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For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest
March 19, 2013 — One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world – and the best studied – is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on ... > full story -
Human Microbe Study Provides Insight Into Health, Disease
March 18, 2013 — Microbes from the human mouth are telling scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the ... > full story -
Ten Times More Hurricane Surges in Future, New Research Predicts
March 18, 2013 — How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, ... > full story -
Computer Models Show How Deep Carbon Could Return to Earth's Surface
March 18, 2013 — Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth's ... > full story -
Antarctica's First Whale Skeleton Found With Nine New Deep-Sea Species
March 18, 2013 — Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the ... > full story -
Highly Effective Communities of Bacteria in the World's Deepest Oceanic Trench
March 17, 2013 — Deep sea trenches act as hot spots for microbial activity, according to new ... > full story -
'Dirty Blizzard' in Gulf of Mexico May Account for Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
March 14, 2013 — Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers ... > full story -
Extreme Water in Earth's Interior
March 13, 2013 — Earth is the only known planet that holds water in massive quantities and in all three of the main phase states. But the earthly, omnipresent compound water has very unusual properties that become ... > full story -
Strategies for Possible Survival on Mars: Scientists Found Differences in Core Proteins from a Microorganism That Lives in a Salty Lake in Antarctica
March 11, 2013 — Research has revealed key features in proteins needed for life to function on Mars and other extreme environments. Scientists studied organisms that survive in the extreme conditions of Antarctica. ... > full story -
How to Thrive in Battery Acid and Among Toxic Metals
March 7, 2013 — In the movie Alien, the title character is an extraterrestrial creature that can survive brutal heat and resist the effects of toxins. In real life, organisms with similar traits exist, such as the ... > full story
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