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Snffing out Origins of Methane: Instrument Identifies Methane's Origins in Mines, Deep-Sea Vents, and Cows
Mar. 5, 2015 — Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide in its capacity to trap heat in Earth's atmosphere for a long time. The gas can originate from lakes and swamps, natural-gas ... full story -
Nutrient Pollution Damages Streams in Ways Previously Unknown, Ecologists Find
Mar. 5, 2015 — An important food resource has been disappearing from streams without anyone noticing until now. Ecologists reports that nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon from ... full story -
Hidden Hazards Found in 'Green' Products
Mar. 5, 2015 — Common consumer products, including those marketed as 'green,' 'all-natural,' 'non-toxic' and 'organic' emit a range of compounds that could harm human health ... full story -
Protecting Crops from Radiation-Contaminated Soil
Mar. 5, 2015 — A chemical compound that prevents plants from taking up cesium, thus protecting them -- and us -- from the harmful effects of soil contaminated with radiocesium, has been discovered by ... full story -
Full-Annual-Cycle Models Track Migratory Bird Populations Throughout the Year
Mar. 4, 2015 — Many birds spend only a few months of the year in their breeding range before leaving to spend the winter in another region or even on another continent, and models that only make use of data from ... full story -
Metabolic Path to Improved Biofuel Production
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have found a way to increase the production of fuels and other chemicals from biomass fermented by yeast without the need of environmentally harsh pre-treatments or expensive enzyme ... full story -
Direct Evidence That Drought-Weakened Amazonian Forests 'Inhale Less Carbon'
Mar. 4, 2015 — Direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazonian basin 'inhale' carbon from the atmosphere during severe drought has been provided by an international research team. ... full story -
Advancing Multiple Approaches for Characterizing Permafrost Microbes in a Changing Climate
Mar. 4, 2015 — To better characterize the microbial activities in the thawing permafrost, scientists have reported on the application of multiple molecular technologies: ... full story -
New Models Yield Clearer Picture of Emissions' True Costs
Mar. 4, 2015 — New models calculate and compare the true costs of various fuels to health, climate and the environment. Viewed this way, a gallon of gas costs $3.80 more than the pump price. The social cost of a ... full story -
Experiments Support Conductivity Claims for Microbial Nanowires
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ... full story -
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions With a More Effective Carbon Capture Method
Mar. 4, 2015 — Trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and various industries could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future. But current materials that can ... full story -
Basis for Cadmium Toxicity Uncovered
Mar. 4, 2015 — Research has uncovered how the metal cadmium, which is accumulating in the food chain, causes toxicity in living cells. "Cadmium is a very important industrial metal, but exposure to it results ... full story -
Where You Live Could Mean 'Greener' Alternatives Do More Harm Than Good
Mar. 4, 2015 — Engineers propose a new 600-ton threshold that could indicate when switching to 'low carbon' alternatives may actually increase emissions. Although regions may welcome "green" ... full story -
NASA Ames Reproduces the Building Blocks of Life in Laboratory
Mar. 4, 2015 — NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, cytosine, and thymine, three key components of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample ... full story -
New Data Provided by Seabed Sediments on the Climate Within the Mediterranean Basin Over the Course of the Last 20,000 Years
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientists have found new data on the weather in the Mediterranean basin over the course of the past 20.000 years thanks to the chemical composition of sediments deposited in its ... full story -
Solar Cells to Get Growth Boost, Price Cut
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have found that growing a type of film used to manufacture solar cells in ambient air gives it a growth boost. The finding could make manufacturing solar cells significantly ... full story -
New Tech Could Significantly Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Mar. 3, 2015 — A provisionally patented technology could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture and help significantly reduce pollution ... full story -
Lasting Severe Weather Impact Found in Feathers of Young Birds
Mar. 3, 2015 — While studying a ground-nesting bird population near El Reno, Okla., a research team found that stress during a severe weather outbreak of May 31, 2013, had manifested itself into malformations in ... full story -
Mystery Solved: Why Seashells' Mineral Forms Differently in Seawater
Mar. 3, 2015 — For almost a century, scientists have been puzzled by a process that is crucial to much of the life in Earth's oceans: Why does calcium carbonate, the tough material of seashells and corals, ... full story -
