News Stories

Climate Influences Deep Sea Populations

January 16, 2008 — Ecologists have discovered a mechanism of interaction across ecosystems and can show how a climate-driven phenomenon originated in shelf environments can control the biological processes of a ... > full story

• High Degree Of Antibiotic Resistance Found In Wild Arctic Birds

  January 15, 2008 — Birds captured in the hyperboreal tundra were carriers of antibiotics-resistant bacteria. These findings indicate that resistance to antibiotics has spread into nature, which is an alarming prospect ... > full story
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• Plan Developed For Restoring California Fisher Populations

  January 15, 2008 — US Forest Service and U.C. Santa Barbara scientists believe they have identified the habitat needs for Pacific fishers, a rare California mammal that is a candidate for reintroduction efforts and ... > full story
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• Earthquakes Under Pacific Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulatory System

  January 15, 2008 — Seismologists working under 2,500 meters of water on a mid-ocean ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean have used tiny earthquakes to make the first images of the interior of a hydrothermal vent system, ... > full story
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• Fighting Pollution The Poplar Way: Trees To Clean Up Indiana Site

  January 15, 2008 — Purdue University researchers are collaborating with Chrysler LLC in a project to use poplar trees to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated site in north-central ... > full story
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• Heavy Metal Slips Down UK Air Quality Charts
  January 15, 2008 — Air quality in the UK has improved significantly over the last 25 years according to a new report. Monitoring at 17 testing sites around the UK shows a fall in the presence of harmful heavy metals ... > full story
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• Biomass Production: Careful Planning Can Bring Many Benefits
  January 15, 2008 — One way of supplying energy is to grow plant material and burn it. If managed well most of the carbon released by burning the material will be captured by the growing plants, and so have a low impact ... > full story
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• Exploration Of Lake Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet Begins

  January 15, 2008 — Scientists have begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. The lake -- the size of Lake Windermere -- could yield vital clues to life on Earth, climate change and ... > full story
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• Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel Generated

  January 15, 2008 — The same brown algae that cover rocks and cause anglers to slip while fly fishing contain oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a microbiologist. Drivers can't pump algal fuel into their gas ... > full story
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• Alaska Glacier Speed-up Tied To Internal Plumbing Issues, Says Study

  January 15, 2008 — Meltwater periodically overwhelms the interior drainpipes of Alaska's Kennicott Glacier and causes it to lurch forward, similar to processes that may help explain the acceleration of glaciers ... > full story