Print
Email
Bookmark
RSS
Restoration Of A Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Successful On Small-scale
Half a century after most of
Costa Rica's rain forests
were cut down, researchers
are attempting what many
thought was impossible --
... > full story
Absence Of Clouds Caused Pre-human Supergreenhouse Periods
In a world without
human-produced pollution,
biological productivity
controls cloud formation and
may be the lever that caused
... > full story
Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide
The sands of the desert are
an important and forgotten
storehouse of carbon dioxide
taken from the world's
atmosphere. Sands like those
... > full story
Specially-designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change
Could part of the answer to
saving the Earth from global
warming lie in the earth
beneath our feet? For the
first time, researchers aim
to design soils that can
... > full story
Browse News Stories
1 to 10 of 122 stories
view headlines only
-
Large Source Of Nitrate, A Potential Water Contaminant, Found In Near-surface Desert Soils
March 3, 2008 — Soils under desert pavement have an unusually high concentration of nitrate, a type of salt, close to the surface. Vulnerable to erosion by rain and wind if the desert pavement is disrupted, this ... > full story -
Seismic Images Show Dinosaur-killing Meteor Made Bigger Splash
January 24, 2008 — The most detailed 3-D seismic images yet of the Chicxulub impact crater may modify a theory explaining the "KT Extinction Event" that wiped out most life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. According ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Linked To Human Mortality
January 4, 2008 — Scientists have spelled out for the first time the direct links between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increases in human mortality, using a state-of-the-art computer model ... > full story -
Nitrous Oxide From Ocean Microbes Could Be Adding To Global Warming
December 12, 2007 — A large amount of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is produced by bacteria in the oxygen poor depths of the ocean. Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas some 300 times more so than carbon ... > full story -
New Fuel Cell Cleans Up Pollution And Produces Electricity
December 4, 2007 — Scientists are reporting development of a fuel cell that uses pollution from coal and metal mines to generate electricity, solving a serious environmental problem while providing a new source of ... > full story -
Expected Drop In Nitrogen Deposition May Hamper Kyoto Targets
December 2, 2007 — Researchers in the Netherlands, have shown that a drop in atmospheric nitrogen deposition will slow down forest growth. At the same time they expect that a lower tree growth implies less carbon ... > full story -
Oceans Could Slurp Up Carbon Dioxide To Fight Global Warming
November 20, 2007 — Researchers are proposing a new method for reducing global warming that involves building a series of water treatment plants that enhance the ability of the ocean to absorb carbon dioxide from the ... > full story -
New Method Converts Organic Matter To Hydrogen Fuel Easily And Efficiently
November 13, 2007 — Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally-friendly fuel source may be closer than we think. A new process produces 288 percent more energy in hydrogen than the electrical energy that is added to the ... > full story -
Harmful Byproducts Of Fossil Fuels Could Be Higher In Urban Areas
October 23, 2007 — Nitrogen oxides, the noxious byproduct of burning fossil fuels that can return to Earth in rain and snow as harmful nitrate, could taint urban water supplies and roadside waterways more than ... > full story -
Nitrogen: The Silent Species Eliminator
October 14, 2007 — Nitrogen pollution from agriculture and fossil fuels is known to be seriously damaging grasslands in the UK. A new European study is starting to show that the effect is Europe-wide, confirming that ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 52,846
