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Ocean Food Web Is Key in the Global Carbon Cycle
Mar. 11, 2014 — Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold to an oceanographer. In a study of the ocean's role in the ... full story -
Soil Microbes Shift as Shrubs Invade Remnant Hill Prairies
Mar. 11, 2014 — Perched high on the bluffs of the big river valleys in the Midwest are some of the last remnants of never-farmed prairie grasslands. These patches, edged by forest, are slowly being taken over by ... full story -
National U.S. Study Reveals How Urban Lawn Care Habits Vary
Mar. 10, 2014 — What do people living in Boston, Baltimore, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and Los Angeles have in common? From coast to coast, prairie to desert -- residential lawns reign. But, according to ... full story -
West Virginia Spill Activates Engineers to Determine Effects of Chemicals
Mar. 10, 2014 — Engineers sprung into action when more than 10,000 gallons of a chemical mixture leaked from a storage tank near Charleston, W.Va., and entered a river upstream of a water-treatment plant in ... full story -
Predation on Invertebrates by Woodland Salamanders Increases Carbon Capture
Mar. 10, 2014 — Woodland salamanders perform a vital ecological service in American forests by helping to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Woodland salamander predation on invertebrates indirectly affects the ... full story -
Scents and Sustainability: Renewable Sources for Artificial Scents and Flavors
Mar. 10, 2014 — Fresh banana, a waft of flowers, blueberry: the scents in some labs are a little sweeter than most. Researchers are engineering bacteria to make esters -- molecules widely used as scents and ... full story -
'Super Bacteria' Clean Up After Oil Spills
Mar. 10, 2014 — Researchers have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature's own ability to clean up after oil spills. Scientists know that marine bacteria can assist in cleaning up after oil spills. ... full story -
First Animals Oxygenated Earth's Oceans, Study Suggests
Mar. 9, 2014 — The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated Earth's oceans -- contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development. New research contests the long held ... full story -
Four New Human-Made Ozone Depleting Gases Found in the Atmosphere
Mar. 9, 2014 — Scientists at the University of East Anglia have identified four new human-made gases in the atmosphere -- all of which are contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer. New research reveals ... full story -
Sun's Energy Influences 1,000 Years of Natural Climate Variability in North Atlantic
Mar. 9, 2014 — Changes in the sun's energy output may have led to marked natural climate change in Europe over the last 1,000 years, according to researchers. The study found that changes in the sun's ... full story -
Promising News for Producing Fuels Through Artificial Photosynthesis
Mar. 7, 2014 — There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis. A new study shows that nearly 90 percent of the electrons generated by a hybrid material ... full story -
BPA Linked to Breast Cancer Tumor Growth
Mar. 6, 2014 — Researchers have attempted to trace how bisphenol-A may promote breast cancer tumor growth with help from a molecule called RNA HOTAIR. "We can't immediately say BPA causes cancer growth, ... full story -
Offshore Dispersant Data and Decisions
Mar. 6, 2014 — A critical review of the literature seeks to ease the understanding of data used in the decision process for offshore dispersant ... full story -
Maize and Bacteria: A One-Two Punch Knocks Copper out of Stamp Sand
Mar. 5, 2014 — Scientists are working toward a simple, practical way to remediate mine waste laced with copper and other toxic elements. And they are shedding light on the inner workings of the plants and bacteria ... full story -
Human Activity Influences Beach Bacterial Diversity
Mar. 5, 2014 — Human activity influences ocean beach bacterial communities, and bacterial diversity may indicate greater ecological health and resiliency to sewage contamination. Beaches all contain bacteria, but ... full story -
The Eurasian Lynx as a Key to the Conservation and Future Viability of the Endangered Iberian Lynx
Mar. 5, 2014 — Understanding the mechanisms which control reproduction in lynx is essential for their continued viability and effective conservation. Scientists discovered that the Corpus luteum of the Eurasian ... full story -
Study Suggests Non-Uniform Climate Warming Globally
Mar. 5, 2014 — A recent study of five decades of satellite data, model simulations and in situ observations suggests the impact of seasonal diurnal or daily warming varies between global regions affecting many ... full story -
Save Money and the Planet: Turn Your Old Milk Jugs Into 3-D Printer Filament
Mar. 5, 2014 — Making your own stuff with a 3-D printer is vastly cheaper than what you'd pay for manufactured goods, even factoring in the cost of buying the plastic filament. Yet, you can drive the cost down ... full story -
Some Metallic Toys, Low-Cost Jewelry Present Health Risks for Young Children
Mar. 5, 2014 — We know that babies and young children often put non-food items in their mouths, a behavior that occasionally leads to swallowing of foreign objects. Metallic toys and low-cost jewelry often contain ... full story -
Hop Leaves -- Discarded in Beer Brewing -- Have Substances That Could Fight Dental Diseases
Mar. 5, 2014 — Beer drinkers know that hops are what gives the drink its bitterness and aroma. Recently, scientists reported that the part of hops that isn't used for making beer contains healthful ... full story -
New Technique Allows Frequent Water Quality Monitoring for Suite of Pollutants
Mar. 5, 2014 — A new technique that uses existing technology to allow researchers and natural resource managers to collect significantly more information on water quality has been developed, with the promise of ... full story
