Earth & Environment
Earth & Environment - Apr 21, 2011 8:59 - 0 Comments
To protect US waters, think local
BROWN (US) — While a one-size-fits-all solution to protecting the nation’s waters doesn’t exist, local individual practices in combination could create an effective national ocean-management policy. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 20, 2011 13:54 - 0 Comments
Climate heats up political divide
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Over the past decade, Republicans have increasingly denied global warming and Democrats have increasingly expressed belief in its existence. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 20, 2011 10:13 - 0 Comments
Mussel blitzkrieg threatens Great Lakes
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The invasion of two species of mussels is causing massive ecosystem-wide changes by stripping two of the planet’s largest freshwater lakes of life-supporting algae. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 19, 2011 8:10 - 0 Comments
Like a thumb, carbon footprint is unique
UC BERKELEY (US) — Who you are and where you live have more of an impact on the size of your carbon footprint than what kind of grocery bags or light bulbs you use. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 18, 2011 15:11 - 0 Comments
Wave train driving Antarctic warming
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A large wave structure in the atmosphere has been bringing steadily warmer temperatures to West Antarctica during the winter and spring for at least 30 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 18, 2011 11:33 - 1 Comment
Early Earth was a hot, acidic home
GEORGIA TECH (US) — During the last 4 billion years, ancient enzymes have adapted from a much hotter, more acidic environment to the cooler global one that exists today. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 13, 2011 12:01 - 2 Comments
Dirty business: Fracking natural gas
CORNELL (US) — Methane-rich natural gas extracted from Marcellus shale has 105 times more global warming impact, pound for pound, than carbon dioxide. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 12, 2011 11:02 - 0 Comments
As fish farms flourish, so does waste
STANFORD (US) — Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the U.S. but the problem of controlling fish effluent may be growing even faster. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 11, 2011 15:20 - 0 Comments
Invasive plants don’t run amok
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Overachieving super-invader plants aren’t such a threat after all, according to a new study that finds when plants move to a new region, they are no more abundant than they were in their native range. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 11, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Getting the lead out of scavenger birds
UC DAVIS (US) — In a somewhat skewed version of the circle of life, scavenger birds are getting lead poisoning from eating the remains of animals that are killed by hunters using ammunition pellets or bullet fragments. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 7, 2011 14:35 - 1 Comment
Biodiversity’s niche is pollution control
U. MICHIGAN (US) — In an environmental division of labor, streams that are biologically diverse do a better job cleaning up pollution than purer waterways. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 6, 2011 15:38 - 2 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…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 5, 2011 10:06 - 0 Comments
Alga sponge cleans up nuclear waste
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A common freshwater alga acts like a sponge, soaking up one of the more dangerous radioactive materials created within a nuclear reactor. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 4, 2011 10:18 - 1 Comment
Renewable fuel made from CO2
U. MINNESOTA (US) — Scientists are a step closer to making renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 1, 2011 14:45 - 0 Comments
Carbon footprints in black and white
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Labeling products with carbon footprint information could help both consumers and manufacturers make more environmentally healthy choices. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 31, 2011 14:17 - 1 Comment
Warm water brings ‘brrr!’ to NYC
CALTECH (US) — Why is winter in New York City typically colder than winter in Porto, Portugal—after all, they have similar latitudes? Researchers say warm water is to blame. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 30, 2011 9:25 - 1 Comment
Erratic ice sheet raising sea levels
U. LEEDS (UK) — At some point in time, the Antarctic ice sheet was extensive enough and thick enough to move boulders the size of a small family car. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 29, 2011 13:48 - 1 Comment
Bones tell ecological ghost story
U. CHICAGO (US) — Animal bones scattered across the wilderness landscape are offering clues as to how species’ populations have changed due to decades of global warming, overharvesting, and habitat destruction. (more…)
