Belonging to the family of skipper butterflies, the new genus and species is the first butterfly discovered in Jamaica since 1995. Scientists hope the native…
In new research published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Research and in “Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment”— a…
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to rise again in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes – according to new figures from the Global…
However, evaluations of the local effects of climate change are often confounded by natural and human induced factors that overshadow the effects of changes in…
Ocean acidification and its consequences for marine life pose several pressing problems that are of concern to scientists all over the world. One alarming…
The study featured on the cover of the November issue of Ecology shows animal bone remains provide high-quality geographical data across an extensive time…
Results from field and lab tests found that 7 to 9 percent of the kerosene in wick lamps — used for light in 250-300 million households without electricity —…
A paper published earlier this month in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics considers the identification of contaminants in a water distribution network as…
The Nordic countries now initiate collaboration to establish a joint Nordic LifeWatch project, to create a better access to biodiversity data in favour of…
The finding, described in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is surprising because previous studies indicate that the…
One tropical lizard's tolerance to cold is stiffer than scientists had suspected.A new study shows that the Puerto Rican lizard Anolis cristatellus has adapted…
The thickest layers of global smog — caused by traffic, industry, and natural minerals, among other factors — are found over the world's megacities. But…
In 2009 Norwegian fish farms produced over a million tonnes of salmon and salmon trout; nearly 1.2 million tonnes of high-quality feed went into this…
Researchers from Durham University, UK, and the University of St Andrews, looking at grey seal colonies in Scotland, found that some seal mothers are flexible…
Maurizio Porfiri, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NYU-Poly, doctoral candidates Vladislav Kopman and Jeffrey Laut and research…
The environment has a more formidable opponent than carbon dioxide. Another greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, is 300 times more potent and also destroys the ozone…
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