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NASA Launches Groundbreaking Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Observatory
Jan. 31, 2015 — NASA successfully launched its first Earth satellite designed to collect global observations of the vital soil moisture hidden just beneath our feet. The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) ... full story -
Hydrogen Production in Extreme Bacterium
Jan. 31, 2015 — Scientists have discovered a bacterium that can produce hydrogen, an element that one day could lessen the world’s dependence on ... full story -
Ancient Deformation of the Lithosphere Revealed in Eastern China
Jan. 30, 2015 — Seismic investigations from the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in eastern China suggest that this region was affected by extreme mantle perturbation and crust-mantle interaction during the Mesozoic ... full story -
Renewable Energy Policies Drive Production of Southern Wood Pellets for Bioenergy
Jan. 30, 2015 — Policies in the European Union and elsewhere requiring the use of renewable and low greenhouse gas-emitting energy are driving demand for wood pellets used to generate bioenergy. This demand could ... full story -
Scientists Use Knowledge from the Food Industry to Understand Mass Extinction
Jan. 30, 2015 — The close of the Permian Period around 250 million years ago saw Earth's biggest extinction ever. At this time large volcanic eruptions were occurring in what is now Siberia. The volcanoes ... full story -
Heat Waves Becoming More Prominent in Urban Areas, Research Reveals
Jan. 30, 2015 — The world's urban areas have experienced significant increases in heat waves over the past 40 years, according to new research. These prolonged periods of extreme hot days have significantly ... full story -
Blue Mussels Not Yet the Bellwether of NE Coastal Environment
Jan. 30, 2015 — Mussels could be the perfect 'sentinel' species to signal the health of coastal ecosystems. But a new study of blue mussels in estuary ecosystems along 600 kilometers of coastline in the ... full story -
Updating Satellite Data on Seas Could Dramatically Reduce Search and Rescue Times for Lost Planes, Ships
Jan. 30, 2015 — A new satellite imaging concept could significantly reduce search areas for missing boats and planes. Researchers have been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve ... full story -
Water Purification: Running Fuel Cells on Bacteria
Jan. 30, 2015 — Researchers in Norway have succeeded in getting bacteria to power a fuel cell. The "fuel" used is wastewater, and the products of the process are purified water droplets and electricity. ... full story -
Scientists Investigate Link Between Skyrocketing Sea Slug Populations, Warming Seas
Jan. 29, 2015 — A team of California scientists believes a far-flung Okenia rosacea bloom -- along with a slew of other marine species spotted north of their typical ranges -- may signal a much larger shift in ocean ... full story -
New Technique for Growing High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers have revealed a new solution-based hot-casting technique that allows growth of highly efficient and reproducible solar cells from large-area perovskite crystals. The researchers ... full story -
Where Did the Missing Oil Go? New Study Says Some Is Sitting on the Gulf Floor
Jan. 29, 2015 — Some 6 million to 10 million gallons of oil from the BP oil spill are buried in the sediment on the Gulf floor, about 62 miles southeast of the Mississippi Delta, researchers have ... full story -
Global Warming Won't Mean More Storms: Big Storms to Get Bigger, Small Storms to Shrink, Experts Predict
Jan. 29, 2015 — Atmospheric physicists predict that global warming will not lead to an overall increasingly stormy atmosphere, a topic debated by scientists for decades. Instead, strong storms will become stronger ... full story -
Baleen Whales Hear Through Their Bones
Jan. 29, 2015 — Understanding how baleen whales hear has posed a great mystery to marine mammal researchers. Biologists reveal that the skulls of at least some baleen whales, specifically fin whales in their study, ... full story -
Public and Scientists Express Strikingly Different Views About Science-Related Issues
Jan. 29, 2015 — Despite similar views about the overall place of science in America, the general public and scientists often see science-related issues through a different lens, according to a new pair of ... full story -
Common Pesticide May Increase Risk of ADHD
Jan. 29, 2015 — A new study provides strong evidence, using data from animal models and humans, that exposure to a common household pesticide may be a risk factor for ... full story -
Iceland Rises as Its Glaciers Melt from Climate Change
Jan. 29, 2015 — Earth's crust under Iceland is rebounding as global warming melts the island's great ice caps. In south-central Iceland some sites are moving upward as much as 1.4 inches (35 mm) per year. ... full story -
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes by 2063
Jan. 29, 2015 — The vulnerability of the basin to future invaders has been demonstrated by a new study that calls for regulations to mitigate this threat. The Great Lakes have been invaded by more non-native species ... full story -
Satellites Can Improve Regional Air Quality Forecasting
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers found that data gathered from geo-stationary satellites -- satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,000 miles above the equator and commonly used for telecommunications and weather imaging ... full story -
Future of Oil and Gas Development in the Western Amazon
