to Use Polarization Patterns in the Sky to Navigate
July 22, 2014 — The bats use the way the sun's light is scattered in the atmosphere at sunset to calibrate their internal magnetic compass, which helps them to fly in the right direction, a new study has ... full story -
Jeju Island, Korea Is a Live Volcano
July 22, 2014 — In Jeju, Korea, a place emerging as a world-famous vacation spot with natural tourism resources, a recent study revealed a volcanic eruption occurred on the island as recently as 5,000 years ago. ... full story -
Mixed Genes Mix Up the Migrations of Hybrid Birds
July 22, 2014 — Mixed genes appear to drive hybrid birds to select more difficult routes than their parent species, according to new research. "Instead of taking well-trodden paths through fertile areas, these ... full story -
Self-Cooling Solar Cells Boost Power, Last Longer
July 22, 2014 — Scientists may have overcome one of the major hurdles in developing high-efficiency, long-lasting solar cells -- keeping them cool, even in the blistering heat of the noonday sun. By adding a ... full story -
Global Temperature Reaches Record High in June Following Record Warmth in May
July 22, 2014 — According to NOAA scientists, the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was the highest for June since record keeping began in 1880. It also marked the 38th ... full story -
Is Antarctic Sea Ice Cover Really Setting Record Highs? Processing Errors May Be Confusing the Matter
July 22, 2014 — Antarctic sea ice may not be expanding as fast as previously thought, new research suggests. A team of scientists say much of the increase measured for Southern Hemisphere sea ice could be due to a ... full story -
Mammoth and Mastodon Behavior Was Less Roam, More Stay at Home
July 21, 2014 — Their scruffy beards weren't ironic, but there are reasons mammoths and mastodons could have been the hipsters of the Ice Age. According to new research, the famously fuzzy relatives of ... full story -
Global Warming 'Pause' Since 1998 Reflects Natural Fluctuation
July 21, 2014 — Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according ... full story -
Guide to Household Water Conservation Provided by Experts
July 21, 2014 — Households can reduce water use substantially by simple actions such as installing more efficient appliances and changing day-to-day habits involving water consumption, experts explain in a new ... full story -
Real Price of Steak: Comparing Environmental Costs of Livestock-Based Foods
July 21, 2014 — New research reveals the comparative environmental costs of livestock-based foods. While we are told that eating beef is bad for the environment, do we know its real cost? Are the other animal or ... full story -
Climate: Meat Turns Up the Heat as Livestock Emit Greenhouse Gases
July 21, 2014 — Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research finds that livestock emissions are on the rise and that beef cattle are responsible for far more ... full story -
Mammals Metabolize Some Pesticides to Limit Their Biomagnification
July 21, 2014 — The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- called legacy contaminants -- can become magnified in an animal that eats contaminated ... full story -
Insights Into Birds' Migration Routes
July 21, 2014 — By tracking hybrids between songbird species, investigators have found that migration routes are under genetic control and could be preventing interbreeding. The research was conducted using ... full story -
Storm-Triggered Landslides: Examining Causes of Devastating Debris Flow
July 21, 2014 — Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants of Hurricane Camille in 1969 caused 109 deaths in central Virginia, after 600 mm ... full story -
Replacing Coal, Oil With Natural Gas Will Not Help Fight Global Warming, Expert Argues
July 21, 2014 — Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do coal or oil, especially for the primary uses of residential and commercial heating. "While emissions of ... full story
- Safeguarding Belize's barrier reef with conservation drones
- 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
- Jeju Island, Korea is a live volcano
- Mixed genes mix up the migrations of hybrid birds
- Self-cooling solar cells boost power, last longer
- Global temperature reaches record high in June following record warmth in May
- Is Antarctic sea ice cover really setting record highs? Processing errors may be confusing the matter
- Mammoth and mastodon behavior was less roam, more stay at home
- Global warming 'pause' since 1998 reflects natural fluctuation
- Guide to household water conservation provided by experts
- Real price of steak: Comparing environmental costs of livestock-based foods
- Climate: Meat turns up the heat as livestock emit greenhouse gases
- Mammals metabolize some pesticides to limit their biomagnification
- Insights into birds' migration routes
- Storm-triggered landslides: Examining causes of devastating debris flow
- Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues
- Process to purify water using seed extracts now simplified
- New meteorological insight into mid-level clouds
- Seals forage at offshore wind farms
