Earth Sciences

Arctic Seafloor Methane Releases Are Double Previous Estimates

the need for further exploration of the subsea Arctic. "I believe that all other arctic shelf ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2013 - 6:45pm

Convection: Pollution And The Lingering Clouds

the models re-created the storm clouds well. The team found that in all cases, pollution increased the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2013 - 11:03am

Paranthropus Boisei: A Ruggedly Built, Tree-Climbing Human Ancestor

have more well-formed forearm muscles that were used for climbing, fine-manipulation and all sorts of ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2013 - 5:01am

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Melt- Blame El Nino

westerly winds in the surrounding area were easterly almost all through late 2011 and early 2012, and those ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2014 - 7:16pm

These 7 Nations Are Global Warming's Biggest Offenders

some day solar when it is ready, will make clean, affordable energy attainable for all. Source: ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2014 - 8:26pm

Soil Microbes Alter DNA In Response To Warming

additional carbon from the plants was all respired and converted to CO2," Konstantinidis said. "We ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2014 - 10:55am

Source Of Galapagos Eruptions- It's Not Where Previously Thought

do you get these big volcanoes? The Galapagos, Hawaii, Tahiti, Iceland-- all the world's great ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2014 - 12:11pm

Extreme Temperatures, Not Averages, Determine Distribution Of Insects

winter period. The result was discouraging for all 10 species. "Climate change will result in fewer ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2014 - 6:00am

Pigment Or Bacteria? The Idea Of 'Color' In Fossil Feathers Gets A Rethink

is amazing, and will make it much easier to test all of the hypotheses we develop about these ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2014 - 1:12am

Recreating Jupiter's Moon On Earth

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Colorado. With all these premises, researchers at Centro de Astrobiología ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 10:16am