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Metabolic Path to Improved Biofuel Production
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have found a way to increase the production of fuels and other chemicals from biomass fermented by yeast without the need of environmentally harsh pre-treatments or expensive enzyme ... full story -
Direct Evidence That Drought-Weakened Amazonian Forests 'Inhale Less Carbon'
Mar. 4, 2015 — Direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazonian basin 'inhale' carbon from the atmosphere during severe drought has been provided by an international research team. ... full story -
Advancing Multiple Approaches for Characterizing Permafrost Microbes in a Changing Climate
Mar. 4, 2015 — To better characterize the microbial activities in the thawing permafrost, scientists have reported on the application of multiple molecular technologies: ... full story -
Scientists Question Rush to Build Nicaragua Canal
Mar. 4, 2015 — A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal across Nicaragua. The path of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal ... full story -
New Models Yield Clearer Picture of Emissions' True Costs
Mar. 4, 2015 — New models calculate and compare the true costs of various fuels to health, climate and the environment. Viewed this way, a gallon of gas costs $3.80 more than the pump price. The social cost of a ... full story -
Experiments Support Conductivity Claims for Microbial Nanowires
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ... full story -
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions With a More Effective Carbon Capture Method
Mar. 4, 2015 — Trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and various industries could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future. But current materials that can ... full story -
Traditional Beliefs Promote Sustainability in West Africa
Mar. 4, 2015 — Sacred forests and traditional beliefs are shaping sustainable farming practices in communities in West Africa, according to new research. Scientists carried out a unique 18-month study in Liberia, ... full story -
Basis for Cadmium Toxicity Uncovered
Mar. 4, 2015 — Research has uncovered how the metal cadmium, which is accumulating in the food chain, causes toxicity in living cells. "Cadmium is a very important industrial metal, but exposure to it results ... full story -
Where You Live Could Mean 'Greener' Alternatives Do More Harm Than Good
Mar. 4, 2015 — Engineers propose a new 600-ton threshold that could indicate when switching to 'low carbon' alternatives may actually increase emissions. Although regions may welcome "green" ... full story -
Amazon Deforestation 'Threshold' Causes Species Loss to Accelerate
Mar. 4, 2015 — One of the first studies to map the impact of deforestation on biodiversity across entire regions of the Amazon has found a clear 'threshold' for forest cover below which species loss ... full story -
Genetic Data Can Help Predict How Pine Forests Will Cope With Climate Change
Mar. 4, 2015 — Data from only a small number of gene variants can predict which maritime pine trees are most vulnerable to climate change, scientists report. The results will improve computer models designed to ... full story -
Hurricanes Helped Accelerate Spread of Lionfish
Mar. 4, 2015 — Just when you thought hurricanes couldn't get any scarier, think again. Their names roll of the tongue like a rogues' gallery: Floyd, Frances, Irene, Wilma and Andrew. But these aren't ... full story -
Wild Yaks: Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change
Mar. 4, 2015 — A new study finds that climate change and past hunting in the remote Tibetan Plateau is forcing female wild yaks onto steeper and steeper ... full story -
Usual Prey Gone, a Fish Survives by Changing Predictably
Mar. 4, 2015 — Without the Bahamas mosquitofish to eat, bigmouth sleepers slide down the food chain and survive on insects, snails and crustaceans. And, in so doing, sleepers' behaviors, ratio of males to ... full story -
NASA Ames Reproduces the Building Blocks of Life in Laboratory
Mar. 4, 2015 — NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, cytosine, and thymine, three key components of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample ... full story -
'No Take Zones' in English Channel Would Benefit Marine Wildlife, Fishing Industry
Mar. 4, 2015 — Marine conservationists are increasingly pinning their hopes on marine protected areas (MPAs) to save threatened species and reduce over-fishing. However, while most people agree that stopping some ... full story -
Grand Tree of Life Study Shows a Clock-Like Trend in New Species Emergence and Diversity
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have assembled the largest and most accurate tree of life calibrated to time, and surprisingly, it reveals that life has been expanding at a constant rate. The study also challenges the ... full story -
Animal Functional Diversity Started out Poor, Became Richer Over Time
Mar. 4, 2015 — The finding refutes a hypothesis by the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen J. Gould that marine creatures underwent an 'early burst' of functional diversity during the dawn of animal ... full story -
Why Many Similar Species Coexist Within Complex Ecosystems, Such as Amazon Rainforest or Coral Reefs
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientists suggest one possible answer for the enigma of stability in complex ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs. Many similar species coexist in these complex ecosystems without ... full story
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests 'inhale less carbon'
- Advancing multiple approaches for characterizing permafrost microbes in a changing climate
- Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Traditional beliefs promote sustainability in West Africa
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Where you live could mean 'greener' alternatives do more harm than good
- Amazon deforestation 'threshold' causes species loss to accelerate
- Genetic data can help predict how pine forests will cope with climate change
- Hurricanes helped accelerate spread of lionfish
- Wild yaks: Shaggy barometers of climate change
- Usual prey gone, a fish survives by changing predictably
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- 'No take zones' in English Channel would benefit marine wildlife, fishing industry
- Grand tree of life study shows a clock-like trend in new species emergence and diversity
- Animal functional diversity started out poor, became richer over time
- Why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems, such as Amazon rainforest or coral reefs
- Vampire bats: Who bit whom?
- New data provided by seabed sediments on the climate within the Mediterranean basin over the course of the last 20,000 years
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- What happens if we all drive electrical vehicles?
- Lightning plus volcanic ash make glass
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Air pollution linked to slower cognitive development in children
- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- A new level of earthquake understanding: Surprise findings from San Andreas Fault rock sample
- Understanding electric car 'range anxiety' could be key to wider acceptance
- 3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- UK cities including London not as 'smart' as global counterparts
- Modeling chimp behavior? Try using laws that govern matter
- Some tropical plants pick the best hummingbirds to pollinate flowers
- In hot and cold water: The private lives of 'Hoff' crabs revealed
- Towards dust-free wood combustion
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Family log of spring's arrival helps predict climate-driven change
- Core work: Iron vapor gives clues to formation of Earth and moon
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Conservation organizations need to keep up with nature, experts say
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Environment may change, but microbiome of queen bees does not
- On-board school bus filtration system reduces pollutants by 88 percent
- Norwegian mammals and birds have many different methods of surviving long, intense winter nights
- ‘Superhero vision’ technology measures European lake’s water quality from space
- Green light for the world's first intelligent oil pipelines
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Introverts prefer mountains
- How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so well preserved?
- Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field
- Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea seagull populations halved since 1980s
- Newly discovered algal species helps corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet
- Wind-powered freighters
- DNA evidence shows surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
- Level of pollutants accumulated in the body linked to obesity levels
- 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
- Pollution is driving force behind growth of nuisance algal scums linked to disease
- New NASA space cowboy successfully deploys its 'lasso'
- IPCC sea-level rise scenarios not fit for purpose for high-risk coastal areas
- '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
- Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals costs EU billions annually
- Causes of Great Lakes smelt population decline are complex
- Felling of tropical trees has soared, satellite shows, not slowed as UN study found
- Isolated wetlands have significant impact on water quality
- 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
- Study of atmospheric 'froth' may help GPS communications
- 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
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