Earth Sciences

Savannahs Slow Climate Change

time, and land ecosystems have together absorbed almost one third of all carbon dioxide emissions from ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2015 - 8:16am

Arctic Ocean Rapidly Becoming More Corrosive To Marine Species

in $1.9 billion in wholesale values or one third of all landings by value in the U.S. in 2013. The ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2015 - 8:30pm

Biodiversity Reduces Human, Wildlife Diseases And Crop Pests

whether the parasite infected humans or wildlife, indicating that dilution was robust across all ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2015 - 11:00am

Miscanes: Genetically Modified Sugarcane Can Grow Farther North

laboratory, measuring the rate of photosynthesis all the while. When they raised temperatures again to 25 ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2015 - 2:21pm

Is Methane A Problem? Or Just Environmental Framing To Go After Natural Gas?

energy for the poor (TVA was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, after all) and now are firmly ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 19 2015 - 7:25am

Monsoon Mission: A Better Way To Predict Indian Weather?

atmospheric moisture, and mixtures and movements of fresh and salt water--all factors contributing to monsoon ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2015 - 9:31pm

Chesapeake Bay Surface Water Temperature Is Increasing Over Time

water temperature were found at all of the stations studied, with rates generally ranging between 0.5 ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2015 - 8:00am

Indirect Effects Of Humans On Water Quality

sewage/wastewater, and precipitation are all known sources of PBDE pollution. Researchers also analyzed the popular ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2015 - 10:30am

Green Housing To Combat Environmental Pollutants

secondhand smoke, pests, and combustion byproducts inside, all of which can contribute to negative health ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2015 - 8:00am

Sunny Days Are Ahead, Except In China

Beijing, they banned cars for all but wealthy elites and visiting tourists, which made a difference, but ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2015 - 7:23am