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Ancient Arctic Sharks Tolerated Brackish Water 50 Million Years Ago
June 30, 2014 — Sharks were a tolerant bunch some 50 million years ago, cruising an Arctic Ocean that contained about the same percentage of freshwater as Louisiana's Lake Ponchatrain does today, says a new ... full story -
Oil Palm Plantations Threaten Water Quality, Scientists Say
June 30, 2014 — Indonesia pays a price for a lucrative crop used in many household products. Palm plantations damage freshwater streams that supply drinking water to millions of people. Found in thousands of ... full story -
All the World's Oceans Have Plastic Debris on Their Surface
June 30, 2014 — The Malaspina Expedition, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has demonstrated that there are five large accumulations of plastic debris in the open ocean that match with the five major ... full story -
Whaling Logbooks Could Hold Key to Retreating Arctic Ice Fronts
June 30, 2014 — Ice fronts from the early 19th century were far more advanced around the Arctic than they are today, researchers analysing whalers’ log books from this time have ... full story -
More Carbohydrates Make Trees More Resistant to Drought
June 30, 2014 — How well tropical trees weather periods of drought depends on the carbohydrates stored, as revealed by a novel experiment conducted by an international team of researchers. The findings are extremely ... full story -
Climate Change in the North Sea: Long-Term Studies Reveal Drastic Changes in the Marine Fauna
June 30, 2014 — Long-term studies have revealed obvious changes in the North Sea’s biota. Studies during the past twenty years indicate that southern species increasingly expand northward. The Atlantic cod is ... full story -
Emperor Penguin in Peril: Climate Change Threatens Dramatic Declines
June 29, 2014 — Scientists studying Emperor penguin populations across Antarctica finds the iconic animals in danger of dramatic declines by the end of the century due to climate change. Their study finds the ... full story -
High Carbon Dioxide Levels Cause Warming in Tropics
June 29, 2014 — Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause warming not only at high latitudes but also across tropical regions, according to new research. "These results confirm what ... full story -
To Address Climate Change, Nothing Substitutes for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
June 27, 2014 — The politically expedient way to mitigate climate change is essentially no way at all, according to a comprehensive new study. Among the climate pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in ... full story -
Progress of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Evaluated
June 27, 2014 — Although planning for Everglades restoration projects has advanced considerably over the past two years, financial, procedural, and policy constraints have impeded project implementation, says a new ... full story -
Climate Change and the Ecology of Fear
June 27, 2014 — Climate change is predicted to have major impacts on the many species that call our rocky shorelines home. Indeed, species living in these intertidal habitats, which spend half their day exposed to ... full story -
New Theory on Cause of Ice Age 2.6 Million Years Ago
June 27, 2014 — New research has provided a major new theory on the cause of the ice age that covered large parts of the Northern Hemisphere 2.6 million years ... full story -
Team Develops a Geothermometer for Methane Formation
June 26, 2014 — A team of scientists has developed a new technique that can, for the first time, determine the temperature at which a natural methane sample formed. This determination can aid in figuring out how and ... full story -
Ancient Ocean Currents May Have Changed Pacing and Intensity of Ice Ages: Slowing of Currents May Have Flipped Switch
June 26, 2014 — Researchers have found that the deep ocean currents that move heat around the globe stalled or even stopped about 950,000 years ago, possibly due to expanding ice cover in the north. The slowing ... full story -
Capturing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Needed to Meet Climate Targets
June 26, 2014 — Technologies that are discussed controversially today may be needed to keep the future risks and costs of climate change in check. Combining the production of energy from fossil fuels and biomass ... full story -
NASA's OCO-2 Will Track Our Impact on Airborne Carbon
June 26, 2014 — Although we know the concentration of carbon dioxide, much about the processes that govern the gas's atmospheric concentration remains a mystery. We still do not know precisely where all of the ... full story -
New NASA Images Highlight U.S. Air Quality Improvement
June 26, 2014 — Anyone living in a major U.S. city for the past decade may have noticed a change in the air. The change is apparent in new NASA satellite images unveiled this week that demonstrate the reduction of ... full story -
Climate Control for the Burns Unit
June 26, 2014 — Individualized climate control for burns victims in hospitals might not only improve comfort for such patients, but improve working conditions for those taking care of them, research suggests. In ... full story -
Finding Elusive Emperor Penguins: Both Surveyors and Satellites Needed to Study Remote Penguin Populations
June 25, 2014 — Field surveys and satellites complement each other when studying remote penguin populations. Penguins residing on Antarctica's ice sheets must face moving, breaking, and shifting ice. Accurate ... full story -
Win-Win-Win Solution for Biofuel, Climate, and Biodiversity
June 25, 2014 — In Brazil, the demand for alternative energy sources has led to an increase in biofuel crops. A new paper reviews new research conducted by Brazilian colleagues demonstrating the high carbon gains of ... full story
- Ancient Arctic sharks tolerated brackish water 50 million years ago
- Oil palm plantations threaten water quality, scientists say
- All the world's oceans have plastic debris on their surface
- Whaling logbooks could hold key to retreating Arctic ice fronts
- More carbohydrates make trees more resistant to drought
- Climate change in the North Sea: Long-term studies reveal drastic changes in the marine fauna
- Emperor penguin in peril: Climate change threatens dramatic declines
- High carbon dioxide levels cause warming in tropics
- To address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing carbon dioxide emissions
