The Amazon: A Savannah before a Forest
9:11am By ENNThe Amazon is the largest tropical forest on the planet, covering about 6.5 million square…2014 Natural Disaster Damage and Death Toll Well Below Average
Thu 5:13pm By ENNExtreme weather events and other natural disasters claimed the lives of more than 2,700 people and…New Study Quantifies Causes of the "Urban Heat Island" Effect
Thu 8:14am By ENNA new Yale-led study quantifies for the first time the primary causes of the "urban heat island"…Our newest Astronauts are fruit flies!
Thu 7:15am By ENNBecoming an Astronaut is a big deal! Men and women selected to go into space are very carefully…Cell Phone Conservation
Jul 9, 2014, 11:35 am By ENNSome of the world's most endangered forests may soon benefit from better protection, thanks to…Why is the US Throwing Away $1 Billion Worth of Fish Every Year?
Jul 9, 2014, 9:38 am By ENN
You've probably already seen the grim news about overfishing: scientists predict that world food…Vast reservoir of gas may fuel star creation in our galaxy
Jul 9, 2014, 9:14 am By ENNThe Milky Way may have found a solution to its gas shortage. Astronomers had calculated that our…Climate Change Decadal Pause Study – Accidental Climate Mitigation
Jul 8, 2014, 12:13 pm By ENNProfessors Jesse Thé and Roydon Fraser from the University of Waterloo are initiating a study on…Oceanic litter is widespread
Jul 8, 2014, 9:18 am By ENNLitter is now found in even the most remote areas of the oceans, say scientists trying to understand…SAR11 and Methane
Jul 8, 2014, 9:07 am By ENNWith the focus on reducing carbon emissions, we often forget about methane – another greenhouse…How Warming Antarctic Climate Affects Marine Life
Jul 7, 2014, 9:40 pm By ENNA long-term study of the links between climate and marine life along the rapidly warming West…Condors vs. the NRA
Jul 7, 2014, 9:36 am By ENNRecently scientists from the Zoological Society of London and Yale University assessed the world's…For some birds, family matters.
Jul 7, 2014, 8:36 am By ENNExtraordinary co-operation by sociable weavers, which work together to build the largest nests in…A Fine Line : New Program Predicts When Human Impact Becomes Too Much
Jul 6, 2014, 11:25 am By ENNScientists at Stanford University recently unveiled a new modeling program that can predict the…Conserving water and climate change
Jul 6, 2014, 7:47 am By ENNThere's more to trying to slow down climate change than just cutting greenhouse gas emissions.…Sea Grass in coastal New England waters under attack by Nitrogen
Jul 5, 2014, 9:29 am By ENNA federally funded scientific study on regional seagrass health recently released by The Nature…Ocean health depends more on whales than we thought
Jul 4, 2014, 7:51 am By ENNBaleen and sperm whales, known collectively as the great whales, include the largest animals in the…Frackable rock under groundwater aquifers raise water contamination fears
Jul 3, 2014, 3:20 pm By ENN
A study by the British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency reveals that almost all the the…Where's the Plastic?
Jul 3, 2014, 9:49 am By ENNAccording to a new study, 99% of plastic waste that enters the ocean cannot be located. While…What are comets?
Jul 3, 2014, 7:32 am By ENNScientists have speculated for centuries about comets. Why do the become visible on an irregular…
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