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Lake Tahoe Research Provides New Insights on Global Change
Feb. 26, 2015 — A study on how natural and human-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue ... full story -
First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at Earth's Surface
Feb. 25, 2015 — Scientists have observed an increase in carbon dioxide's greenhouse effect at Earth's surface for the first time. They measured atmospheric carbon dioxide's increasing capacity to ... full story -
Climate-Warmed Leaves Change Lake Ecosystems
Feb. 25, 2015 — Rising soil temperatures significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web, appearance and biochemical makeup of the lakes and ponds those leaves fall into, a new study ... full story -
Himalayan Ice Shows Chemicals Ban Is Working
Feb. 25, 2015 — A unique study of frozen ice cores from the Tibetan Himalayas has shown that international agreements on phasing out the use of toxic persistent organic pollutants are working. "Chemical ... full story -
Renewable Energy Obtained from Wastewater
Feb. 24, 2015 — Researchers have devised an efficient way to obtain electrical energy and hydrogen by using a wastewater treatment process. The proposed system uses bacteria which consumes the organic material and ... full story -
Storks Could Become Poisoned by Pesticides During Their Migration to Africa
Feb. 24, 2015 — Not all storks migrate to Africa. Many stay for the winter in the Iberian Peninsula, where landfills have become a permanent source of food. Scientists have analyzed the presence of pollutants and ... full story -
Looking Back Into the Past of Oceans: Acidification Trends, Seasonal Fluctuations
Feb. 23, 2015 — Using cutting edge technologies researchers were able to reconstruct pH values of the Northern Pacific with a high resolution since the end of the 19th century. The study reveals a clear ... full story -
Bacteria in Marine Sponges Harvest Phosphorus for Reef Community
Feb. 23, 2015 — Significant accumulations of polyphosphate granules have been found in three common sponge species of the Caribbean coral reef, indicating that microorganisms that live on marine sponges are pulling ... full story -
Scientists Bring Oxygen Back to Dead Fjord
Feb. 23, 2015 — More and more of the world's waters are seriously lacking oxygen. Could we use pumps to bring oxygen and thus higher life back into these waters? A Danish/Swedish research team says yes. They ... full story -
New Catalyst to Create Chemical Building Blocks from Biomass
Feb. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a novel selective catalyst that allows the creation of several basic chemicals from biomass instead of petroleum. This discovery may lead to the use of plant biomass as a ... full story -
Recycling of Nutrients May Be the Key to Saving Earth
Feb. 23, 2015 — Leakages of nutrients necessary for food production – especially nitrogen and phosphorus – cause severe eutrophication to the Earth's aquatic ecosystems and promote climate change. However, ... full story -
System to Turn Wastewater Into Fresh Water Developed
Feb. 20, 2015 — A professor has shown that improving wastewater treatment and saving energy are not only essential, but they’re also ... full story -
Draft Report Analyzes Policy Options for Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan
Feb. 20, 2015 — Researchers have released a detailed draft analysis of policy options for hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as ... full story -
Climate Change Influences Distribution of Organic Pollutants in the Baltic Sea
Feb. 20, 2015 — Regional climate change models predict an increased freshwater runoff into the Baltic Sea. This will result in increased inflow of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon. According to researchers, this ... full story -
Clearing Up Europe's Air Pollution Hotspots
Feb. 19, 2015 — Europe cannot achieve the WHO air quality guidelines without strictly controlling emissions from coal and wood burning for home heating, road traffic, and other sources such as industrial-scale ... full story -
Cheap Solar Cells Made from Shrimp Shells
Feb. 18, 2015 — Researchers have successfully created electricity-generating solar-cells with chemicals found the shells of shrimps and other crustaceans for the first ... full story -
Switchgrass Removes PCBs from Soils, Engineers Find
Feb. 18, 2015 — A type of grass that was once a staple of the American prairie can remove soil laden with PCBs, toxic chemicals once used for cooling and other industrial purposes, a study has ... full story -
Igniting the Air for Atmospheric Research
Feb. 18, 2015 — Scientists have created a high-energy mid-infrared laser powerful enough to create shining filaments in the air. Such devices could be used to detect chemical substances in the ... full story -
Bee Disease Reduced by Nature's 'Medicine Cabinet'
Feb. 17, 2015 — Nicotine isn't healthy for people, but such naturally occurring chemicals found in flowers of tobacco and other plants could be just the right prescription for ailing bees, according to a new ... full story -
Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil on Beach Microbial Communities
Feb. 17, 2015 — Using advanced genomic identification techniques, researchers studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill on communities of beach microbes saw a succession of organisms and identified ... full story
- 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
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Warmer, drier climate altering forests throughout California
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Drugs from dirt: Scientists develop first global roadmap for drug discovery
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
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