No signs of fracking fluids in Arkansas drinking water
DUKE (US) — Samples from drinking water wells show no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas. Continue…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 16:18 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - Apr 8, 2013 11:43 - 1 Comment
Salty water threatens Morocco’s oases farms
DUKE (US) — Efforts to divert water from mountains in Morocco to irrigate oases farms have dramatically increased the natural saltiness of groundwater. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 5, 2013 14:50 - 0 Comments
Are new regulations too tough on coal?
DUKE (US) — The cost of complying with tougher EPA air-quality standards could cause a shift away from coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 14, 2013 14:38 - 1 Comment
To survive, plants actively engineer marsh
DUKE (US) — Marsh plants, far from being passive wallflowers, are “secret gardeners” that actively engineer their landscape to increase their species’ odds of survival. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 23, 2013 9:28 - 2 Comments
Vast amounts of wastewater as fracking expands
DUKE (US) — The amount of wastewater from natural gas production in the Marcellus shale region has increased by about 570 percent since 2004 as a result of increased shale gas production there. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 20, 2012 9:24 - 0 Comments
Whales ‘multi-task’ by crooning at dinner
DUKE/UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — In order to eat continuously but also find mates, humpback whales sing while they hunt, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 4, 2012 11:03 - 2 Comments
Fewer lions survive in ‘pockets’ of savannah
DUKE/UC DAVIS (US) — About 75 percent of Africa’s savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once estimated to live there have disappeared in the last 50 years. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 28, 2012 11:28 - 0 Comments
Do harmful chemicals live in your couch?
DUKE (US) — In a new study, more than half of all couches tested contained potentially toxic or untested chemical flame retardants that may pose risks to human health. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 16, 2012 11:12 - 2 Comments
Arsenic from coal ash pollutes water sources
DUKE (US) — Scientists have found arsenic and other toxic elements—in levels beyond EPA guidelines for safe drinking water—in lakes and rivers downstream from coal-fired power plants’ settling ponds.
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2012 10:45 - 0 Comments
Maps may help Hawaii’s dolphins get some rest
DUKE / STONY BROOK (US) — Scientists have developed a tool to limit the negative effects tourists have on resting dolphins in bays along Hawaii’s coast. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 1, 2012 14:05 - 0 Comments
Whales hang out in Antarctic later into autumn
DUKE (US) — Lots of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to eat krill late into autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations would begin. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 23, 2012 15:34 - 1 Comment
For toddlers, flame retardant risks may vary by race
DUKE (US) — A study with toddlers finds exposure to chemicals used in flame retardants may be higher in nonwhite children than in white children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2012 15:47 - 5 Comments
Calcium may ease extra fluoride’s dental harm
DUKE (US) — Increased dietary calcium may be key to addressing widespread dental health problems faced by millions of people living in a remote region of Ethiopia. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 13, 2011 11:55 - 3 Comments
Warm-up drives tropical birds to new heights
DUKE (US) — Tropical birds are moving to higher elevations because of climate change, but they may not be moving fast enough. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 1, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Trees lag behind climate change
DUKE (US) — More than half of eastern US tree species examined in a massive new study aren’t adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2011 11:43 - 2 Comments
Methane 17x higher in wells near fracking
DUKE (US) — Researchers found high levels of leaked methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites in Pennsylvania. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 12:23 - 0 Comments
Whale mob: All-U-can-eat krill
DUKE (US) — Scientists observed more than 300 humpback whales gorging on the largest swarm of krill seen in more than 20 years in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 22, 2011 16:52 - 7 Comments
Gold rush stripping Peruvian Amazon
DUKE (US) — Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon has increased six-fold in recent years, as small-scale miners, enticed by record gold prices, blast and clear the lowland rainforest. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 6, 2011 15:38 - 3 Comments
Baby boom for Florida sea turtles
DUKE (US) — Conservation and recovery efforts are paying off for the endangered leatherback sea turtle in Florida where the number of nests has increased by 10.2 percent a year since 1979. (more…)
