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Microscopic Organism Plays a Big Role in Ocean Carbon Cycling
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists have taken a leap forward in understanding the microscopic underpinnings of the ocean carbon cycle by pinpointing a bacterium that appears to play a dominant role in carbon ... full story -
Ocean Microbes Display Remarkable Genetic Diversity: One Species, a Few Drops of Seawater, Hundreds of Coexisting Subpopulations
Apr. 24, 2014 — The smallest, most abundant marine microbe, Prochlorococcus, is a photosynthetic bacteria species essential to the marine ecosystem. An estimated billion billion billion of the single-cell creatures ... full story -
Carbon Loss from Soil Accelerating Climate Change
Apr. 24, 2014 — New research has found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change. This research challenges our previous ... full story -
Increased Infrastructure Required for Effective Oil Spill Response in U.S. Arctic
Apr. 23, 2014 — A changing climate is increasing the accessibility of U.S. Arctic waters to commercial activities such as shipping, oil and gas development, and tourism, raising concern about the risk of oil spills. ... full story -
Checking Up on Crude Oil in the Ground: Nanoreporters Tell 'Sour' Oil from 'Sweet'
Apr. 22, 2014 — Scientists have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence and concentration of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ... full story -
Surface Modification of Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Degradation of Hazardous Pollutants Under Ordinary Visible Light
Apr. 22, 2014 — Researchers have developed a modified photocatalyst which is economical and effective at transforming organic pollutants into harmless end products. Photocatalytic degradation is one of the highly ... full story -
New Design for Mobile Phone Masts Could Cut Carbon Emissions
Apr. 22, 2014 — A breakthrough in the design of signal amplifiers for mobile phone masts could deliver a massive 200MW cut in the load on UK power stations, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by around 0.5 million ... full story -
Cow Manure Harbors Diverse New Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Apr. 22, 2014 — Manure from dairy cows, which is commonly used as a farm soil fertilizer, contains a surprising number of newly identified antibiotic resistance genes from the cows' gut bacteria. The findings ... full story -
Today's Antarctic Region Once as Hot as California, Florida
Apr. 21, 2014 — Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new ... full story -
Earth Week: Bark Beetles Change Rocky Mountain Stream Flows, Affect Water Quality
Apr. 21, 2014 — On Earth Week -- and in fact, every week now -- trees in mountains across the western United States are dying, thanks to an infestation of bark beetles that reproduce in the trees' inner bark. ... full story -
Krypton Used to Accurately Date Ancient Antarctic Ice
Apr. 21, 2014 — Scientists have successfully identified the age of 120,000-year-old Antarctic ice using radiometric krypton dating -- a new technique that may allow them to locate and date ice that is more than a ... full story -
Improving Understanding of Valley-Wide Stream Chemistry
Apr. 21, 2014 — Understanding the chemistry of streams at a finer scale could help to identify factors impairing water quality and help protect aquatic ecosystems. A geostatistical approach for studying ... full storyMore: -
Climate Benefit of Biofuels from Corn Residue: Researchers Cast Doubt
Apr. 20, 2014 — Biofuels made from corn stover -- stalks, leaves and cobs that remain after harvest -- appear to emit more carbon dioxide over their life cycle than federal standards allow, according to new ... full story -
No-Till Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates Published
Apr. 18, 2014 — For the past 20 years, researchers have published soil organic carbon sequestration rates. Many of the research findings have suggested that soil organic carbon can be sequestered by simply switching ... full story -
Impact Glass from Asteroids and Comets Stores Biodata for Millions of Years
Apr. 18, 2014 — Bits of plant life encapsulated in molten glass by asteroid and comet impacts millions of years ago give geologists information about climate and life forms on the ancient Earth. Scientists exploring ... full story -
Vitamin B3 Might Have Been Made in Space, Delivered to Earth by Meteorites
Apr. 17, 2014 — Ancient Earth might have had an extraterrestrial supply of vitamin B3 delivered by carbon-rich meteorites, according to a new analysis. The result supports a theory that the origin of life may have ... full story -
Fewer Sources for Self-Cleaning Air: Study Overturns Existing Knowledge on Nitrous Acid, HONO
Apr. 17, 2014 — Up to now, nitrous acid, HONO, was considered one of the most important sources of hydroxyl radicals, OH, which is regarded as the detergent of the atmosphere, allowing the air to clean itself. ... full story -
There's Something Ancient in the Icebox: Three-Million-Year-Old Landscape Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
Apr. 17, 2014 — Scientists were greatly surprised to discover an ancient tundra landscape preserved under the Greenland Ice Sheet, below two miles of ice. This finding provides strong evidence that the ice sheet has ... full story -
Surprising Material Could Play Huge Role in Saving Energy: Tin Selenide Is Best at Converting Waste Heat to Electricity
Apr. 17, 2014 — One strategy for addressing the world's energy crisis is to stop wasting so much energy when producing and using it, such as in coal-fired power plants or transportation. Nearly two-thirds of ... full story -
Recommendations on Climate Change Mitigation
Apr. 17, 2014 — Changing agricultural practices and ending food waste around the world are among recommendations made by scientists charged with looking at ways to mitigate global climate change. "Agriculture ... full story
- Microscopic organism plays a big role in ocean carbon cycling
- Ocean microbes display remarkable genetic diversity: One species, a few drops of seawater, hundreds of coexisting subpopulations
- Carbon loss from soil accelerating climate change
