Earth Sciences

Alaskan North Slope Well Could Be Key To Unlocking Vast Energy Resource

hydrate resource is staggering, holding more ultimate energy potential than all other fossil fuels ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2007 - 11:55pm

Corals That Can Fight Global Warming May One Day Help Fragile Reefs

antibiotics that can help corals fight pathogenic bacteria," reported Harvell. However, not all corals ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2007 - 12:56am

Is Solar UV Frying Fish?

environment for all forms of life on Earth”. Peer reviewed by Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2007 - 9:54pm

Uganda's Mountain Gorillas Increase In Number

effort. “This is great news for all of the organizations that have worked to protect Bwindi and its ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2007 - 5:42pm

How To Look At Dinosaur Tracks

be barely recognizable as tracks at all.” With this in mind, Milàn and Loope sought to describe and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2008 - 4:15pm

Lonesome George Is Not So Lonely These Days

populations across the nuclear genome relative to a large database including individuals from all 11 extant ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2007 - 1:44pm

Madagascan Tropical Forests Return Thanks To Better Management

have the highest level of plant endemism (species found only in a particular region) in all of ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2007 - 10:21pm

'Short-circuit' Found In Ocean Circulation

than previously thought. This affects the Southern Ocean circulation, which links all the other oceans, ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2007 - 11:51am

Marine Reserves Could Save Coral Reefs

home to more than a quarter of all known fish species.- As well as supporting huge tourist industries, ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2007 - 9:39pm

Permanent Ice Fields Are Resisting Global Warming

the Dôme du Goûter (4300 m) or the summit of Mont Blanc (4810 m), all precipitation is solid, falling ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2007 - 10:56am