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Outstanding for the Past 15 Million Years: Swiss Alps Have Influenced Europe’s Climate Since the Miocene
July 10, 2012 — Switzerland’s highest peaks in the geologically young central Alps have been this high for quite some time, as a new study shows. 15 million years ago Europe’s own mountain range was at ... > full story -
Corals on Ocean-Side of Reef Are Most Susceptible to Recent Warming
July 9, 2012 — Marine scientists have linked the decline in growth of Caribbean forereef corals -- due to recent warming -- to long-term trends in seawater temperature experienced by these corals located on the ... > full story -
Winds Played Important Role in Keeping Oil Away from South Florida
July 9, 2012 — Winds played an important role in keeping oil from the Gulf oil spill away from South ... > full story -
Arctic Warming Linked to Combination of Reduced Sea Ice and Global Atmospheric Warming
July 6, 2012 — The combination of melting sea ice and global atmospheric warming are contributing to the high rate of warming in the Arctic, where temperatures are increasing up to four times faster than the global ... > full story -
Increased Growth Responsible for Color Changes in Coral Reefs
July 6, 2012 — New insight has been provided into the basic immune response and repair mechanisms of corals to disease and changing environmental conditions. The study found that increased growth is the underlying ... > full story -
Eddies, Not Sunlight, Spur Annual Phytoplankton Bloom in North Atlantic
July 5, 2012 — Researchers have long believed that the longer days and calmer seas of spring set off an annual bloom of plants in the North Atlantic, but scientists have now discovered that warm eddies fuel the ... > full storyMore: -
Seabirds Study Shows Plastic Pollution Reaching Surprising Levels Off Coast of Pacific Northwest
July 4, 2012 — Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new ... > full story -
Fish Learn to Cope in a High Carbon Dioxide World, New Study Suggests
July 3, 2012 — Some coral reef fish may be better prepared to cope with rising carbon dioxide in the world's oceans -- thanks to their parents. Encouraging new findings show that some fish may be less vulnerable to ... > full story -
Acid-Wielding Worms Drill Through Bones at the Bottom of the Sea
July 2, 2012 — Tiny "bone-devouring worms," known to both eat and inhabit dead whale skeletons and other bones on the sea floor, have a unique ability to release bone-melting acid, scientists at have recently ... > full story -
Pollutants Could Pose Health Risks for Five Sea Turtle Species
June 28, 2012 — Researchers have measured for the first time concentrations of 13 compounds in five different endangered species of sea turtles that approach the amounts known to cause adverse health effects in ... > full story
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