- Ocean food web is key in the global carbon cycle
- Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- West Virginia spill activates engineers to determine effects of chemicals
- Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- 'Super bacteria' clean up after oil spills
- First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study suggests
- Four new human-made ozone depleting gases found in the atmosphere
- Sun's energy influences 1,000 years of natural climate variability in North Atlantic
- Maize and bacteria: A one-two punch knocks copper out of stamp sand
- Human activity influences beach bacterial diversity
- The Eurasian lynx as a key to the conservation and future viability of the endangered Iberian lynx
- Study suggests non-uniform climate warming globally
- Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filament
- Some metallic toys, low-cost jewelry present health risks for young children
- Hop leaves -- discarded in beer brewing -- have substances that could fight dental diseases
- New technique allows frequent water quality monitoring for suite of pollutants
- An environmentally friendly chemical reaction that does not waste any atoms
- Insights into plate tectonics, the forces behind earthquakes, volcanoes
- Fish bioluminescence: Distinctive flashing patterns might facilitate fish mating
- Solar power: Making it less expensive and more efficient
- Soils control atmospheric hydrogen
- Amazon's canopy a patchwork quilt of chemicals generated by plants
- Surface of the sea is a sink for nitrogen oxides at night
- Yosemite bears and human food: Study reveals changing diets over past century
- Spanish forest ecosystems: Carbon emission will be higher in second half of century
- Newly discovered catalyst could lead to the low-cost production of clean methanol from carbon dioxide
- Global warming felt to deepest reaches of ocean
- Smoke in the water: Understanding effects of smoke compounds on seed germination
- Peat soils as gigantic batteries
- Reverse logistics not as easy as it sounds: Why companies have difficulties in implementing recycling, refurbishing major items
- NASA scientists find evidence of water in meteorite, reviving debate over life on Mars
- Harvested rainwater harbors pathogens
- Still-fresh remnants of Exxon Valdez oil 25 years after oil spill, found protected by boulders
- Vegetation and climate: New gas-phase compounds form organic particle ingredients
- Pine forest particles appear seemingly out of thin air, influence climate
- Scientists blend synthetic air to measure climate change
- Climate engineering: Minor potential, major risk of side-effects?
- 'Greener' aerogel technology holds potential for oil and chemical clean-up
- Rapeseed-based animal feed cuts greenhouse gases by up to 13 per cent
- Drone shows new view of energy coal ash spill
- Volcanoes contribute to recent global warming 'hiatus'
- Flowing water can slow down bacteria, researchers find
- Vitamin water: Measuring essential nutrients in the ocean
- Sustainable manufacturing system to better consider the human component
- Cell behavior mapped in low oxygen conditions, may lead to cancer treatment
- Food packaging chemicals may be harmful to human health over long term
- The ups and downs of early atmospheric oxygen
- NASA satellites see Arctic surface darkening faster
- Fresh air: Special air filter blocks small particles called UFPs from getting inside cars
- Coastal water, not sediment, predicts mercury contamination
- Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops, less pollution
- Organic agriculture can pollute groundwater, research shows
- Progress in the automatic detection of water contaminants
- Theory on origin of animals challenged: Some animals need extremely little oxygen
- Water samples taken from the Upper Ganges River shed light on the spread of potential 'superbugs'
- Screening wastewater biosolids for environmental contaminants: Antimicrobial products cause for concern
- Environmental impact of Ontario corn production assessed
- Madagascar sells first forest carbon credits to Microsoft
- Genome of clonal raider ant provides promising model to study social evolution and behavior
- Algae research gives hope for renewable carbon-negative source of food, medicines
- Fish biomass in the ocean may be 10 times higher than estimated: Stock of mesopelagic fish changes from 1,000 to 10,000 million tons
- Substance in photosynthesis was in play in ancient, methane-producing microbes
- Tree roots in the mountains 'acted like a thermostat' for millions of years
- Approach helps identify new biofuel sources that don't require farmland
- Forest emissions, wildfires explain why ancient Earth was so hot
- Soil biota explains tree growth: Why the Canadian lodgepole pine does better in Sweden than Canada
- Herbicides may not be sole cause of declining plant diversity
- Ten genes show the way for important metabolic pathway for sulpho-glucose
- New sensor system improves indoor air quality, makes building ventilation more energy efficient
- Organic farms support more species, researchers find
- Reported oil sands emissions greatly underestimated, report shows
- Mosquito sperm have 'sense of smell,' make sperm swim harder
- New technique makes 'biogasoline' from plant waste
- How does radioactive waste interact with soil and sediments?
- Greenhouse 'time machine' sheds light on corn domestication
- Raindrop research dials in satellite forecasting accuracy
- Sea level variations escalating along eastern Gulf of Mexico coast
- Unknown aquatic sponge bacteria, a chemical factory
- New theory may lead to more efficient solar cells
- Asian ozone pollution in Hawaii is tied to climate variability
- DDT pesticide exposure linked to Alzheimer's disease, study shows
- Put a plastic bag in your tank: Converting polyethylene waste into liquid fuel
- Common crop pesticides kill honeybee larvae in the hive
- One step closer to low cost solar cells
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