- Refined biological evolution model proposed
- Technology tracks the elusive Nightjar
- Fecal transplants let packrats eat poison
- When temperatures get cold, newly-discovered process helps fruit flies cope
- Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate
- Sea level rising in western tropical Pacific anthropogenic as result of human activity, study concludes
- A noble gas cage: New material traps gases from nuclear fuel better and uses less energy than currently available options
- Mixing it up: Study provides new insight into Southern Ocean behavior
- Oceans vital for possibility for alien life
- NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: Data to lead scientists forward into the past
- Management of South Florida coastal environments
- The bend in the Appalachian mountain chain is finally explained
- Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills
- A 10-year endeavor: NASA's Aura and climate change
- Ten-year endeavor: NASA's Aura tracks pollutants
- Big data used to guide conservation efforts
- Revealed: The mystery behind starling flocks
- Catastrophic debris avalanches: A second volcanic hazard
- Tiniest catch: Scientists' fishing expedition reveals viral diversity in sea
- Atlantic salmon show capacity to adapt to warmer waters
- Untangling spider's webs: Largest-ever study of spider genetics shows orb weaver spiders do not share common origins
- How existing cropland could feed billions more
- Chromosome-based draft of the wheat genome completed
- Study led by indigenous people uncovers grizzly bear 'highway' in coastal British Columbia
- Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life
- Is the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program affordable?
- Duck migration study reveals importance of conserving wetlands
- Eradicating fatal sleeping sickness by killing off the tsetse fly
- Map reveals worldwide impacts of climate change
- The rate at which groundwater reservoirs are being depleted is increasing
- New view of Mount Rainier's volcanic plumbing: Electrical images show upward flow of fluids to magma chamber
- Fires are major cause of wind farm failure, according to new research
- Alaska's resources and changing climate connect, clash
- Are ants the answer to carbon dioxide sequestration?
- Dredging linked to diseased corals by new study
- 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survives series of simulated earthquakes
- Indus river dolphin's declining range: Patterns of river fragmentation provide insight into river dolphin conservation
- Whale shark fringe migration: 16-year study suggests Azore islands may play increasing role in whale shark habitat
- Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years
- Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases, study shows
- Sun exposure, vitamin D levels and mortality
- Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon spill found to persist in the environment
- Efficient structures help build a sustainable future
- Hungry, invasive 'crazy worm' makes first appearance in Wisconsin, threatens forests
- Rising-2 captured highest resolution image of Earth's surface among satellites in its class
- What do Google searches tell us about our climate change fears?
- Health risks posed by 'third hand' tobacco smoke
- Tracking the breakup of Arctic summer sea ice
- For bees and flowers, tongue size matters
- NOAA's GOES-R satellite Magnetometer ready for spacecraft integration
- NASA's Van Allen Probes show how to accelerate electrons
- Glowing red in the big blue: Red fluorescence at great depths
- Rainwater discovered at new depths, with high pressure and temperatures over 300 degrees Celsius
- Gene discovery could lead to better soybean varieties for northern United States
- Eyeing multiple scenarios, conservation scientists can tackle an uncertain future
- Experts voice concerns over arsenic in rice
- Organic pollutants not factor in turtle tumor disease, study finds
- Socio-economic change more of a problem for nomads than climate change
- Norwegian reindeer herds boosted by climate change
- Marine, terrestrial wildlife haven becomes four million-acre biosphere reserve
- Rethinking fish farming to offset its public health and environmental risks
- Best for bees to be stay-at-homes: Imported bees don't do as well as locals
- Belize's lobster, conch, and fish populations rebuild in no-take zones
- Australia drying caused by greenhouse gases, study shows
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- Nutritional, food safety benefits of organic farming documented by major study
- Contributing factors to groundwater table declines identified
- NASA’s high-flying laser altimeter to check out summer sea ice and more
- Novel gene for salt tolerance found in wild soybean
- Ecologists make first image of food niche
- Precipitation, not warming temperatures, may be key in bird adaptation to climate change
- 3-D technology used to help California condors, other endangered species
- 'Tailored' water: the latest in lawn care
- Biodegradable paper covers as replacement for plastics opens up bio-economy market for horticulture
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