Paired Microbes Eliminate Methane Using Sulfur Pathway

January 21, 2008 — Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates -- methane trapped in ice -- preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere. ... > full story

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• Captive Carnivores Not Up To Wild Living
• January 21, 2008 — There are serious problems with reintroducing animals to the wild for conservation projects. New research highlights the low survival rates of captive carnivores that are released into their natural ... > full story
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• First Evidence Of Under-ice Volcanic Eruption In Antarctica
  January 20, 2008 — The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica's most rapidly changing ice sheet has been discovered. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2,000 years ago and ... > full story
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• Soybean Genome Assembly Available To Scientists
  January 19, 2008 — A preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome, Glycine max, has been made available by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, to the greater scientific community to enable ... > full story
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• Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel Generated

  January 19, 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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• Herons Persist In Chicago Wetlands Despite Exposure To Banned Chemicals

  January 19, 2008 — Herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago are still being exposed to chemicals banned in the US in the 1970s, a research team reports. The chemicals do not appear to be affecting the birds' ... > full story
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• Trees, Grass May Produce Ethanol Without Poisoning Gulf
  January 19, 2008 — Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause ... > full story
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• Alaska Glacier Speed-up Tied To Internal Plumbing Issues, Says Study
  January 18, 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
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• Drought Length Influences Survival Of Fish In Stream Pools
  January 18, 2008 — Not all pools of water are equal from year to year when it comes to housing fish species during dry spells -- a finding that becomes increasingly important during unusual and prolonged drought ... > full story
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  Starfish Outbreak Threatens Corals

  January 18, 2008 — Outbreaks of the notorious crown of thorns starfish now threaten the "coral triangle," the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth. The starfish -- a predator that feeds on corals by ... > full story