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Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?
June 11, 2013 Permafrost zones occupy nearly a quarter of the exposed land area of the Northern Hemisphere. NASA's Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment is probing deep into the frozen lands above ... > full story -
Fukushima Accident Raised Levels of Radioactive Strontium Off the East Coast of Japan by Up to 100 Times
June 11, 2013 Researchers in Spain have studied the spread of radioactive strontium in the coastal waters of eastern Japan during the three months following the Fukushima nuclear accident, which happened in March ... > full story -
Bridge Species Drive Tropical Engine of Biodiversity
June 10, 2013 New research sheds light on how the tropics came to be teeming with species while the poles harbor relatively few. Furthermore, it confirms that the tropics have been and continue to be the ... > full story -
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China Is Outsourcing Carbon: Key Findings on Regional, Global Impact of Trade on Environment
June 10, 2013 In two different studies, researchers have published groundbreaking findings on the environmental impact of globalization, production and trade at both regional and international scales, and ... > full story -
Mysterious Monument Found Beneath the Sea of Galilee
June 10, 2013 Scientists have discovered a mysterious monument beneath the waves of the Sea of Galilee. The site resembles early burial sites in Europe and was likely built in the early Bronze ... > full story -
Leakage of Carbon from Land to Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Coastal Regions Revealed
June 10, 2013 When carbon is emitted by human activities into the atmosphere it is generally thought that about half remains in the atmosphere and the remainder is stored in the oceans and on land. New research ... > full story -
Potentially 'Catastrophic' Changes Underway in Canada's Northern Mackenzie River Basin
June 10, 2013 Canada's Mackenzie River basin -- among the world's most important major ecosystems -- is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, ... > full story -
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How Do You Feed Nine Billion People?
June 9, 2013 An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population -- projected to reach 9 billion by mid-century -- in the face of climate ... > full story -
3-D Map of Blood Vessels in Cerebral Cortex Holds Suprises
June 9, 2013 Blood vessels within a sensory area of the mammalian brain loop and connect in unexpected ways, a new map has ... > full story -
Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013
June 7, 2013 University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere. The outlook is ... > full story
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