New deep-sea hydrothermal vents, life form discovered
...ocean ridge systems where new crust is made as the earth spreads apart to release molten lava. "Each new vent site has the potential to reveal new discoveries in interactions between hot rocks beneath the seafloor, the fluids that interact with those rocks and the oceans above, as well as a rich biospher...AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences
... McFarling, who has reported on topics related to earth science and the space program, has recently expanded her portfolio to include the effects of global climate change, with a focus on the Arctic. David Baron will receive the Broadcast Media Award for his public radio broadcast for PRI's The ...Case Western researcher, international team call for better global warming forecasting
... that many of the estimated 1.5 million species on earth are in danger of extinction from global warming, yet over the past 2.5 million years little extinction is documented in the fossil record. "The simultaneous widespread and justified alarm over global warming and changes in biodiversity has induced ...Dinosaur extinction didn't cause the rise of present-day mammals, claim researchers
...ompted the rapid rise of the mammals we see on the earth today. The multinational research team has bee...our 'ancestors', and those of all other mammals on earth now, began to radiate around the time of a sudden increase in the temperature of the planet ten mil...LA Times reporters receive Public Communications Award from American Society for Microbiology
... working for the newspapers science desk, covering earth science with a particular focus on climate change. She earned a bachelors degree in biology from Brown University and a masters in biological psychology from UC Berkeley. The "Altered Oceans" series prompted hundreds of readers to write letters to ...Microfossils unravel climate history of tropical Africa
...climate and the possible consequences of a warming earth on precipitation in central Africa. The results wi...climate and the possible consequences of a warming earth on precipitation in central Africa. ...Alien predators are more dangerous than native predators
...more than 150 yeas. No native predator anywhere on earth has had such a profound negative impact on their prey....Iowa State University botanists identify new species of North American bamboo
...t were previously found across a large area of the earth are only in those two areas now. For various reasons, the Eastern U.S. and East Asia are a repository for a lot of diversity," Clark said. "But we still don't understand exactly how long it has been since our bamboos separated from their Asiatic c...Genes and groups of genes commonly shared between species, studies show
...te closely related," said Banfield, a professor of earth and planetary science and of environmental science, policy and management at UC Berkeley and also an LBNL researcher. Banfield leads a long-term study of the community of organisms in mine slime obtained from the Richmond Mine near Redding, Calif. ...Exploring polar regions, understanding climate
...ced. Our greatest challenge is to understand the earth and climatic systems. The Polar regions play a key role in this understanding, and ecological and economic impacts of climate change can already be clearly seen. The melting of ice-masses in the Arctic has forced indigenous peoples and animals to al...How do marine turtles return to the same beach to lay their eggs?
... that marine turtles use the magnetic field of the earth to orientate themselves. When this field is disturbed by placing a powerful magnet on their heads, turtle navigation is not as good. But the fact that they can still return to their original egg-laying site shows that the geomagnetic field is not the...DNA gives new perspectives to understand the mysteries of nature
... of ancient DNA are preserved and by bringing back earth samples drilled from the permafrost of Siberia and Canada, the team is able to find ancient DNA material from the animals and the plants that used to live in the area thousands of years ago. In order to detect the types of DNA material in a sample, t......g Feng, the paper's lead author and a professor of earth sciences. "In this study, we found evidence that during the last glacial period, about 14-36 thousand years ago, the prevailing wind in this zone was easterly, and marine moisture came predominantly from the East Coast." Feng explains that global cl...Cypress replanting unsuccessful without dual cultivation with lavender or mycorrhizal fungi
...ooded, bands of lavender were planted in strips of earth built up perpendicularly to the slope so as to retain water. The cypress saplings were planted the following year. The first results confirm the beneficial role lavender has on these young plantations: their mortality after one year proves to be very...Scientists discover new life forms in the Arctic Ocean
...ments Dr. Lovejoy. "The ocean covers 70% of planet earth and we are only now coming to appreciate its rich and complex biodiversity." The other members of the team responsible for this discovery are Fabrice Not, Khadidja Romari, and Daniel Vaulot from Universit Pierre et Marie Curie (France); Klaus Valent...Radiation degrades nuclear waste-containing materials faster than expected
...yed to safe levels, said lead author and Cambridge earth scientist Ian Farnan. According to current think...one of the most durable materials on earth. Some earth and materials scientists believe it is possible to create a structure that rebuilds itself after the...Fires fuel mercury emissions, University of Michigan study finds
...ry release during forest fires. "I'm interested in earth surface geochemistry so I wanted to approach the question differently," Biswas said. Over the next two summers, under the direction of U-M professor Joel Blum, Biswas collected core samples of forest soil from burned and unburned areas, using secti...AAAS applauds nationwide science and math standards based on existing guidelines
...rk synthesizes and updates the physical, life, and earth science standards found in Benchmarks and NSES and could serve as a starting point in science....Shotgun sequencing finds nanoorganisms
... "It was amazing," said Banfield, a professor of earth and planetary science and of environmental science, policy and management at UC Berkeley since 2001. "These were totally new and very small organisms we didn't know how to culture with standard techniques. This shows the great promise of shotgun sequ...NASA data from earth observation satellites is helping build the capabi...in southern California, scientists found that NASA earth observations accurately detected and mapped two key factors: plant moisture and fuel condition - or ...