Earth & Environment
Are Europe’s wild bees bouncing back?
U. LEEDS (UK) — Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants in Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands have slowed in recent years. Continue…
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 14:46 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - May 21, 2013 11:02 - 2 Comments
Thawing Arctic keeps its grip on carbon
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — The Arctic has warmed up over the last twenty years, but researchers find that the amount of carbon trapped in the soil remains steady. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 20, 2013 12:14 - 2 Comments
Lack of biodiversity could topple fisheries
U. YORK (UK) — The consequences of overfishing have led fisheries to rely on a handful of highly valuable shellfish—but new research shows this approach is extremely risky. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 20, 2013 12:11 - 3 Comments
Marcellus Shale fracking: Is well water really clean?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — No proof of groundwater contamination in Pennsylvania from hydrofracking doesn’t guarantee the water’s clean. More monitoring is needed to know for sure, experts say. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2013 13:12 - 0 Comments
Massive Cascadia quake on the horizon?
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Tiny fossils offer clues to a 1700 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest that was strong enough to cause a tsunami as far away as Japan. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2013 10:37 - 1 Comment
Clawed frogs spread deadly amphibian fungus
STANFORD (US) — The African clawed frog, a species used around the world for biomedical research, is spreading an amphibian-killing fungus when they are released into the wild. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 15, 2013 16:18 - 2 Comments
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. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 15, 2013 6:55 - 0 Comments
Fracking’s rewards come with risks, survey shows
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Most Michigan and Pennsylvania residents say hydrofracking is good for the economy, but also have concerns about chemicals used and other environmental risks, a new survey shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 14, 2013 12:08 - 0 Comments
Frogs near fields build resistance to insecticides
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Two recent studies show that wood frogs living close to fields are resistant to multiple insecticides, but not to Roundup, a common weed killer. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 14, 2013 11:36 - 1 Comment
Plants do better far away from close relatives
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Charles Darwin got it right. Plant species that share environments with those that are distantly related are more productive. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2013 16:59 - 0 Comments
Seabird bones reveal effects of ‘big’ fishing
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Bone records show that endangered Hawaiian petrels are eating lower on the food chain than before the advent of industrialized fishing, report researchers. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2013 12:05 - 1 Comment
Rock gas fuels ‘eternal flame’ behind waterfall
INDIANA U. (US) — Natural gas in underground rock layers can seep to the surface—sometimes in quantities abundant enough to produce “eternal flames.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 7, 2013 13:08 - 0 Comments
Fish embryos reveal that oil spill lingers
UC DAVIS (US) — After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least a year or more, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 1, 2013 15:32 - 1 Comment
Politics still split US on climate change
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of political party. But, there’s still a divide. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2013 12:30 - 3 Comments
Global warm-up not seen in last 1,400 years
COLUMBIA (US) — Earth’s climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2013 11:09 - 0 Comments
No trust means stress for fracking’s neighbors
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — In a new survey, 76 percent of people living near fracking sites in Pennsylvania reported stress, which they attributed to lack of trust and feeling taken advantage of. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 26, 2013 15:52 - 0 Comments
How trees contribute to making smog
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Researchers have shown how a molecule produced by trees combines with pollutants to create a potentially hazardous form of air pollution. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 23, 2013 6:24 - 0 Comments
Snail fossils show when Earth turned icy
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Fossil snail shells offer new clues to an abrupt climate shift that transformed the planet nearly 34 million years ago. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 18, 2013 11:48 - 0 Comments
West Antarctic ice loss still within normal range
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning dramatically, but the changes can’t be attributed with confidence to human-caused global warming, according to new ice core research. (more…)
