Earth Sciences

Photosynthetic Activity Shows High Productivity Of US Corn Belt

U.S. Corn Belt "really stands out," Frankenberg said. "Areas all over the world are not ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2014 - 3:30am

Arid Areas Absorb More Atmospheric Carbon Than Previously Known

CO 2 going into the atmosphere. They can't take it all up, but they'll help." The idea ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2014 - 4:34pm

Pollution Ghettos? Study Finds Minority Neighborhoods Have Worse Air Than White Ones

including all 448 urban areas defined by the U.S. Census. In the present study, the researchers overlaid the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2014 - 4:00pm

Persistent Organic Pollutant- Slow Degradation Of The Arctic And Antarctic

polar regions. "We can no longer take these substances back out of the environment. All we can do ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 10:13am

Tesla On The Horizon: Wireless Power Now Works Over 15 Feet

electronic devices. We will use all the devices anywhere without tangled wires attached and anytime without ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2014 - 11:08am

Is Direct Current Electricity Going To Make A Comeback?

neighborhood plants, AC isn't needed at all. In the future, HVDC grids may coexist with alternating current grids. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 10:31am

We Can See The Bedrock For The Trees

is up to 80 feet thick. "The 100-foot-tall Douglas firs are not getting all of their water from ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 10:30pm

LOLDinosaur? Extinct Kitten-Sized Predator Discovered

small size. Further adding to the identity challenge, almost all small sparassodonts have been ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2014 - 5:45pm

New Study Says It Has Made The Paleoamerican-Native American Connection

and the earliest known Paleoamericans have lent credence to all possibilities but the analysis of ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2014 - 5:33pm

Assumption That Climate Is Primary Driver Of How Quickly Organic Matter Decomposes Challenged

aggregate away information. We should make measurements at those local scales to capture all of the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2014 - 4:30pm