Using satellite observations to study photosynthetic trends in northern circumpolar high latitudes
...h America, where areas responded to summer maximum temperatures while the response of forest vegetation was more complex. Boreal forests patterns indicate significant greening in May and June, with gains offset by substantive browning in July and August. These results illustrate a need for an expanded observatio...Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
...t where global warming caused Indian Ocean surface temperatures to increase to unprecedented and sustained levels, killing off (or 'bleaching') more than 90 per cent of the inner Seychelles coral. The team, led by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and which comprises researchers from the UK, Australia and ...New species of monkey discovered in Tanzania is a new genus
...e monkeys occur as high as 8,000 ft (2450 m) where temperatures frequently drop below freezing; its long coat is probably an adaptation to the cold. Co-authors of the study include scientists from the Field Museum, Yale University and the University of Alaska Museum....Coffee, black, decaf and a little llama on the side
...oduce antibodies that aren't destroyed at the high temperatures common to brewed beverages. The researchers reasoned that if they could create heat-resistant camelid antibodies that reacted to caffeine, they could potentially build a durable assay suitable for use almost anywhere. They gave intramuscular injecti...A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk
...es influenced nymphal infection prevalence, higher temperatures in the previous year and precipitation patterns in...nsity of infected nymphs. It's thought that higher temperatures keep tick populations down, but the models showed them increasing both total density and density of ...Plants' role in global warming re-examined in ORNL Science paper
...sed plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken ...piration. "The fact is that plants adapt to higher temperatures and their levels of respiration adjust downward." While some previous climate-carbon simulations hav...Coral reef resilience: Better feeders survive bleaching
...ounts of warming can trigger bleaching. When water temperatures rise, coral expel single-celled algae called zooxanthellae, which live inside coral tissue and give corals their color and, more importantly, supply the bulk of their food energy. If bleaching persists, corals die, leaving behind ghostly limestone sk...Tiny polyps gorge themselves to survive coral bleaching
...range centered about 26 degrees C. While the exact temperatures vary with individual species from location to loca... tanks, the water was heated, mimicking the rising temperatures leading to a bleaching event. After a month, fragments of the coral were gathered from all of the t...Some like it hot: Worms at deep-sea vents favor a fiery 45-55C
...ms dwelling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents opt for temperatures of 45-55 degrees Celsius (113-131 degrees Fahrenhe...tudied to date. This unique preference for extreme temperatures may be the undersea worms' meal ticket, since they are apparently the only animals able to access --...... across America shows for the first time that cold temperatures help the king of the beast grow his mane long and ...eka, Kan.; Tyler, Texas; and Vallejo, Calif. Mean temperatures there varied from 20 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit in January and from 65 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit in Jul...'Dead zone' summer killed billions of ocean state mussels
...osphorus and other nutrients. Often fueled by warm temperatures and a lack of circulation, this nutrient rush can cause algae blooms. When the algae dies, it sinks to the bottom, where it is consumed by bacteria along with dissolved oxygen. This is what happened in Narragansett Bay in the summer of 2001 and agai...Satellite instrument helps tackle mysteries of ozone-eating clouds
...ons (CFCs). During the southern hemisphere winter, temperatures drop to very low levels causing the chemicals in the stratosphere, which is in complete darkness during the winter, to freeze and form PSCs that contain chlorine. Now banned under the Montreal Protocol, CFCs were once widely used in aerosol cans and...Conservation International & Disney discover new species in the 'Realm of the Yeti'
..." Even though they faced rugged terrain and frigid temperatures not normally associated with new discoveries, the ...per (Kingdonella) that can withstand extremely low temperatures and communicates by 'gnashing' its teeth. The male in this group rides on the back of the female fo...Possible brain hormone may unlock mystery of hibernation
...ly, which allows them to survive unusuallylow body temperatures at or near freezing," said study author Noriaki Kondoof Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences in Japan. "Although the functions of HP remain to be clarified, thecurrent observations lead us to propose the involvement of the proteincomplex in t...MIT researchers build tiny batteries with viruses
...ns needed to create nanowires occur at normal room temperatures and pressures, so there is no need for expensive pressure-cooking technology to get the job done. The work is important, too, because energy density is a vital quality in batteries. A lack of energy density - meaning the amount of charge a battery of...NASA helps researchers diagnose recent coral bleaching at Great Barrier reef
...art of Australia's economy. Scientists use ocean temperatures and ocean "color" as indicators of what is happeni...reefs. Bleaching occurs when warmer than tolerable temperatures force corals to cast out the tiny algae that help the coral thrive and give them their color. Withou...Understanding the life of C. elegans
...bditis elegans has enough to eat, enjoys the right temperatures and is not crowded out by its fellows, it produces a hormone, which binds to a receptor called DAF12 that allows it to reach reproductive maturity and live a natural lifespan. When conditions are harsher, however, the worm a classic model organism f...Cod in a sweat: Some like it hot!
...er habitats in the Southern North Sea where summer temperatures are consistently above 17C. Dr Julian Metcalfe will be presenting the latest results of the EU-funded CODYSSEY project at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Experimental Biology on Monday 3rd April [session A3]. "We have found that cod in the nor...Ocean acidification threatens cold-water coral ecosystems
...p of CO2 in the atmosphere. Above-average seawater temperatures have caused coral bleaching events throughout the world, and the calcification rates of corals exposed to more acidic conditions in laboratory experiments have shown worrisome declines," says Guinotte. "But now we suspect that this increase in CO2 ...Does tropical biodiversity increase as rainforest area expands during global warming?
...as it cools. The mystery is that even when global temperatures vary enormously, average temperatures in the tropics don't change much, so why do we see global temperature patterns reflected in tropical...