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Easter Island Mystery: Why Did the Native Culture Die Out?
Jan. 27, 2015 — Long before the Europeans arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the native Polynesian culture known as Rapa Nui showed signs of demographic decline. However, the catalyst has long been debated in the ... full story -
The Origin of Life: Labyrinths as Crucibles of Life
Jan. 27, 2015 — Water-filled micropores in hot rock may have acted as the nurseries in which life on Earth began. A team has now shown that temperature gradients in pore systems promote the cyclical replication and ... full story -
Global Warming Doubles Risk of Extreme La Niña Event, Research Shows
Jan. 26, 2015 — The risk of extreme La Niña events in the Pacific Ocean could double due to global warming, new research has shown. El Niño and La Niña events are opposite phases of the natural climate ... full story -
Researchers Identify Materials to Improve Biofuel, Petroleum Processing
Jan. 26, 2015 — Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers has identified potential materials that could improve the production of ethanol and petroleum products. The discovery could ... full story -
Converting Olive Mash Into Cash
Jan. 26, 2015 — An experimental system to create heat and power with waste from olive oil processing is up-and-running in Spain. The system shows a promising way forward for reducing environmental damage and ... full story -
Lead Negatively Impacts Cognitive Functions of Boys More Than Girls
Jan. 23, 2015 — The female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls, explaining why boys, are shown to suffer more often from the cognitive disabilities linked ... full story -
Boston's Leaky Pipes Release High Levels of Heat-Trapping Methane
Jan. 23, 2015 — A research team estimates that each year about 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas, worth some $90 million, escapes the Boston region's delivery system. The findings have implications for other ... full story -
New Technique Helps Probe Performance of Organic Solar Cell Materials
Jan. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells, which are candidates for low-cost, next generation solar ... full story -
Ocean Could Hold Key to Predicting Recurring Extreme Winters
Jan. 23, 2015 — New reserch may help to predict extreme winters across Europe by identifying the set of environmental conditions that are associated with pairs of severe winters across consecutive years. Pairs of ... full story -
Scientists Search for New Ways to Deal With U. S. Uranium Ore Processing Legacy
Jan. 22, 2015 — Researchers are trying to find out why uranium persists in groundwater at former uranium ore processing sites despite remediation of contaminated surface materials two decades ago. They think buried ... full story -
Promising Drug Candidate Protects Against Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Fallout
Jan. 22, 2015 — A drug candidate called DBIBB that increases the survival of mice suffering from radiation syndrome, even when treatment started three days after radiation exposure, has been identified by ... full story -
Using Less Fish to Test Chemicals Safety
Jan. 22, 2015 — A new strategy has been proposed on how to replace, reduce and refine the use of fish in testing of chemicals’ effect on flora and fauna in water (aquatic toxicity) and chemicals’ uptake and ... full story -
Antibiotics, Bacteria, Resistance Genes Found in Dust from Feedlots
Jan. 22, 2015 — Researchers are beginning to understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria travel aerially. "Everyone is fairly certain antibiotic resistance comes from extensive use of antibiotics in ... full story -
Soils Could Keep Contaminants in Wastewater from Reaching Groundwater, Streams
Jan. 22, 2015 — With endocrine-disrupting compounds affecting fish populations in rivers as close as Pennsylvania's Susquehanna and as far away as Israel's Jordan, a new research study shows that soils can ... full story -
Fossils Survive Volcanic Eruption to Tell Us About the Origin of the Canary Islands
Jan. 22, 2015 — The most recent eruption on the Canary Islands -- at El Hierro in 2011 -- produced spectacularly enigmatic white "floating rocks" that originated from the layers of oceanic sedimentary rock ... full story -
Warmer, Drier Climate Altering Forests Throughout California
Jan. 21, 2015 — Thanks to historical data, botanists have been able to compare California tree survey data from the 1920s and '30s with forest service data today. They find a decline in large trees and an ... full story -
Sequestration on Shaky Ground: Natural Impediment to Long-Term Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
Jan. 21, 2015 — Carbon sequestration promises to address greenhouse-gas emissions by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and injecting it deep below the Earth's surface, where it would permanently ... full story -
Decorative and Flexible Solar Panels Become Part of Interior Design and the Appearance of Objects
Jan. 21, 2015 — Scientists have developed and utilized a mass production method based on printing technologies allowing the manufacturing of decorative, organic solar panels. Design freedom improves the range of ... full story -
Drugs from Dirt: Scientists Develop First Global Roadmap for Drug Discovery
Jan. 20, 2015 — Scientists have analyzed soils from beaches, forests, and deserts on five continents and discovered the best places in the world to mine untapped antibiotic and anticancer drugs. The findings provide ... full story -
Giant Atmospheric Rivers Add Mass to Antarctica's Ice Sheet
Jan. 20, 2015 — Extreme weather phenomena called atmospheric rivers were behind intense snowstorms recorded in 2009 and 2011 in East Antarctica. The resulting snow accumulation partly offset recent ice loss from the ... full story
- 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
- NASA, NOAA find 2014 warmest year in modern record
- NASA satellite set to get the dirt on Earth's soil moisture
- NASA mountaintop sensor finds high methane over Los Angeles
- Peat fire emissions may shed light on climate change
- Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealed
- Nanoparticles for clean drinking water
- Nearly half the systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
- New planetary dashboard shows 'great acceleration' in human activity since 1950
- New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust: Third of Earth's biomass in largely uncharted environment
- Did the Anthropocene begin with the nuclear age?