Jan. 29, 2015 — The western Amazon -- a vast region encompassing the Amazonian portions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western Brazil -- is one of the world's last high-biodiversity wilderness ... full story
- NASA launches groundbreaking Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory
- Hydrogen production in extreme bacterium
- Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China
- Renewable energy policies drive production of Southern wood pellets for bioenergy
- Scientists Use Knowledge from the Food Industry to Understand Mass Extinction
- Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas, research reveals
- Blue mussels not yet the bellwether of NE coastal environment
- Updating satellite data on seas could dramatically reduce search and rescue times for lost planes, ships
- Water purification: Running fuel cells on bacteria
- Scientists investigate link between skyrocketing sea slug populations, warming seas
- New technique for growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
- Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is sitting on the Gulf floor
- Global warming won't mean more storms: Big storms to get bigger, small storms to shrink, experts predict
- Baleen whales hear through their bones
- Public and scientists express strikingly different views about science-related issues
- Common pesticide may increase risk of ADHD
- Iceland rises as its glaciers melt from climate change
- Invasive species in the Great Lakes by 2063
- Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
- Future of oil and gas development in the Western Amazon
- Solar chip monitors windows
- Building a better weather forecast? SMAP may help
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Erratic as normal: Arctic sea ice loss expected to be bumpy in the short term
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Storm Chasers Take on Supercell Thunderstorms in Bangladesh
- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
- Earlier menopause linked to everyday chemical exposures
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Nordic marine scientists: Showcasing growing pressure on oceans?
- Slope on ocean surface lowers sea level in Europe
- A robot to help improve agriculture and wine production
- Satellite study identifies water bodies important for biodiversity conservation
- Into the dark: Two new encrusting anemones found in coral reef caves
- Ocean acidification changes balance of biofouling communities
- Climate change redistributes fish species at high latitudes
- Early Mesoamericans affected by climate change
- From tar sands to ring of fire: Forewarning changes to Canada's watersheds
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- The world's oldest known snake fossils: Rolling back the clock by nearly 70 million years
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- Carbon accumulation by Southeastern U.S. forests may slow
- Economic trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar photovoltaic system
- Bad weather warnings most effective if probability included, new research suggests
- How do small birds survive cold winters?
- Do green roofs, solar panels work well together?
- Sagebrush ecosystem recovery hobbled by loss of soil complexity at development sites
- Pilotless aircraft will play critical roles in precision agriculture
- Winters in Siberian permafrost regions have warmed since millenia
- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Geothermal microbial reservoirs: Staircase fractures in microbialites and travertines
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT's longest-serving operational satellite
- Shell growth observed thanks to 'ion sponge'
- Cause for decline of Missouri River pallid sturgeon identified
- Ethnic minorities, deprived communities hardest hit by air pollution
- Converting olive mash into cash
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Surprising insights into effects of wood fuel burning
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Going with the flow: Is river basin management misguided?
- When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- As trees are cut and climates shift, can the animals of Borneo be saved?
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- California's policies can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions through 2030
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Study projects unprecedented loss of corals in Great Barrier Reef due to warming
- Small drop in sea level had big impact on southern Great Barrier Reef
- Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow
- Doubt cast on global firestorm generated by dino-killing asteroid
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Zolushka, (the russian translation for Cinderella), the tiger, rescued and released back into the wild
- Warmer, drier climate altering forests throughout California
- Drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries
- Synthetic amino acid enables safe, new biotechnology solutions to global problems
- Animal-to-human transmission of Ebola virus appears tied to increasing human population density in forested regions
- Two lakes beneath the ice in Greenland, gone within weeks
- Next-generation sequencing offers insight into how species adapt to climate change
- Death of a dynamo: A hard drive from space
- Researchers introduce macrosystems approach to study stream ecology
- Ecocentricity: How do consumers decide what makes a product 'green'?
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Climate change threatens 30 years of sea turtle conservation success
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