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Surface modification of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of hazardous pollutants under ordinary visible light
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes
- Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
- Earth Week: Bark beetles change Rocky Mountain stream flows, affect water quality
- Krypton used to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice
- Improving understanding of valley-wide stream chemistry
- No-till soil organic carbon sequestration rates published
- Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years
- Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites
- Fewer sources for self-cleaning air: Study overturns existing knowledge on nitrous acid, HONO
- There's something ancient in the icebox: Three-million-year-old landscape beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
- Surprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
- Recommendations on climate change mitigation
- Biologists help solve fungal mysteries, inform studies on climate change
- Methane climate change risk suggested by proof of redox cycling of humic substances
- Mars: Meteorites yield clues to Red Planet's early atmosphere
- Significant baseline levels of arsenic found in soil throughout Ohio are due to natural processes
- Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
- Environmentally compatible organic solar cells in the future
- New study outlines 'water world' theory of life's origins
- New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis
- People of color live in neighborhoods with more air pollution than whites, groundbreaking U.S. study shows
- Biologists develop nanosensors to visualize movements and distribution of plant stress hormone
- Bioarchaeologists link climate instability to human mobility in ancient Sahara
- New sensor improves the level of efficiency in detecting ozone
- Bizarre parasite may provide cuttlefish clues
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Climate change likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls, say biologists
- 'Problem wells' source of greenhouse gas at unexpected stage of natural gas production
- Faithful allies since the Cretaceous: Symbiosis between beewolves and protective bacteria originated millions of years ago
- Plugging an ozone hole: Extreme Antarctic ozone holes have not been replicated in Arctic
- Ferns borrowed genes to flourish in low light
- Nutrient-rich forests absorb more carbon
- Result of slow degradation on environmental pollutants
- Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol
- Dual role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis: Pioneering findings
- Ocean acidification robs reef fish of their fear of predators
- Controversy over nitrogen's ocean 'exit strategies' resolved
- Tibetan Plateau was larger than previously thought, geologists say
- NASA simulation portrays ozone intrusions from aloft
- Greenland ice cores show industrial record of acid rain, success of US Clean Air Act
- Rare fossilized embryos more than 500 million years old found
- Mercury contamination threatens Antarctic birds
- Oyster aquaculture could significantly improve Potomac River estuary water quality
- Sunken logs create new worlds for seafloor animals
- Farming for improved ecosystem services seen as economically feasible
- Making ethanol without corn or other plants
- Study tests theory that life originated at deep sea vents
- Food fraud calls for knowledge of vulnerability and for detective work
- Black carbon is ancient by the time it reaches seafloor
- System to track dynamics of drought developed by researchers
- Permafrost thawing could accelerate global warming
- Missing piece of air particle equation hiding in the walls
- The tiniest greenhouse gas emitters: Climate feedbacks from decomposition by soil microbes less dire than previously thought
- New findings to help extend high efficiency solar cells' lifetime
- Arid areas absorb unexpected amounts of atmospheric carbon
- Food quality will suffer with rising carbon dioxide, field study shows
- 'Like a giant elevator to the stratosphere:' Newly discovered atmospheric layer may impact Earth's climate
- Bacteria get new badge as planet's detoxifier
- Antibiotics in manure a far-reaching impact on abundance of human pathogenic bacteria in soils
- A balanced carbon footprint for the Amazon River
- Hot mantle drives elevation, volcanism along mid-ocean ridges
- Taming a poison: Saving plants from cyanide with carbon dioxide
- NASA's OCO-2 brings sharp focus on global carbon
- Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials
- Tiny wireless sensing device alerts users to telltale vapors remotely
- Crib mattresses emit high rates of potentially harmful chemicals, engineers find
- Detecting diamonds with X-ray technology
- Amazon studied to predict impact of climate change
- Deforestation of sandy soils a greater climate threat
- 'Chemical atlas' provides unique understanding of ocean geochemistry
- Ancient whodunit may be solved: Methane-producing microbes did it!
- Urban gardeners may be unaware of how best to manage contaminants in soil
- Satellite shows high productivity from U.S. corn belt
- Nano-paper filter removes viruses
- Effect of important air pollutants may be absent from key precipitation observations
- Earth's dynamic interior: Multiple compositional components of Earth's deep mantle carried up to surface
- Health costs of air pollution from agriculture clarified
- More male fish 'feminized' by pollution on Basque coast
- Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers
- Autumn ending later in northern hemisphere, research shows
- A more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, methane emissions will leap as Earth warms
- Nitrogen source determined significant for inflorescence development in Phalaenopsis
- Resistance is not futile: Researchers engineer resistance to ionic liquids in biofuel microbes
- Anaerobic treatment of wastewater: A step towards sustainable energy
- West Virginia chemical spill into Elk River contaminating air and water quality
- Plant growth enhanced through promotion of pore opening
- Robotic arm probes chemistry of 3-D objects by mass spectrometry
- Pesticides make the life of earthworms miserable
- Famous paintings help study Earth’s past atmosphere
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