Deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than experts thought
... model of plants sucking water out of the soil and spewing water vapor into the atmosphere. The new study in the Amazonian forest shows that trees use water in a much more complex way: The tap roots transfer rainwater from the surface to reservoirs deep underground and redistribute water upwards after the ra...Study outlines eruption at undersea volcano
...hey discovered black "smokers" chimneys made from spewing minerals and hydrothermal vents. Most such vents are deep in the ocean, but they found some on the shallow summits of volcanoes with schools of tropical fish, tuna and sharks swimming nearby. "As the ROV came closer to the surface, where the sunlight...Ice-breaker Polarstern to explore uncharted seafloor
...ience research team, this 8 km zone harbors mounds spewing out fluid and mud particles, as well as clusters of large clams. These mollusks and their associated fauna probably depend on chemical energy from the Earth, rather than one driven by photosynthesis from the sun or from hot emissions rising from insi...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
...fe adapted to brutal conditions around 407C fluids spewing from a seafloor vent (the hottest ever discovered), a mighty microbe 1 cm in diameter, mysterious 1.8 kg (4 lb) lobsters off the Madagascar coast, a US school of fish the size of Manhattan Island, and more unfamiliar than familiar species turned up b...Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
...ery rare "cold seep" essentially a sea floor vent spewing methane and sulphide. Seeps can create a temporary habitat for animal life in otherwise barren, inhospitable terrain for many years before extinguishing, abruptly starving off the community. The first-ever cold vent on Antarctica's continental shel...Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance
... and divides there, and then ruptures liver cells, spewing many new parasites into the blood. A fever results from the infection, and this is followed by repeated cycles of mounting parasitic reproduction within red blood cells and accompanying fever. During red blood cell infection, P. falciparum degrades t......ve to glance at the dashboard to see the pollution spewing out of their vehicles exhausts. A team from The University of Manchester has constructed a laser measuring device capable of recording levels of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane from directly inside an exhaust. Once optimised, the proc...