The survey is published in the July issue of Ecological Applications, reported by lead author S. Joseph Wright, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical…
Instead of roving to hills or craters, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will claw down into the icy soil of the Red Planet's northern plains. The robot will…
Many visitors clamber along with hammers in hand determined to chip their souvenirs out of the cliff face but they potentially do untold damage to the World…
He was appointed by UEA in the spring and takes up his post on August 1. As well as being Professor of Environmental Sciences in the 5** School of…
Researchers analysed ice cores from a number of locations in Greenland, including Dye 3 in the south of the country. From the base of the 2km deep Dye 3 core,…
Investigating life processes in extreme environments not only can provide hints on how life first appeared and survived on Earth (as early earth was an extreme…
Their analyses have revealed for the first time that these are highly predictable events that can seriously impact the state of coral reefs at a time when they…
The levels of potentially harmful waterborne microorganisms in rivers, lakes and other recreational waterways may be highest when the water is most crowded…
A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI) has discovered the world’s largest known population of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix…
Marianne Douglas, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science and Director of the Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta, and John Smol,…
They are difficult to sample and study owing to the mixing the oceanographic vessel provokes between this superficial layer and the deeper strata of water….
University of Nevada, Reno researchers Zeb Hogan and Sudeep Chandra know “Megafishes” mega-well. Hogan, an assistant research professor, and Chandra, an…
The study is the result of twelve years of monitoring the dynamics of rabies virus infection (European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 – EBL1) in two wild bat (Myotis…
In the analysis for presentation June 28 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU experts say the loss of soil productivity and the degradation of life-support…
Writing in the International Journal of the Environment and Sustainable Development, published today by Inderscience, Wells warns of a Green Junta that could…
The Gasclam is being developed by Salamander Ltd, which was founded by lecturer Dr Stephen Boult and spun-out of The University of Manchester in 1996.Now the…