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Solutions for a Nitrogen-Soaked World
January 17, 2012 — Nitrogen is both an essential nutrient and a pollutant, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and a fertilizer that feeds billions, a benefit and a hazard, depending on form, location, and quantity. ... > full story -
Climate Adaptation Difficult for Europe's Birds
January 16, 2012 — For the past 20 years, the climate in Europe has been getting warmer. Species of bird and butterfly which thrive in cool temperatures therefore need to move further north. However, they have ... > full storyMore: -
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Resource Management in Ant Colonies May Have Lessons for Politicians and Economists
January 13, 2012 — Political and economic theorists could learn lessons from studying how an ant colony allocates food resources, according to a new ... > full story -
Diverse Ecosystems Are Crucial Climate Change Buffer
January 12, 2012 — Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark ... > full storyMore: -
Evolution Is Written All Over Your Face
January 11, 2012 — Why are the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another? Biologists serving as "evolutionary detectives" studied the faces of 129 adult male primates from Central and South America, ... > full story -
Scientists Look to Microbes to Unlock Earth's Deep Secrets
January 10, 2012 — Of all the habitable parts of our planet, one ecosystem still remains largely unexplored and unknown to science: The igneous ocean crust. This rocky realm of hard volcanic lava exists beneath ocean ... > full story -
Lake Erie Algae and Ice Make a Nice Mix in Winter
January 10, 2012 — Scientists have studied Lake Erie over the past five winters during mid-winter, a time when the lake is more than 70 percent covered by ice. They've documented very high concentrations of algae ... > full story -
Better Way to Gauge Climate Costs of Land Use Changes
January 8, 2012 — Those making land use decisions to reduce the harmful effects of climate change have focused almost exclusively on greenhouse gases -- analyzing, for example, how much carbon dioxide is released when ... > full story -
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Alzheimer's Research
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Another Outbreak of Coral Disease Hits the Reefs of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu
January 6, 2012 — In March 2010 an outbreak of a disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) was discovered affecting coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Follow-up surveys found that the disease left trails of ... > full story -
Climate Change Models May Underestimate Extinctions: Animals and Plants Could Be on a Collision Course Created by Climate Change
January 3, 2012 — Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for ... > full story
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