Nature
Seabed Pebbles are So Loud They Interfere with Experiments
May 21, 2013 12:15 pm | by Inside Science News Service, Joel Shurkin | News | CommentsSince there is increasing interest in harnessing the currents and tides for energy, scientists need to know as much about the environment as they can, but the noise of gravel on the seafloor is so loud it's getting in the way of studies.
Sunken WWII Ships May Pollute U.S. Waters
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Seth Borenstein | News | CommentsA new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II.
Image of the Week: The Aurora Borealis
May 21, 2013 7:00 am | by U.S. Air Force | News | CommentsThis image shows the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shining above Bear Lake, Alaska.
Local Opinion, Not Money, is True Value of Wetlands
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by European Research Media Center, Youris.com | News | CommentsA new way of valuing ecosystem services— incorporating the local perspective— is the driving force behind a project assessing aquatic ecosystems in highland areas of Asia.
Field Study Aims to Better Severe Weather Forecasting
May 17, 2013 1:28 pm | by Purdue Univ. | News | CommentsProfessors and students will intercept storms as part of a major field project to improve predictions of severe weather and offer earlier warnings to those in its path.
Alaskan Volcano Continues to Erupt
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Alaska Volcano Observatory says a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level.
Volunteers Help Protect Native Trees
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of York | News | CommentsVolunteers joined community scientists this week to learn how to monitor trees for pests and diseases.
Earth's Iron Core is Shockingly Weak
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Stanford Univ. | News | CommentsMineral physicists have determined that the iron in Earth's inner core is about 40 percent as strong as previously believed.
Great Lakes Still Have Big Problems Despite Years of Aid
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, John Flesher | News | CommentsA decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats.
Crowd-Sourcing Helps Monitor Japan's Radiation
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Southampton | News | CommentsResearchers have designed a new tool to intelligently combine nuclear radioactivity data in Japan. The technology harnesses the power of crowd-sourced radiation data.
Cotton is Eco-Friendly Way to Clean Up Oil Spills
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by ACS | News | CommentsScientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills as it has an amazing ability to sop up oil.
Frogs Used for Pregnancy Tests Carry Deadly Fungus
May 16, 2013 12:05 pm | by Inside Science News Service, Chris Gorski | News | CommentsAfrican frogs once imported to laboratories and hospitals around the world may have carried with them a devastating fungal infection thought to be responsible for a rapid, global, decline in amphibians.
Indonesia Extends Forest-Clearing Ban
May 16, 2013 12:04 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsIndonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands.
Shale Gas Drilling Hasn't Harmed Water in Arkansas
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Duke Univ. | News | CommentsA new study found no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.
Guidelines Help Forests Fight Climate Change
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Alberta | News | CommentsResearchers have developed guidelines that are being used by the timber industry and government foresters to get a jump on climate change when planting trees.
Three Billion-Year-Old Water Holds Clues to Life
May 16, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Manchester | News | CommentsScientists have discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.
Sequester Cuts Impact Volcano Monitoring
May 14, 2013 12:45 pm | by Associated Press, Rachel D'Oro | News | CommentsScientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts— moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.
Wind Farms Never Prosecuted for Eagle Deaths
May 14, 2013 12:38 pm | by Associated Press, Dina Cappiello | News | CommentsThe government has prosecuted oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines but has never fined or prosecuted a wind-energy company when birds hit their fans.
Rewriting Darwin’s Sinking-Island Theory
May 13, 2013 2:18 pm | by MIT, Genevieve Wanucha | News | CommentsNew study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations.
Carnivorous Plant Proves ‘Junk’ DNA Unnecessary
May 13, 2013 8:10 am | by Univ. at Buffalo | News | CommentsA study of carnivorous plants shows that the large majority of noncoding DNA— which is abundant in many living things— may not actually be needed for complex life.
Google’s New Project Shows Land Time Lapse
May 10, 2013 11:57 am | by NASA | News | CommentsExplore a global time lapse of our planet, constructed by Google from Landsat satellite imagery.
Zoo Can't Find Possibly Extinct Female Fish
May 10, 2013 11:43 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species.
Doom of Coral Reefs is Not Inevitable
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Cell Press | News | CommentsCoral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action.
LED Lamps Double Vitamin C in Tomatoes
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Wageningen Univ. | News | CommentsTomatoes can contain more vitamin C if they are exposed to extra light from LED lamps while growing on the plant.
Water on Moon, Earth Came from Same Source
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Case Western Reserve | News | CommentsThe water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed.
