Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs
Precipitation more than temperature influenced the distribution of herbivorous dinosaurs in what is now Alaska, according to new research. The finding discusses the distribution...
Process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater
Engineers have developed a high-performance nanowire catalyst that pulls ammonia and solid ammonia (fertilizer) from nitrate, a common contaminant in industrial wastewater and polluted...
Scientists map living corals before and after marine heat wave: Winners and losers discovered
Scientists reveal that different corals and environments influence the likelihood of their survival when ocean temperatures rise. The findings also demonstrate that advanced remote...
Carbon, climate change and ocean anoxia in an ancient icehouse world
A new study describes a period of rapid global climate change in an ice-capped world much like the present -- but 304 million years...
Park rangers use butterflies to take planet’s pulse in a biodiversity hotspot
For the last decade, biologists have documented a worrying decline in insect abundance, which some fear may prelude an arthropod apocalypse. These studies, however,...
Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date
Tree-ring, ice core and volcano experts teamed up to identify one of the most climatically impactful volcanic eruptions in 4,000 years -- Aniakchak II....
Geophysics: Better insights into Earth’s interior
Geophysicists have developed a method that allows them to investigate the composition of the Earth with better results.
Studies find the seeds of a forest’s renewal after wildfire, drought
By quantifying the seed production of more than 700 trees species worldwide and how each species' productivity can vary by location, two new studies...
Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution
The absence of large herbivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs changed the evolution of plants. The 25 million years of large herbivore absence...
Tiny sensor used to track the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies
Scientists have developed a tracking system that can be attached to monarch butterflies and transmit data about their location all throughout their three-month migratory...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
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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