Diesel vehicles in oil sands operations contribute to regional pollution
Wildfires, cigarette smoking and vehicles all emit a potentially harmful compound called isocyanic acid. The substance has been linked to several health conditions, including...
Traffic pollution putting unborn babies’ health at risk, warn experts
Air pollution from road traffic is having a detrimental impact upon babies' health in London, before they are born, finds a study.
Tigers cling to survival in Sumatra’s increasingly fragmented forests
A research expedition tracked endangered tigers through the Sumatran jungles for a year and found tigers are clinging to survival in low density populations....
Amazon floodplain trees emit as much methane as all Earth’s oceans combined
New research solves mystery of missing methane source in the Amazon Rainforest.
Cooling climate drove evolution of Tasmanian Devil and its relatives
A big drop in global temperatures 12-14 million years ago may explain the evolutionary success of Australia's unique marsupial carnivores, a new study has...
Variation within species is critical aspect of biodiversity
Concerns about biodiversity tend to focus on the loss of species from ecosystems, but a new study suggests that the loss of variation within...
Smaller branches pack the fastest, biggest fire-spreading punch
The diameter of the branches that are burning is the biggest single factor behind which ones will form embers the most quickly and how...
Estrogens and changes in heart physiology linked
Scientists have created zebrafish mutants in four different receptors -- found inside or on the surface of cells -- that respond to estrogens, and...
Beyond wind speed: A new measure for predicting hurricane impacts
What if there was a better way to forecast and communicate hurricanes' damaging economic impacts, before they happen? Civil engineers have developed an innovative...
Meteorite analysis shows reduced salt is key in Earth’s new recipe
Scientists have found the halogen levels in the meteorites that formed the Earth billions of years ago are much lower than previously thought.
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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