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Why Female Loggerhead Sea Turtles Always Return to Their Place of Birth
May 30, 2013 For a better protection of marine turtles, scientists are trying to understand why they return to their birthplace in order to reproduce after rather long distance migrations. Using molecular tools ... > full story -
More at-Risk Bird Species in Brazilian Forest Than Previously Thought
May 29, 2013 In a new study, a team of researchers has applied a novel method for linking large-scale habitat fragmentation to population ... > full story -
Improving 'Crop Per Drop' Could Boost Global Food Security and Water Sustainability
May 29, 2013 Improvements in crop water productivity -- the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed -- have the potential to improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the ... > full story -
Recovery of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles Still Short of Historic Levels
May 29, 2013 Hawaiian green sea turtle populations have increased in recent years, but their numbers still fall far short of historic levels. A new report suggests that calls to lift protection for this species ... > full story -
Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
May 29, 2013 During the last ice age, when thick ice covered the Arctic, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive global ocean currents slowed or even ... > full story -
NASA’s HS3 Mission Aircraft to Double Team 2013 Hurricane Season
May 29, 2013 During this year's hurricane season NASA will "double-team" on research with two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft winging their way over storms that develop during the peak of the season. NASA's ... > full story -
Geochemistry Survey at Chatham Rise Reveals Absence of Modern Day Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 29, 2013 Geochemistry analysis of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas, a potential contributor to ... > full story -
The US Shale-Gas Revolution and European Renewables: Divergence and Cooperation in Alternative Energy
May 29, 2013 That the United States and Europe have been following different energy policies over the past few decades won’t come as a surprise. However, according to one researcher, their divergence ... > full story -
Microplastic Pollution Prevalent in Lakes, Too
May 29, 2013 Researchers have detected microplastic pollution in one of Western Europe's largest lakes, Lake Geneva, in large enough quantities to raise ... > full story -
Historic Sea-Level Change Along New Jersey Coastline Mapped
May 28, 2013 A new study relied upon fossil records of marshland to reconstruct the changes in sea level along the New Jersey coast going back 10,000 ... > full story
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