Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
491 to 500 of 9,942 stories
view headlines only
-
Global Tipping Point Not Backed by Science, Experts Argue
February 28, 2013 — A group of international ecological scientists have rejected a doomsday-like scenario of sudden, irreversible change to the Earth's ecology. In a new paper, the scientists from Australia, the United ... > full story -
A New Look at Urbanization's Environmental Impact
February 27, 2013 — A research team from Sweden has developed a technique for quick, simple and cost-effective mapping of worldwide urban growth and its environmental ... > full story -
Louse Genetics Offer Clues on Human Migrations
February 27, 2013 — A new genetic analysis of human lice from across the world sheds light on the global spread of these parasites, their potential for disease transmission and insecticide ... > full story -
NASA's Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts
February 27, 2013 — Colorful new images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world: Pulses of freshwater gush from the Amazon River's mouth; an invisible seam divides the salty Arabian Sea from the fresher ... > full story -
Canadian Adult Obesity at Historic High
February 27, 2013 — Obesity rates across Canada are reaching alarming levels and continue to climb, according to a new ... > full story -
New Greek Observatory Sheds Light on Old Star
February 27, 2013 — Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese ... > full story -
Restoration Planned for Shoreline Protecting NASA's Kennedy Space Center Infrastructure
February 25, 2013 — Late last October, one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the United States bashed the beaches of Brevard County in Florida, including the shoreline of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Scientists ... > full story -
Weather Extremes Provoked by Trapping of Giant Waves in the Atmosphere
February 25, 2013 — The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011. Behind these devastating individual events there is a common physical ... > full story -
Clues to Climate Cycles Dug from South Pole Snow Pit
February 25, 2013 — Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, climate scientists from France have found. Anomalies in oxygen ... > full story -
Maize in Diets of People in Coastal Peru Dates to 5,000 Years Ago
February 25, 2013 — Scientists have concluded that during the Late Archaic, maize (corn) was a primary component in the diet of people living in the Norte Chico region of Peru, an area of remarkable cultural florescence ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 140,690
more 