- Progress of comprehensive everglades restoration plan evaluated
- Climate change and the ecology of fear
- New theory on cause of ice age 2.6 million years ago
- Team develops a geothermometer for methane formation
- Ancient ocean currents may have changed pacing and intensity of ice ages: Slowing of currents may have flipped switch
- Capturing carbon dioxide emissions needed to meet climate targets
- NASA's OCO-2 will track our impact on airborne carbon
- New NASA images highlight U.S. air quality improvement
- Climate control for the burns unit
- Finding elusive emperor penguins: Both surveyors and satellites needed to study remote penguin populations
- Win-win-win solution for biofuel, climate, and biodiversity
- Natural resources worth more than US $40 trillion must be accounted for
- Earlier snowmelt prompting earlier breeding of Arctic birds
- Vegetarian diets produce fewer greenhouse gases and increase longevity, say new studies
- New study quantifies the effects of climate change in Europe
- Study links Greenland ice sheet collapse, sea level rise 400,000 years ago
- A new view: NASA/NOAA water vapor animations over oceans
- Alternative energy evaluation: Net energy analysis should become a standard policy tool, scientists say
- World’s protected areas not protecting biodiversity, but there is room for hope
- Can coral save our oceans? Soft coral tissue may help protect reefs against the hazardous effects of climate change
- Restricting competitors could help threatened species cope with climate change
- Carbon footprint of the Swedish information and communication technology sector mapped out
- Moth invasions cause widespread damage in the sub-arctic birch forest
- Straw albedo mitigates extreme heat
- Understanding the ocean's role in Greenland glacier melt
- Protecting and connecting the Flathead National Forest in Montana
- Great walls could eliminate major tornado threat in Tornado Alley, expert says
- Cold exposure stimulates beneficial brown fat growth
- Concentrating solar power: Study shows greater potential
- Regional weather extremes linked to atmospheric variations
- The ICEMAN study: How keeping cool could spur metabolic benefits
- Ontario's far north at risk unless province adopts new, inclusive planning process: Report
- Iconic Minnesota conifers may give way to more broad-leafed forest in the next century
- Re-routing flights could reduce climate impact, research suggests
- Winds of change for the shipping sector
- Surprising spread of spring leaf-out times
- Litter-dwelling thrips live mainly in tropical and subtropical regions
- Helping growers mitigate costly droughts
- Identifying opposite patterns of climate change: Hydrologic seesaw over the past 550,000 years
- A call to better protect Antarctica: Human activity threatening continent
- Energy-optimized buildings: Keeping a cool head at the workplace
- Shipping needs radical rethink warn climate experts
- Livestock gut microbes contributing to greenhouse gas emissions
- Unique greenhouse gas meter developed
- Climate change deflecting attention from biodiversity loss
- The hidden history of rain: Plant waxes reveal rainfall changes during the last 24,000 years
- More frequent extreme, adverse weather conditions threaten Europe's wheat production
- Discovery of Earth's northernmost perennial spring
- Conserving remnants of West African tropical forest
- Discovery of bud-break gene could lead to trees adapted for a changing climate
- Antarctic species dwindle as icebergs batter shores year-round
- El Niño expected to benefit U.S. agriculture, economist says
- New NASA space observatory to study carbon conundrums
- Arctic warming linked to fewer European and U.S. cold weather extremes, new study shows
- Melting and refreezing of deep Greenland ice speeds flow to sea: Findings may shift understanding of ice sheet behavior
- Plate tectonics: Studies show movements of continents speeding up after slow 'middle age'
- Subseafloor bacteria survive by over-activating DNA-repair and antibiotic target genes
- Third warmest May in satellite record might portend record-setting El Niño
- Scientists discover link between climate change and ocean currents over 6 million years
- Double trouble for the Mediterranean Sea: Acidification and warming threaten iconic species
- Rise and fall of prehistoric penguin populations charted
- The 'microbial garden' taking the shine off glaciers
- How Earth avoided global warming, last time around
- Climate change beats biodiversity as a press, scientific, and funding priority
- China today: Culprit, victim or last best hope for a global ecological civilization?
- Somatic embryogenesis system to propagate pine hybrids able to tolerate water stress
- Reduced sea ice area also noted in winter
- Home, office ventilation should be key issue during construction planning
- Forest loss starves fish: Forest debris that drains into lakes is important to freshwater food chains
- Snowballs to soot: The clumping density of many things seems to be a standard
- Geologists confirm oxygen levels of ancient oceans
- New permafrost is forming around shrinking Arctic lakes, but will it last?
- A plan to share carbon budget burden
- Genetics reveal that reef corals, their algae live together but evolve independently
- First atlas of Inuit Arctic trails launched
- How much fertilizer is too much for the climate?
- Mosquito control pesticide use in coastal areas poses low risk to juvenile oysters, hard clams
- Earth's breathable atmosphere a result of continents taking control of the carbon cycle
- Major West Antarctic glacier melting from geothermal sources
- New England lakes recovering rapidly from acid rain
- No limits to human effects on clouds
- Dutch student team build 40 meter ice basilica in Finland in three weeks
- Saving trees in tropics could cut emissions by one-fifth, study shows
- For forests, an earlier spring: Climate change leads to increased growing season and allows forests to store more carbon dioxide
- Climate change: Termites, fungi play more important role in decomposition than temperature
- What a 66-million-year old forest fire reveals about the last days of the dinosaurs
- State of wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate research
- Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries
- Doing more means changing less when it comes to gene response, new study shows
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