Earth Sciences

Ozone Pollution In India Kills Enough Crops To Feed 94 Million

optimization of plants, superior to all genetic modification schemes of the last 12,000 years, have allowed ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 12:30pm

Not So Simple Climate Science: Past Temperature In Greenland Adjusted

all wrong even if it's not always right- exceptions validate the rules, on occasion. In the three ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 5:30pm

The Wealth Under Afghanistan

medicine and microscope technology all rely on rare earth elements, which are called REEs for short. They ...

Article - Inside Science - Sep 17 2014 - 7:00am

Why Natural Gas, Including Fracking, Is Better For The Environment Than Wind And Solar

better than all off them. When it comes to ozone layer depletion and eutrophication- the effect of ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2014 - 9:58am

Maybe Volcanoes Have Been Slowing Global Warming

the troposphere-- the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where all weather takes place. Those layers meet ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 3:46pm

'Green Revolution' Has Changed How The Biosphere Breathes

Revolution" has not affected all parts of the world equally, and there isn't enough detailed information ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2014 - 8:00am

A Line In The Sea: NOAA Picks 'Tipping Points' For Sea Level Related Flooding

Carolina; all along the Mid-Atlantic coast, will soon make, or are already being forced to make, decisions ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2014 - 6:27pm

There And Back Again: A Uranium Isotope's Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Andersen points out. Debates involve how the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere evolved; after all ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2015 - 7:05pm

Africa Will Feed Itself Within The Next 15 Years

between research advances on the major cereals and those on all other crops: The only crops which have ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 22 2015 - 7:30pm

Methane Seepage Has Been Occurring For Millions Of Years

it always has.  "Our planet is leaking methane gas all the time. If you go snorkeling in the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 1:12pm