Earth Sciences

Soil-Carbon Cycle Model: The Carbon Stores In Soil Freed By CO2 Could Be Substantial

researchers say that the carbon in soil, which contains twice the amount of carbon in all plants and ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2014 - 5:26pm

Volcanic Eruption On Cape Verde Island- Largest In 60 Years

are currently being investigated, although they mean that an all-too-close approach to the eruption ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2015 - 9:30am

New Polymer Gel Stores Light Energy

fundamental biological functions such as copying DNA and protein synthesis, and underlie all motion processes. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2015 - 2:00pm

Lower Sea Level In Europe Caused By Ocean Surface Slope

all of the factors involved. Researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have discovered ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2015 - 1:59pm

Rural China's Unsustainable Ecological Decline

techniques. "By bringing all this information together, we have been able to track the condition of the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2015 - 12:18pm

Stockholm, The World's Most Sun-Deprived Capital, Has A Lab With Solar 24 Hours A Day

laboratory resembles a square tin. All surfaces are covered with metal that can handle the power, radiation ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2015 - 10:18am

Where Emperor Penguins Survived The Last Ice Age Interglacial

last out of all regions of Antarctica. Due to changes in wind patterns associated with climate change, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2015 - 9:49am

Bioengineering: Bacteria Use Magnetic Particles To Create A Natural Battery

this work. The flow of electrons is critical to the existence of all life and the fact that magnetite ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2015 - 11:35am

Detecting Earthquakes On Venus Using Sound

meteor air blasts all have their own 'hum' that can be detected. In recent years, says Los ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2015 - 3:08pm

Bacterial Steroids: They Get 'Pumped Up' By CO2 From Dying Phytoplankton

are at an all-you-can-eat buffet, and significantly reduce the amount of sinking detritus while ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 9:19am