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Understanding Arctic Ocean's Carbon Cycle
May 21, 2012 — Scientists have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study provides data that will help researchers better understand the Arctic Ocean's carbon ... > full story -
How Plants Chill Out: Plants Elongate Their Stems to Cool Their Leaves
May 21, 2012 — Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat ... > full story -
From Lemons to Lemonade: Using Carbon Dioxide to Make Carbon Nitride
May 21, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it creates some useful compounds to ... > full story -
For Bats: What Sounds Good Doesn't Always Taste Good
May 21, 2012 — Bats use a combination of cues in their hunting sequence - capture, handling and consumption - to decide which prey to attack, catch and consume and which ones they are better off leaving alone or ... > full story -
Mercury in Dolphins Higher Downwind of Power Plants
May 21, 2012 — A small pilot study found higher levels of toxic mercury in dolphins downwind of power plants than in captive ... > full story -
Latest Southern Ocean Research Shows Continuing Deep Ocean Change
May 21, 2012 — There has been a massive reduction in the amount of Antarctic bottom water found off the coast of Antarctica, new research ... > full story -
Dry Lands Getting Drier, Wet Getting Wetter: Earth's Water Cycle Intensifying With Atmospheric Warming
May 21, 2012 — A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world's oceans, signaling shifts and an acceleration in the global rainfall and evaporation cycle. The patterns are not uniform, with regional ... > full story -
Toxic Mercury, Accumulating in the Arctic, Springs from a Hidden Source
May 21, 2012 — Environmental scientists have discovered that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers that carry the element north ... > full story -
Prenatal Pollution Exposure Dangerous for Children With Asthma
May 20, 2012 — The link between prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood lung growth and respiratory ailments is well established, and now a new study suggests that these prenatal exposures can be ... > full story -
Pollution Teams With Thunderclouds to Warm Atmosphere
May 19, 2012 — New simulation study shows that atmosphere warms when pollution intensifies storms. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet ... > full story -
DNA Barcoding Verified the Discovery of a Highly Disconnected Crane Fly Species
May 18, 2012 — Entomologists have discovered a new crane fly species on the Eurasian continent. The new species, Tipula recondita, has been documented in both Finnish Lapland and the Russian Far East in two ... > full story -
Intricate, Often Invisible Land-Sea Ecological Chains of Life Threatened With Extinction Around the World
May 18, 2012 — Intricate, often invisible chains of life are threatened with extinction around the world. A new study quantifies one of the longest such chains ever ... > full story
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