Earth & Environment
Earth & Environment - Mar 4, 2013 11:16 - 0 Comments
Forecast for reliable gas supply from Barnett shale
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — New analysis of the natural gas production potential of the Barnett shale foresees slowly declining production through the year 2030 and beyond. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 4, 2013 11:12 - 0 Comments
Study: Fix California’s new permits for emissions
U. VIRGINIA (US) — California just launched the world’s first economy-wide “cap-and-trade” system for emissions. It could use some tweaks, say experts. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 4, 2013 6:57 - 1 Comment
Melting permafrost may double greenhouse gas
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Bacteria munching on sun-baked carbon exposed by melting permafrost are converting 40 percent more carbon into greenhouse gasses. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 14:55 - 0 Comments
In China, nitrogen leaves pollution haze
STANFORD (US) — In China, the amount of nitrogen from industry, cars, and fertilizer that fell on land and in water increased by 60 percent each year from 1980 to 2010, a new study reports. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 12:08 - 0 Comments
Plants and pollinators falling out of sync
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Using historical records about plants and pollinators, scientists have found that today’s pollination networks aren’t as robust as they were about 100 years ago. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 12:03 - 0 Comments
Silver nanoparticles may stress out plants
DUKE (US) — Even low doses of silver nanoparticles can negatively affect plants and microbes, a study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 28, 2013 12:50 - 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe clearest in 10 years
UC DAVIS (US) — Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved in 2012 for the second year in a row, and its waters were the clearest in 10 years, a new study reports. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2013 16:05 - 0 Comments
Rancher mindset key to saving Amazon
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Debates about saving the Amazon rain forest often portray cattle ranchers as “bad guys,” but an anthropologist says it’s important to understand their perspectives, too. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 20, 2013 12:03 - 0 Comments
More ‘goop’ won’t change how clouds form
GEORGIA TECH (US) — When it comes to forming droplets that make up clouds, a little oily organic material doesn’t matter much—good news for reducing the uncertainty of climate model predictions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 18, 2013 12:35 - 2 Comments
Clean groundwater needs a ‘blue revolution’
PENN STATE (US) — Clean water and air are signs of a healthy ecosystem, but we tend to overlook the critical part of the environment that’s right beneath our feet. (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 - Feb 13, 2013 18:30 - 0 Comments
Variety of picky fish needed for healthy reefs
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Because certain fish species only eat certain seaweeds that can be harmful to corals, maintaining a diverse fish population is critical to reef survival, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 12, 2013 13:19 - 0 Comments
Light makes new carbon storage give up CO2
MONASH U. (AUS) — A new, energy-efficient material that stores large amounts of carbon dioxide, then releases it, could drastically reduce emissions from coal power stations. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 7, 2013 12:18 - 3 Comments
Did key volcanoes cause climate flip-flops?
RICE (US) — Volcanoes at key locations where enormous amounts of carbon dioxide are poised for release may have driven Earth’s back and forth between greenhouse and icehouse states over the past 500 million years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 6, 2013 8:01 - 0 Comments
Without calcium, coral reefs may stop growing
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Many Caribbean coral reefs don’t have enough calcium carbonate and have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of eroding away, new evidence suggests. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 4, 2013 15:21 - 0 Comments
Tropical rain has varied with ocean impact
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Historic lake sediment reveals that the factors producing drier climates in Central America today actually caused wetter conditions a few hundred years ago. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 4, 2013 11:17 - 0 Comments
Ozone loss is biggest factor in jet stream shift
PENN STATE (US) — While both ozone depletion and greenhouse gases are helping shift the Southern Hemisphere jet stream to the south, a new analysis suggests ozone loss is having the biggest effect. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 31, 2013 13:19 - 0 Comments
Stressed out plant communities ‘stay positive’
BROWN (US) — A controversial hypothesis—that positive interactions outweigh negative ones in ecosystems under stress—is definitively true, according to a new global meta-analysis. (more…)
