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No Map, No Problems for Monarchs
April 8, 2013 — Monarch butterflies have long been admired for their sense of direction, as they migrate from Canada and the United States to Mexico. According to new findings from a team of scientists, the winged ... > full story -
Surprising Predictor of Ecosystem Chemistry
April 8, 2013 — Scientists have found that the plant species making up an ecosystem are better predictors of ecosystem chemistry than environmental conditions such as terrain, geology, or altitude. This is the first ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Released from Burning Fuel Today Goes Back Into New Fuels Tomorrow
April 8, 2013 — The search for ways to use megatons of carbon dioxide that may be removed from industrial smokestacks during efforts to curb global warming has led to a process for converting that major greenhouse ... > full story -
Gulf of Mexico Has Greater-Than-Believed Ability to Self-Cleanse Oil Spills
April 8, 2013 — The Gulf of Mexico may have a much greater natural ability to self-clean oil spills than previously believed, an expert in bioremediation has ... > full story -
Byrd Came Oh-So-Close, but Probably Didn't Reach North Pole
April 8, 2013 — When renowned explorer Richard E. Byrd returned from the first-ever flight to the North Pole in 1926, he sparked a controversy that remains today. Studying supercomputer simulations of atmospheric ... > full story -
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Population Boom Poses Interconnected Challenges of Energy, Food, Water
April 8, 2013 — Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing countries. But an expert described a ... > full story -
High Salt Levels in Saharan Groundwater Endanger Oases Farming
April 8, 2013 — For more than 40 years, snowmelt and runoff from Morocco's High Atlas Mountains has been dammed and redirected hundreds of kilometers to the south to irrigate oases farms in the arid, sub-Saharan ... > full story -
Rapid Climate Change and the Role of the Southern Ocean
April 8, 2013 — Scientists have discovered new clues about past rapid climate change. The research concludes that oceanographic reorganizations and biological processes are linked to the supply of airborne dust in ... > full story -
New Evidence Dinosaurs Were Strong Swimmers
April 8, 2013 — A researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances. He examined unusual claw marks left on a river bottom in China that is known to have ... > full story -
Rare Primate's Vocal Lip-Smacks Share Features of Human Speech
April 8, 2013 — The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech, according to a new study. The geladas, which live only in the mountains of Ethiopia, are the ... > full story
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