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Global Warming Will Open Unexpected New Shipping Routes in Arctic, Researchers Find
March 4, 2013 — Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by ... > full story -
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3-D Printing Using Old Milk Jugs
March 1, 2013 — 3-D printing lets anyone make almost anything with a simple machine and a roll of plastic filament. Now researchers have found a way to drive costs down even further by recycling empty milk jugs into ... > full story -
March of the Pathogens: Parasite Metabolism Can Foretell Disease Ranges Under Climate Change
February 25, 2013 — Researchers developed a model that can help determine the future range of nearly any disease-causing parasite under climate change, even if little is known about the organism. Their method calculates ... > full story -
Caves Point to Thawing of Siberia: Thaw in Siberia's Permafrost May Accelerate Global Warming
February 21, 2013 — Evidence from Siberian caves suggests that a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius could see permanently frozen ground thaw over a large area of Siberia, threatening release of carbon from ... > full story -
Climate Change Effect on Plant Communities Is Buffered by Large Herbivores, New Research Suggests
February 19, 2013 — Can existing ecological communities persist intact as temperatures rise? A news study suggests that the answer to this question may have as much to do with the biological interactions that shape ... > full story -
Cushion Plants Help Other Plants Survive
February 18, 2013 — Alpine cushion plants help other plants in harsh mountain environments to ... > full story -
Reduced Sea Ice Disturbs Balance of Greenhouse Gases
February 18, 2013 — The widespread reduction in Arctic sea ice is causing significant changes to the balance of greenhouse gases in the ... > full story -
New Insect: Spectacular Forcepfly Species Discovered for the First Time in South America
February 17, 2013 — Austromerope is a genus of forcepflies, whose representatives are rare and mostly restricted in distribution. It belongs to the family Meropeidae (Mecoptera) and was recently unexpectedly discovered ... > full story -
Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem During Ice Minimum in Summer 2012
February 14, 2013 — Huge quantities of algae are growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic: In 2012 the ice algae Melosira arctica was responsible for almost half the primary production in this area. ... > full story -
New Owl Species Discovered in Indonesia Is Unique to One Island
February 13, 2013 — A new owl is the first endemic bird species discovered on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, according to new ... > full story
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