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Autopsy of a eruption: Linking crystal growth to volcano seismicity
A forensic approach that links changes deep below a volcano to signals at the surface is described by scientists from the University of Bristol in a paper published May 24 in Science. The research could ultimately help to predict future...
LiDAR technology reveals faults near Lake Tahoe
Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the...
Beetle-infested pine trees contribute more to air pollution and haze in forests
The hordes of bark beetles that have bored their way through more than 6 billion trees in the western U.S. and British Columbia since the 1990s do more than damage...
Seagrasses can store as much carbon as forests
Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and,
per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much
carbon as the world's temperate and...
Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source
Environmental scientists at Harvard have discovered that the Arctic
accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both
atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers that carry the...
New study by WHOI scientists provides baseline measurements of carbon in Arctic Ocean
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various
depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study, recently published in...
Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets...
Sumatra faces yet another risk -- major volcanic eruptions
The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and...
Chocolate and diamonds: Why volcanoes could be a girl's best friend
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered a
previously unrecognised volcanic process, similar to one that is
used in chocolate manufacturing, which gives important new insights
into the dynamics...
USF study: Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems
Chlorothalonil, one of the world's most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms in a new study, University...
Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America
For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics -- to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.
El Niño weather and climate change threaten survival of baby leatherback sea turtles
When leatherback turtle hatchlings dig out of their nests buried in the sandy Playa Grande beach in northwest Costa Rica, they enter a world filled with dangers. This critically endangered species faces threats that include egg poaching and human fishing...
Geological record shows air up there came from below
The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of...
Track Atlantic bluefin tuna to learn migration, habitat secrets
New fish-tagging studies of young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters
off New England by researchers at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst are offering the first fishery-independent, year-round data
on dispersal...
Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat
Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to...
Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming
A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world's oceans, signalling shifts and an acceleration in the global rainfall and evaporation cycle.
Stanford scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain
Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one
of the longest ecological interaction chains ever documented. But
that's exactly what they and a team of researchers...
1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warming
In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the last 1000...
Manmade pollutants may be driving Earth's tropical belt expansion
Black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone, both humanmade
pollutants emitted predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere's low-
to mid-latitudes, are most likely pushing the boundary of the
tropics further poleward in...
Ancient tree-ring records from Southwest US suggest today's megafires are truly unusual
Today's mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly
unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new
study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring...
UMD finding may hold key to Gaia hypothesis
Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to answering this...
New species of fish in Sweden
Reticulated dragonet have been found in Väderöarna -- "Weather
Islands" -- off the west coast of Sweden. It is not often that a
new species of fish is discovered in...
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- El Niño weather and climate change threaten survival of baby leatherback sea turtles
- New study by WHOI scientists provides baseline measurements of carbon in Arctic Ocean
- Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
- Beetle-infested pine trees contribute more to air pollution and haze in forests
- Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source
- Pacific islands may become refuge for corals in a warming climate, study finds
- First satellite tag study for manta rays reveals habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants
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- Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
- New study by WHOI scientists provides baseline measurements of carbon in Arctic Ocean
- Beetle-infested pine trees contribute more to air pollution and haze in forests
- Geological record shows air up there came from below
- Autopsy of a eruption: Linking crystal growth to volcano seismicity
- Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America
- First satellite tag study for manta rays reveals habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants
- Pacific islands may become refuge for corals in a warming climate, study finds
- Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
- USF study: Common fungicide wreaks havoc on freshwater ecosystems







