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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 -
Mathematics Used to Identify Contamination in Water Distribution Networks
November 28, 2012 New research considers the identification of contaminants in a water distribution network as an optimal control problem within a networked ... > full story -
Autumn Sets in Rapidly on Saturn's Giant Moon
November 28, 2012 As leaves fall and winter approaches in Earth's Northern Hemisphere, a change of seasons is also rapidly becoming noticeable in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's giant moon, ... > full story -
New Approach to Support Future Climate Projections
November 28, 2012 Scientists have developed a new approach for evaluating past climate sensitivity data to help improve comparison with estimates of long-term climate projections developed by the Intergovernmental ... > full story -
Fracking in Michigan: Researchers Study Potential Impact on Health, Environment, Economy
November 28, 2012 University of Michigan researchers are conducting a detailed study of the potential environmental and societal effects of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas drilling process known as ... > full story -
How Climate Change Could Affect Entire Forest Ecosystems
November 28, 2012 The fog comes in, and a drop of water forms on a pine needle, rolls down the needle, and falls to the forest floor. The process is repeated over and over, on each pine needle of every tree in a ... > full story -
Fish Ear Bones Point to Climate Impacts
November 28, 2012 Scientists believe that fish ear bones and their distinctive growth rings can offer clues to the likely impacts of climate change in aquatic ... > full story -
Ecologists Shed New Light on Effects of Light Pollution on Wildlife
November 28, 2012 Light pollution is often associated with negative effects on wildlife. Now, ecologists have found that by mimicking a perpetual full moon, the gas flares and electrical lighting along Scotland's ... > full story -
Sea Levels Rising Faster Than IPCC Projections
November 28, 2012 Sea levels are rising 60 per cent faster than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's central projections, new research suggests. While temperature rises appear to be consistent with the ... > full story
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