Ultrashort laser pulses make greenhouse gas reactive
It is a long-cherished dream: Removing the inert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and using it as a basic material for the...
Big game hunters in Africa urged to drop the lead to help save vultures
Lead bullet fragments in carcasses left by hunters are poisoning endangered African vultures, a new study has found.
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
Blacks often have higher exposures to air pollutants than whites, elevating their risk for developing heart disease and death. Air pollution is associated with...
‘Active protection’ needed to help Angola’s threatened elephants
A new study of African savannah elephant populations in Angola by wildlife ecologists reports today that though the population seemed to be recovering after...
Coral reef experiment shows: Acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked. The paper represents the...
Marine ecologists study the effects of giant kelp on groups of organisms in the...
When British naturalist Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he took notice of the giant kelp forests ringing the islands. He...
Cilmatologists render skillful predictions of drought and food insecurity that help avert famine
Last year, 81 million people worldwide experienced severe food insecurity. About 80 percent of them live in Africa. While much of that food insecurity...
Mystery of purple lights in sky solved with help from citizen scientists
Citizen scientists, satellites and researchers solve the mystery of new purple lights in the sky. The lights, called STEVE, provide scientists insight into Earth's...
Greenland glaciers’ varied vulnerability to melting
Using data from NASA missions observing Earth, researchers have created new maps of the bed topography beneath a score of glaciers in southeast Greenland,...
Scientists helping to improve understanding of plate tectonics
Scientists are helping to improve understanding of how rocks in Earth's hot, deep interior enable the motions of tectonic plates, which regulate the water...
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