Earth Sciences

Sequenced: Bacterium That Harvests Energy By Making Rare Form Of Chlorophyll

no other organism does,” Blankenship said. “We don’t know what all the genes do by any means. But ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2008 - 2:10am

Green Energy Madness: Destroying Native Ecosystems For Biofuel Crops

unsuitable for crop production. The researchers urge that all fuels be fully evaluated for their impacts on ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2008 - 4:24pm

Study: Destruction Of Sumatra Forests May Be Driving Global Warming

Landsat satellite imagery, since no other data on land cover are available. Factoring in all possible ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2008 - 12:26am

Could A Lake In Holden Crater On Mars Have Once Been Habitable?

all, Grant said. The megabreccia excavated when Holden crater formed is the first found on Mars, Grant ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2008 - 12:53pm

The Peruvian Meteorite That Became The Carancas Fireball

could upend the conventional wisdom that all small, stony meteorites disintegrate before striking Earth. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2008 - 11:51pm

Atmospheric CO2 Boosting Ocean Plankton Calcification

in calcification in all coccolithophores needs to be reappraised in the light of our findings. Our ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2008 - 9:25am

Methane Munching Microorganisms Captured- May Be Key To Mitigating Greenhouse Gases

syntrophic consortia, Pernthaler and co-workers could find all genes responsible for AOM. Archaea in the ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2008 - 9:38am

Man-Made Nitrogen Now Implicated In Global Warming

scenarios from the IPCC report. “All of us are concerned that the amount of anthropogenic nitrogen ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2008 - 10:58am

Take The A-Train To Learn About Cloud Pollution Using Satellites

Jiang. "But when you put parameters from multiple satellites all together, you will find much more ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2008 - 10:49am

Researchers Warn Of A Methane Clathrate Destabilization Time Bomb Due To Global Warming

climate system and witnessing an unprecedented rate of warming, all with little or no knowledge of what ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2008 - 11:29pm