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Warm Ocean Drives Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Loss
June 13, 2013 Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent's ice loss, a new study has ... > full story -
New Fluorescent Protein from Eel Improves Key Clinical Assay
June 13, 2013 Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, ... > full story -
New Catalyst Neutralizes Gases Responsible for Climate Change
June 13, 2013 New technology prevents nitrous oxide decomposing it into nontoxic products. The catalytic system is active, efficient and stable over time and can purify gases emitted by industries related to the ... > full story -
Lighter Meals for Fish in the Northern Baltic Sea
June 13, 2013 The nutrition available for fish in the northern Baltic Sea has become lighter during the past 30 ... > full story -
Rapid Adaptation Is Purple Sea Urchins' Weapon Against Ocean Acidification
June 12, 2013 In the race against climate change and ocean acidification, some sea urchins may still have a few tricks up their spiny sleeves, suggesting that adaptation will likely play a large role for the sea ... > full story -
Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
June 12, 2013 Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found that temperatures in the Martian atmosphere regularly rise and fall not just once each day, but ... > full story -
Iron Fertilization, Process of Putting Iron Into Ocean to Help Capture Carbon, Could Backfire
June 12, 2013 A study suggests that iron fertilization, the process of putting iron into the ocean to encourage the growth of carbon dioxide capturing alga blooms, could ... > full storyMore: -
World's Deepest ERT Imaging System for CO2 Sequestration Developed
June 12, 2013 Researchers have broken the record for tracking the movement and concentration of carbon dioxide in a geologic formation using the world's deepest Electrical Resistance Tomography ... > full story -
Chalking Up a Marine Blooming Alga: Genome Fills a Gap in the Tree of Life
June 12, 2013 Carbon dioxide is released when the calcium carbonate "armor" of the photosynthetic alga Emiliania huxleyi forms, but Ehux can trap as much as 20 percent of organic carbon derived from carbon dioxide ... > full story -
Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds
June 11, 2013 NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide -- dry ice -- may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go. Researchers ... > full story
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