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Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone
The first ecosystem with
only a single biological
species has been discovered
and its genome analyzed by a
multi-institutional and
... > full story
Wireless Soil Sensors Designed To Improve Farming
Researchers are developing
wireless soil sensors that
could one day help farmers
maximize their production
while minimizing
environmental impacts. The
... > full story
Wildfires Cause Ozone Pollution To Violate Health Standards, New Study Shows
Wildfires can boost ozone
pollution to levels that
violate US health standards.
A new study has found that
California wildfires in 2007
... > full story
What Causes Cell Defences To Crumble? Proteins In Mussels Act As Barrier To Toxic Environmental Chemicals
German and American
researchers have for the
first time identified
complete gene sequences and
function of two proteins in
... > full story
- Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone
- Wireless Soil Sensors Designed To Improve Farming
- Wildfires Cause Ozone Pollution To Violate Health Standards, New Study Shows
- What Causes Cell Defences To Crumble? Proteins In Mussels Act As Barrier To Toxic Environmental Chemicals
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'Fingerprinting' Method Tracks Mercury Emissions From Coal
October 9, 2008 — Researchers have developed a new tool that uses natural "fingerprints" in coal to track down sources of mercury polluting the ... > full story -
Arctic Soil May Contain Nearly Twice Greenhouse-Gas Producing Material Than Previously Estimated
October 8, 2008 — Frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic material as was previously estimated, according to new research. The research team discovered a previously undocumented ... > full story -
Alternative Fossil Fuels Have Economic Potential, Study Shows
October 8, 2008 — Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered, according to a new ... > full story -
Deep Biosphere Research Points To New Methods For Recovering Petroleum
October 8, 2008 — Miles below us, deep within Earth's crust, life is astir. Organisms there are not the large creatures typically envisioned when thinking of life. Instead, thriving there are microbes, the smallest ... > full story -
Fungus Fights Air Pollution By Removing Sulfur From Crude Oil
October 8, 2008 — Researchers in Iran are publishing what they describe as the first study on a fungus that can remove sulfur -- a major source of air pollution -- from crude oil more effectively than conventional ... > full story -
Tropical Wetlands Hold More Carbon Than Temperate Marshes
October 8, 2008 — Tropical wetlands are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones, according to a new study. The scientists extracted soil cores from wetlands in ... > full story -
2008 Ozone Hole Larger Than Last Year
October 7, 2008 — The 2008 ozone hole -- a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica -- is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as ... > full story -
Air Pollution May Increase Risk Of Appendicitis
October 7, 2008 — Could there be a link between high levels of air pollution and the risk of appendicitis? New research suggests a novel ... > full story -
Scientists Take Off For Southeastern Pacific Climate Study
October 7, 2008 — During October and November 2008, some 150 scientists from 40 institutions in eight nations will take part in an international field experiment designed to make observations of critical components of ... > full story -
Nitrogen Fertilizers Used Off-Season Help Crops Planted Later
October 7, 2008 — Recent study results have shown have shown that using nitrogen fertilizer on off-season cover crops can not only increase the biomass of these crops, but can also have a beneficial effect on the ... > full story
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