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Why Bats, Rats and Cats Store Different Amounts of Fat
January 20, 2012 — Why different animals carry different amounts of fat depends on how they have solved the problem of avoiding both starving to death and being killed by predators, new research ... > full story -
Hearty Bacteria Help Make Case for Life in the Extreme
January 19, 2012 — The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to ... > full story -
Evidence of Past Southern Hemisphere Rainfall Cycles Related to Antarctic Temperatures
January 17, 2012 — Geoscientists have published the first evidence that warm-cold climate oscillations well known in the Northern Hemisphere over the most recent glacial period also appear as tropical rainfall ... > full story -
Ice Age Findings Forecast Problems: Data from End of Last Ice Age Confirm Effects of Climate Change on Oceans
January 17, 2012 — The first comprehensive study of changes in the oxygenation of oceans at the end of the last Ice Age has implications for the future of our oceans under global warming. The study looked at marine ... > full story -
Engineering Team Completes Ambitious Antarctic Expedition in the 'Deep-Field'
January 15, 2012 — A team of four British engineers has returned to the UK after completing a grueling journey to one of the most remote and hostile locations on the planet to put in place equipment and supplies for an ... > full story -
Cold Winters Caused by Warmer Summers, Research Suggests
January 12, 2012 — Scientists have offered up a convincing explanation for the harsh winters recently experienced in the Northern hemisphere: increasing temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic regions creating more ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Deep-Sea Vents Revealed: Deeper Than Any Seen Before, and Teeming With New Creatures
January 10, 2012 — Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, five kilometers down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometers ... > full story -
Older, Cheaper Vacuum Cleaners Release More Bacteria and Dust
January 4, 2012 — Some vacuum cleaners -- those basic tools for maintaining a clean indoor environment in homes and offices -- actually contribute to indoor air pollution by releasing into the air bacteria and dust ... > full story -
'Lost World' Discovered Around Antarctic Vents
January 3, 2012 — Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents. The discoveries ... > full story -
Bacteria's Move from Sea to Land May Have Occurred Much Later Than Thought
December 22, 2011 — A new analysis indicates the shift of soil bacteria Azospirillum may have occurred only 400 million years ago, rather than approximately two billion years earlier as originally ... > full story
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