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Desert Dust Alters Ecology Of Colorado Alpine Meadows
Accelerated snowmelt --
precipitated by desert dust
blowing into the mountains
-- changes how alpine plants
respond to seasonal climate
cues that regulate their
... > full story
Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
When glaciers advanced over
much of the Earth's surface
during the last ice age,
what kept the planet from
freezing over entirely? This
has been a puzzle to climate
scientists because leading
... > full story
Mangrove-dependent Animals Globally Threatened
Extinction looms for
amphibians, reptiles,
mammals, and birds
restricted to declining
mangrove forests.
Substantial numbers of
... > full story
Study Advises Chinese Government To Change Fuel In Millions Of Households
Scientists in China are
recommending that the
Chinese government consider
phasing out the direct
burning of traditional
... > full story
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Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space
July 3, 2009 — China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation ... > full story -
New Kind Of Undersea Eruption Defined: 'Neptunian'
July 2, 2009 — Two Australian researchers have defined a newly recognized kind of explosive eruption, termed "neptunian," that is restricted to seafloor ... > full story -
Plant-driven Fungal Weathering: Early Stages Of Mineral Alteration At The Nanometer Scale
July 1, 2009 — For the first time, the boundary between fungi and rock has been imaged on a nanoscale -- unraveling the fundamental processes by which fungi break down rocks into soil whilst extracting essential ... > full story -
Plastics From Biomass? Inexpensive Method For Removing Oxygen From Biomass Discovered
June 30, 2009 — In revisiting a chemical reaction that's been in the literature for several decades and adding a new wrinkle of their own, researchers have discovered a mild and relatively inexpensive procedure for ... > full story -
Particulate Pollution Combined With Airborne Soot Adds To Global Warming
June 30, 2009 — Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot. An instrument that measures the chemical ... > full story -
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Who Wants To Pay More For Green Electricity?
June 30, 2009 — Individuals prefer to be involved in a collective contribution to green electricity that involve everyone paying more, rather than having individual higher ... > full story -
Super-size Deposits Of Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Climate Change
June 30, 2009 — The vast amount of carbon stored in the Arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, according to a new study. The new estimate is over 1.5 trillion tons of ... > full story -
First Global Map Of Ammonia Emissions Measured From Space Reveals New Hotspots
June 29, 2009 — The first complete map of global ammonia emissions has recently been achieved using to satellite data. It reveals an underestimation of some of the ammonia concentrations detected by current ... > full story -
Energy-saving Method Checks Refrigerant Level In Air Conditioners
June 29, 2009 — Engineers have developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by indicating when air conditioners are low on refrigerant, preventing the units from working ... > full story -
Straighten Up And Fly Right: Moths Benefit More From Flexible Wings Than Rigid
June 29, 2009 — New research using high-speed digital imaging shows that, at least for some insects, wings that flex and deform, something like what happens to a heavy beach towel when you snap it to get rid of the ... > full story
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