[ad_1] TO CLOSE Laura Geselbracht, 59, from Fort Lauderdale, is a marine scientist with The Nature Conservancy. "We must act" on climate change, she says. Leah Voss, [email protected] The map shows that …
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[ad_1] Scientists are proposing an ingenious but not yet proven way to combat climate change: spraying chemicals that tarnish the sun in the Earth's atmosphere. Research scientists at Harvard and Yale Universities, …
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[ad_1] Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have stated that incorrect data processing, obtained by the Orbiter Mars Reconnaissance, could lead the probe to mistakenly identify the presence of hydrated salts …
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[ad_1] According to NOAA, the grinding of the upper jaw of the whales was "the size of an ice chest". Scott Van Valin, owner of Island Air Express, took this photo courtesy …
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[ad_1] The subpopulation of polar bears in the Chukchi Sea region appears to be stable and abundant, although neighboring populations show signs of stress due to the loss of sea ice. This …
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[ad_1] The arrival of winter is exciting for snow sports enthusiasts, but it's also good news for another group: bird watchers. December 1st is the official date when New Hampshire Fish and …
Read More »Ancient termite mounds previously discovered in Brazil are visible from space
[ad_1] The researchers reporting in Current biology On November 19, Northeast Brazil discovered that a vast range of former termitiers, regularly inhabited and still inhabited, have reached up to 4,000 years and …
Read More »New research reveals that grassland expansion has led to the decline of giant mammals over the past 4.6 million years – ScienceDaily
[ad_1] New research challenges a long-held idea that our early tool-carrying ancestors have contributed to the disappearance of large mammals in Africa over the last millions of years. Researchers argue instead that …
Read More »Social networks of ants slow down spread of disease – study published in Science – ScienceDaily
[ad_1] When a pathogen enters their colony, the ants change their behavior to prevent the onset of the disease. In this way, they protect the queen, brood and young workers from the …
Read More »Under the ice of Antarctica is a cemetery of dead continents
[ad_1] The eastern part of Antarctica is buried under a thick layer of ice. Some scientists simply assumed that under this cold mass, there was nothing more than a "frozen tectonic block", …
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