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Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
Similarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships, as shown by researchers from the Santa Fe Institute, Microsoft Research Cambridge and...
Scientists Head To Warming Alaska On Ice Core Expedition
The state of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal...
Plan envisions repopulation of bison
NEW YORK, April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists, conservationists and ranchers say they are advocating restoration measures designed to repopulate large areas with bison.
Before Fossil Fuels, Earth's Minerals Kept Carbon Dioxide In Check
Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system -- a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. Scientists have...
Opinion: Farmers will be heroes of the coming food crisis
Farmers do more than grow food - with the current state of agriculture and population growth they could save the world, says Julian Cribb.
Ocean may exist beneath Titan's crust
Cassini has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings were made using radar measurements of Titan's...
NASA Evaluates Compact Synthetic Aperture Radar
NASA is evaluating a compact L-Band synthetic aperture radar for potential use on unmanned aircraft.
NASA Climate Change 'Peacemakers' Aided Nobel Effort
NASA's Earth scientists watched with pride when the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and a United Nations panel that spent two decades...
Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss
Ice loss in Antarctica increased by 75 percent in the last 10 years due to a speed-up in the flow of its glaciers and is now nearly as great as...
Giant Storm Eruption at Jupiter Unearths a Buried Past
Scientists around the globe have observed an astonishing and rare change in Jupiter's atmosphere -- a huge disturbance churning in the middle northern latitudes of the planet as two giant...
NASA Finds Glacial Sediments Adding to Louisiana Coast's Sinking
A study by NASA and Louisiana State University scientists finds that sediments deposited into the Mississippi River delta thousands of years ago when North America's glaciers retreated are contributing to...
JPL Scientists Earn Highest National Engineeering Honor
Lee-Lueng Fu, a senior research scientist at JPL, and a former JPL scientist have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering -- among the highest professional distinctions accorded an...
JPL Wins Award From U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named JPL as the winner of its 2008 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence in the research and development category.
The Oceans Finally Show Their Stripes
High-res ocean map reveals a worldwide pattern of striated currents
Sudanese climate scientist receives prestigious award
A Sudanese climate researcher has been recognised by the UN for her adaptation work in drought-stricken Darfur.
Tunisia, South Korea partner to monitor air quality
Tunisia and South Korea have signed a deal to improve Tunisian air quality monitoring and develop an air quality improvement strategy.
Observatory: Mercury Migrating Out of Rivers to the Shore
In the South River in Virginia mercury has moved from the river to the shore by way of spiders.
US ocean-research projects in dire economic straits
Multiple marine projects under threat from cash squeeze.
Biology most popular doctorate subject in Canada
Biology was the most popular field of study for doctoral students as of 2004/2005, according to Statistics Canada.
Mining company gets prospecting permits near Nunavut bird sanctuary
A Vancouver-based junior mining company has acquired prospecting permits to explore for diamonds in an area in Nunavut that includes Canada's largest migratory bird sanctuary.
Inside the Tsunami Factory
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Climate Phenomenon In Pacific Weakens
The La Nina climate phenomenon under way in the Pacific Ocean has weakened but is expected to continue at least through midsummer, government weather forecasters say.
Study: Calif. Overdue For Big Quake
California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake within the next 30 years, scientists said in the first statewide temblor forecast.
Thousands Flee Colombia Volcano Eruption
Colombia's Nevado del Huila volcano erupted in a shower of hot ash, prompting thousands of people to leave their homes on Tuesday.
A Dying Breed: Marsh Tackies
Horse breeders in South Carolina are coming together to save the tacky, a short-legged, sway-backed horse suited for toiling long hours in the swamps and oppressive humidity whose numbers are...
Bush Outlines Climate Change Targets
President Bush on Wednesday called for a halt in the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and urged other major polluting nations to develop national goals to address...
CW Yanks "Gossip Girl" Web Streams
This could go down as the most bone-headed move from a TV network in 2008, or completely inconsequential: The CW network is pulling off its website the one show that...
More Towns Committing To "Going Green"
Cherry Hill, once a desolate farmland and now a bustling Philadelphia suburb of 70,000, is one of the latest examples of a nationwide movement of local governments committing to make...