- Bacteria as individual as people? Study of rhizobium from plant roots suggests yes
- Crush those clinkers while they're hot
- Estimated social cost of climate change not accurate, scientists say
- Chitosan: Sustainable alternative for food packaging
- Flexible methane production from electricity and bio-mass
- More sun means fewer children, grandchildren, Norwegian study finds
- Mercury from gold mines accumulates far downstream
- Regional patterns of soot, dirt on North American snow discovered
- Algae blooms create their own favorable conditions
- Deep Space Climate Observatory to provide 'EPIC' views of Earth
- Cheap asphalt provides 'green' carbon capture
- What's in the grime tarnishing the Taj Mahal?
- Iron toxicity for cyanobacteria delayed oxygen accumulation in early Earth's atmosphere
- Rare rock with 30,000 diamonds examined
- What 'fecal prints' of microbes can tell us about Earth's evolution
- Dirty pool: Soil's large carbon stores could be freed by increased CO2, plant growth
- Glimpsing pathway of sunlight to electricity
- A gold catalyst for clear water: Mixed nanoparticle systems may help purify water and generate hydrogen
- Closing the loop for greener production: Technique to analyze production processes highlights financial benefits of recycling
- Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified
- 550-million-year-old fossils provide new clues about fossil formation
- Clearing tropical rainforests distorts Earth's wind and water systems, packs climate wallop beyond carbon
- Satellites measure increase of Sun's energy absorbed in the Arctic
- New conversion process turns biomass 'waste' into lucrative chemical products
- Ancient, hydrogen-rich waters deep underground around the world: Waters could support isolated life
- Researchers' recipe: Cook farm waste into energy
- Great Lakes pollution no longer driven by airborne sources; land, rivers now bigger factors
- Top weather conditions that amplify Lake Erie algal blooms revealed
- Ancient Earth may have made its own water: Rock circulating in mantle feeds world's oceans even today, evidence suggests
- North Atlantic signaled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened, reveals new research
- NASA Goddard instrument makes first detection of organic matter on Mars
- New tracers can identify coal ash contamination in water
- Carbon-trapping 'sponges' can cut greenhouse gases
- Ocean acidification a culprit in commercial shellfish hatcheries' failures
- Composite plane life cycle assessment shows lighter planes are the future
- Cost of cloud brightening for cooler planet revealed
- Switching to vehicles powered by electricity from renewables could save lives
- Seeing the forest for the trees: Youngest trees in a forest tell the biggest story
- Soil mineral surfaces linked to key atmospheric processes
- Hazy road to Mecca
- Past global warming similar to today's: Size, duration were like modern climate shift, but in two pulses
- Professor discusses benefits and costs of forest carbon projects
- Techniques for minimizing environmental impacts of fracking
- Neighborhood designs can cut carbon emissions, electric costs
- How bird eggs get their bling
- Oil-dwelling bacteria are social creatures in Earth's deep biosphere
- Earth's most abundant mineral finally has a name
- Air pollution down thanks to California's regulation of diesel trucks
- Sampling rivers for genes rather than organisms
- NASA study shows 13-year record of drying Amazon caused vegetation declines
- No lead pollution in the oil sands region of Alberta, study says
- No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age
- New study measures methane emissions from natural gas production and offers insights into two large sources
- Detecting gases wirelessly, cheaply
- Caribbean gorgonian corals are resistant to ocean acidification
- New insights into predicting future droughts in California: Natural cycles, sea surface temperatures found to be main drivers in ongoing event
- Fracking and pollution: Technology-dependent emissions of gas extraction in the US
- Easy measurement of the effect of fine dust
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