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Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases Create New Public Health Challenges
November 30, 2012 — West Nile virus, Lyme disease, dengue fever, and plague are examples of "vector-borne zoonotic diseases," caused by pathogens that naturally infect wildlife and are transmitted to humans by vectors ... > full story -
More Intense North Atlantic Tropical Storms Likely in the Future
November 30, 2012 — Tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East Coast of the United States, likely will become more intense during the rest of this ... > full story -
Gulf of Mexico Clean-Up Makes 2010 Spill 52-Times More Toxic; Mixing Oil With Dispersant Increased Toxicity to Ecosystems
November 30, 2012 — If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Could Reduce Crop Yields
November 30, 2012 — The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere continues to climb and heat up the climate. The gas is, however, indispensable for plants, as they use the carbon it provides to form glucose and other ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Water Ice on Mercury: Ice and Organic Material May Have Been Carried to the Planet by Passing Comets
November 29, 2012 — Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, revolves around the sun in a mere 88 days, making a tight orbit that keeps the planet incredibly toasty. Surface temperatures on ... > full story -
Human-Caused Climate Change Signal Emerges from the Noise
November 29, 2012 — By comparing simulations from 20 different computer models to satellite observations, climate scientists have found that tropospheric and stratospheric temperature changes are clearly related to ... > full story -
Integrating Science and Policy to Address the Impacts of Air Pollution
November 29, 2012 — New research examines how science and policy address air pollution effects on human health and ecosystems, and climate change in ... > full story -
New Approach Allows Past Data to Be Used to Improve Future Climate Projections
November 29, 2012 — Climate scientists are still grappling with one of the main questions of modern times: how high will global temperatures rise if the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide doubles. Many ... > full story -
Short-Term Exposure to Essential Oils Lowers Blood Pressure and Heart Rate... but Only When Exposure Is Less Than One Hour
November 29, 2012 — The scents which permeate our health spas from aromatic essential oils may provide more benefits than just a sense of rest and ... > full story -
Kerosene Lamps Identified as Big Source of Black Carbon
November 28, 2012 — Kerosene lamps, the primary source of light for more than a billion people in developing nations, churns out black carbon at levels previously overlooked in greenhouse gas estimates, according to a ... > full story
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