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'First Step' in Addressing Effects of Climate Change
April 18, 2013 — A new report on potential effects of climate change uses existing observations and science-based expectations to identify how climate change could affect habitats, plants and animals within the ... > full story -
Remote-Sensing Study Quantifies Permafrost Degradation in Arctic Alaskan Wetlands
April 18, 2013 — Geoscientists has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow lakes and ponds in hard-to-reach Arctic ... > full story -
Smoking from Hookah Not a Harmless Alternative to Cigarettes
April 18, 2013 — Smoking tobacco through a hookah is a pastime gaining popularity among the college crowd, but many of them mistakenly believe that using the fragrant water pipe is less harmful than smoking ... > full story -
Battery Low? Give Your Mobile Some Water
April 18, 2013 — A power source for your mobile phone can now be as close as the nearest tap, stream, or even a puddle, with the world’s first water-activated charging ... > full story -
Environmental Toxicology: Removing Nanosilver from Wastewater
April 18, 2013 — Nanosilver in wastewater can cause severe environmental damage if it occurs as a metal. A new study shows that nanosilver is quickly transformed into less problematic substances on its way to the ... > full story -
Hydrogen Sulfide Greatly Enhances Plant Growth: Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production
April 17, 2013 — In low doses, hydrogen sulfide, a substance implicated in several mass extinctions, could greatly enhance plant growth, leading to a sharp increase in global food supplies and plentiful stock for ... > full story -
Coelacanth Genome Surfaces: Unexpected Insights from a Fish With a 300-Million-Year-Old Fossil Record
April 17, 2013 — An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of the African coelacanth. The species was once thought to be extinct, but a living coelacanth was discovered off the African coast in ... > full storyMore: -
Half of Tamiflu Prescriptions Went Unused During 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic, UK Sewage Study
April 17, 2013 — A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England. The unused medication represents approximately 600,000 ... > full story -
NASA's Wind Mission Encounters 'SLAMS' Waves
April 16, 2013 — To tease out what happens at that boundary of the magnetosphere and to better understand how radiation and energy from the sun can cross it and move closer to Earth, NASA launches spacecraft into ... > full story -
Turning Algae Into Clean Energy and Fish Food; Helping Africans to Irrigate Crops
April 16, 2013 — Two student teams working hard to move their “green” ideas off the drawing board and into the real world will showcase their ... > full story
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