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Reading Rock to Understand How Climate Change Unfolds
Geologists reads rock,
looking for the natural
rules that govern the
Earth’s climate in the
absence of human activity.
New work is challenging many
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Research Into Carbon Storage in Arctic Tundra Reveals Unexpected Insight Into Ecosystem Resiliency
When a doctoral student and
her advisor went north not
long ago to study how
long-term warming in the
Arctic affects carbon
... > full story
Warming in Central China Greater Than Most Climate Models Indicated
New data from Central China
reveal that temperatures
have risen 10 to 14 degrees
Fahrenheit over the last
20,000 years in this region,
... > full story
Satellites See Double Jeopardy for Southern California Fire Season
New insights into two
factors that are creating a
potentially volatile
Southern California wildfire
season come from an ongoing
project using NASA and
... > full story
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Searching for Clandestine Graves With Geophysical Tools
May 14, 2013 — It's very hard to convict a murderer if the victim's body can't be found. And the best way to hide a body is to bury it. Developing new tools to find those clandestine graves is the goal of a small ... > full story -
Land Management Options Outlined to Address Cheatgrass Invasion
May 13, 2013 — A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America's most endangered ecosystems. Researchers said one of ... > full story -
Invasion of the Slugs; Halted by Worms
May 12, 2013 — The gardener’s best friend, the earthworm, is great at protecting leaves from being chomped by slugs, suggests new research. Although they lurk in the soil, they seem to protect the plants ... > full story -
NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on NASA
May 10, 2013 — The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming ... > full story -
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Children Living Near Toxic Waste Sites in Developing Countries May Experience Higher Blood Lead Levels Resulting in Lower IQ
May 6, 2013 — Researcher estimates that lead exposure could cause mental retardation in 6 in 1,000 children living near toxic waste ... > full story -
'Dark Oxidants' Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils
May 3, 2013 — All forms of life that breathe oxygen -- even ones that can't be seen with the naked eye, such as bacteria -- must fight oxidants to live. But neutralizing environmental oxidants such as superoxide ... > full story -
Soil May Harbor Answer to Reducing Arsenic in Rice
May 1, 2013 — Agricultural researchers are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic ... > full story -
New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands
May 1, 2013 — New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store ... > full story -
How Some Cancers 'Poison the Soil' to Block Metastasis
April 30, 2013 — Cancer spread or metastasis can strike unprecedented fear in the minds of cancer patients. The "seed and the soil" hypothesis proposed by Stephen Paget in 1889 is now widely accepted to explain how ... > full story -
Smoke Signals: How Burning Plants Tell Seeds to Rise from the Ashes
April 29, 2013 — In the spring following a forest fire, trees that survived the blaze explode in new growth and plants sprout in abundance from the scorched earth. For centuries, it was a mystery how seeds, some long ... > full story
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