Posts Tagged ‘fire’
Start ‘magnetic fire’ without a spark?
NYU (US) — Physicists have uncovered new clues to how energy is sustained and spreads in “magnetic fire.” Continue…
Monday, May 13, 2013 14:30 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Jan 16, 2013 11:32 - 15 Comments
Soot is heating up the planet, experts warn
U. LEEDS (UK) — Soot’s role in global warming may be underestimated, but a major effort in reduction could potentially gain us a few decades of relief. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 17, 2012 11:53 - 5 Comments
Fossil pollen shows ancient Egypt’s mega-drought
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Ancient pollen and charcoal from Egypt’s Nile Delta reveal that a society busy building pyramids also had to face a changing climate. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 12, 2012 15:45 - 0 Comments
Fire hunting shields Australian mammals
STANFORD (US) — When species start disappearing, it usually makes sense to blame it on the arrival of humans. But in the case of Western Australia’s declining small mammal populations, the opposite may be true. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 31, 2011 10:11 - 2 Comments
Biologists burn mountains to rescue lizards
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A 30-year study of collared lizards in the Ozark glades finds burning entire mountains and valleys has helped bring back lizard populations. (more…)
Top Stories - May 17, 2011 10:14 - 3 Comments
Where there’s smoke, there’s toxic acid
U. COLORADO (US) — Researchers have discovered a chemical in smoke that may be harmful to humans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 20, 2010 11:19 - 0 Comments
Logging packs bigger punch than fire
U. OREGON (US) — Soil stability and unprecedented erosion remains a problem half a century after clear-cut logging and related road building took place in the 1950s and ’60s. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 11:34 - 1 Comment
Australia’s burned desert more biodiverse
STANFORD (US)—A research team is exploring what makes aboriginal hunting grounds molded by fire more biologically diverse than lands untouched by humans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 18, 2009 17:18 - 18 Comments
Like humans, wild chimps ‘get’ fire
IOWA STATE (US)—Humans were thought to process a unique ability to use fire, but now anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna chimpanzees in Senegal have a near human understanding of wildfires and change their behavior in anticipation of fire’s movement. (more…)
