ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source
...e, Gu said. "The presence of natural or atmospheric perchlorate in the environment obviously has far-reaching ramifications, ranging from public health issues to huge liabilities that could be imposed by agricultural and environmental cleanup needs," Gu said. "It recently has been found in lettuce and...Look at past sea-level rise points to troubling future
... in Antarctica -- and local geologic, oceanic, and atmospheric phenomena," said Anderson. "There are many more variables that go into this than I would ever have believed when I started studying the Gulf Coast in the 1980s."...Global warming: Informal networking is the key to a swift response
A recent report on an unexpected sharp rise in atmospheric CO2 levels has raised the possibility of rapid global warming, but researchers at King's College London warn that some UK businesses, government departments and voluntary sector organisations are better equipped than others to respond to an increased...New method to measure ancient land elevation developed by Field Museum scientist
...a big influence on climate by altering patterns of atmospheric circulation. Because this new method is independent of variations in climate, it will allow scientists to identify the impact of elevation on global climate patterns and factor elevation into the study of global climate change. This research also h...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
...nt source of mercury to most aquatic ecosystems is atmospheric deposition, and as a result, there are presently p...Florida. Previous studies show that about half the atmospheric particles that settle in south Florida during summer months originate in North Africa. Factors Af...Carbon sink or carbon source? Aerosols play role in shifts
... research assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at NC State and lead author of the study,...; Dr. Vinod Saxena, professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at NC State; Dr. Randy Wells, professor of crop science at NC State; Dr. Fitzgerald Booker,...Canola study solves seed oil mystery
...synthesis, Rubisco is the key enzyme that captures atmospheric carbon dioxide for conversion into sugars. ...hrough its role in the snatching carbon atoms from atmospheric carbon dioxide, Rubisco has been recognized as the main chemical gateway for carbon to enter the bio...Global warming good news for coral reefs: research
...rming outweigh decreases associated with increased atmospheric CO2", says CSIRO's Dr Richard Matear. "While initially showing a decrease in calcification up to 1964, ocean warming outweighs the CO2 effect and stimulates recovery of coral reef calcification. Our results represent an average over the entire coral ......d cloud-altering properties are unaccounted for in atmospheric models. "Calcite-containing dust particles blow into the air and encounter gaseous nitric acid in polluted air from factories to form an entirely new particle of calcium nitrate," said Alexander Laskin, a senior research scientist at the Department o...NSF funds Panikov's Alaskan Tundra Microbial Observatory project
...diction and mitigation of the observed climate and atmospheric changes critically depend on knowledge of permafrost microbiology. Broader impacts of the research include more reliable climate predictions, insights into life on other planets under ultracold temperatures, and development of highly efficient bioca...Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Salty, acidic soup could have supported life on Mars
...or of water could reshape fields from chemistry to atmospheric sciences. Medicines for the World's Poor: "Public-private partnerships" emerged as a formidable force in 2004, affecting the way medicines are developed and delivered to developing countries. Joint ventures by foundations, rich countries, academic...Microbe's genome promises insight into Earth's carbon and sulfur cycling
...t the Earth's ecosystem by releasing and consuming atmospheric gases. This genetic blueprint provides insight into the biochemical pathways the bacterium uses to regulate its release of sulfur and carbon monoxide. Atmospheric sulfur serves as a catalyst for cloud formation, in turn, directly affecting the planet...Satellites plus software equal best-ever Mediterranean heat map
...s an extremely powerful one. It has revolutionised atmospheric weather forecasting and is now being applied to the oceans. Near real time observational inputs keep an ocean model from diverting too much from reality, while the outputs from the model make up for any gaps in coverage. With maximised coupling betw...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
...s of water down to a variety of depths, along with atmospheric conditions, timing their observations with overpas...ly comes from the atmosphere, characterising local atmospheric conditions helps to improve data quality. And by better determining the r...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
...ed in developing this science payload. The Huygens atmospheric structure instrument package (HASI) will measure temperature and pressure profiles, and characterise winds and turbulences. It will also be able to detect lightning and even to measure the conductivity and permittivity of the surface if the probe sur...Queen's discovery sheds new light on ancient temperatures
...out the temperatures of ancient earth and possible atmospheric conditions at the time. "One of the main thrusts of our research is trying to unravel the ancient history of the planet," says James. "If we understand what has happened in the past and how the earth has responded and recovered, it will give us some ...NJIT astrophysicist who revived earthshine named fellow of American Physical Society
...thshine thus monitor variations in cloud cover and atmospheric particles known as aerosols that play a role in climate change....New evidence indicates biggest extinction wasn't caused by asteroid or comet
...eir research indicates the culprit might have been atmospheric warming because of greenhouse gases triggered by e... most species could not survive. "It appears that atmospheric oxygen levels were dropping at this point also," he said. "If that's true, then high and intermediat...Arid Australian interior linked to landscape burning by ancient humans
...d global climate model simulations to evaluate the atmospheric and meteorological conditions in Australia over time, as well as the sensitivity of the monsoon to different vegetation and soil types. A climate model simulating a forested Australia produced twice as much annual monsoon precipitation over the cont...... air by crashing waves and sea spray, in a slew of atmospheric and environmental processes, such as the destructi...f the ozone layer. "This is important because many atmospheric phenomena are driven by reactions with the surface of sea salt aerosols," says Miquel Salmeron, a ph...