Methane Oxidation Fuelled by Algal Oxygen Production
Mar. 3, 2015 — Methane emissions are strongly reduced in lakes with anoxic bottom waters. But – contrary to what has previously been assumed – methane removal is not always due to archaea or anaerobic bacteria. ... full story
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
- Hidden hazards found in 'green' products
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the year
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests 'inhale less carbon'
- Advancing multiple approaches for characterizing permafrost microbes in a changing climate
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Where you live could mean 'greener' alternatives do more harm than good
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- New data provided by seabed sediments on the climate within the Mediterranean basin over the course of the last 20,000 years
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Water in smog may reveal pollution sources
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Isolated wetlands have significant impact on water quality
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- System to turn wastewater into fresh water developed
- Draft report analyzes policy options for hydraulic fracturing in Michigan
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
- Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells
- Switchgrass removes PCBs from soils, engineers find
- Igniting the air for atmospheric research
- Bee disease reduced by nature's 'medicine cabinet'
- Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil on beach microbial communities
- Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science
- Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
- New ozone-destroying gases on the rise; not controlled by treaty
- Controlling car pollution at the quantum level
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- Can cattle grazing management technique help capture and store carbon in soil?
- Going negative with carbon
- Global rainfall satellites require massive overhaul
- Mixing plant waste and plastic to obtain building materials
- Carbon release from ocean helped end the Ice Age
- Enhancing microbial activity contributes to the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with pesticides
- Want to save the planet? Neighbors better allies than family
- Advent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change
- Global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
- Geoengineering report: Scientists urge more research on climate intervention
- Studying microscopic phytoplankton: Prototype ready for the open ocean
- Scientist to gather greenhouse gas emissions from melting permafrost
- NASA scientist advances methane sounder to measure another greenhouse gas
- Buckyballs offer environmental benefits
- Bionic leaf: Researchers use bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel
- Flooding in U.S. Midwest more frequent, study finds; Research covered more than 50 years of data in 14 states
- Earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America found
- Friendly fungi: how they could help barley growers feed the world without chemicals
- Reduced rainfall in the northern tropics linked to industrial emissions, research suggests
- Loss of underwater posidonia meadows reduces CO2 storage areas and could contribute to gas emissions
- Many US wells tainted with arsenic
- Seafloor volcano pulses may alter climate: Strikingly regular patterns, from weeks to eons
- Closer look at flawed studies behind policies used to promote 'low-carbon' biofuels
- Using solar energy to improve desalination process
- Preventing greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere
- Scientists reprogram plants for drought tolerance
- Evidence from warm past confirms recent IPCC estimates of climate sensitivity
- Catalyst uses light to convert nitrogen to ammonia: Potential for environmentally friendly fertilizer
- Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation
- How will ocean acidification impact marine life?
- Earth's orbit affects the stability of Antarctica's Eastern ice cap
- Biologists partner bacterium with nitrogen gas to produce more, cleaner bioethanol
- Mercury levels in Hawaiian yellowfin tuna increasing
- Tree species influence boreal forest fire behavior, subsequent effects on climate
- Smoke from fires linked to tornado intensity
- Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models, comprehensive statistical analysis reveals
- To speed up magma, add water
- Deep ocean a source of dissolved iron in Central Pacific
- NASA launches groundbreaking Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory
- Hydrogen production in extreme bacterium
- Researchers develop new instrument to monitor atmospheric mercury
- Arsenic stubbornly taints many US wells, say new reports
- Scientists Use Knowledge from the Food Industry to Understand Mass Extinction
- Water purification: Running fuel cells on bacteria
- Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is sitting on the Gulf floor
- Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
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