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Uneven Nutritional Payoffs for Marine Predators Revealed

New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…

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NASA Sees Newborn Twenty-ninth Depression in the Philippine Sea

The Philippine Sea is located within the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It's located east and north of the Philippines and covers about 2 million square miles (5…

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NASA Sees Tropical Storm Raymond Fading Fast

Raymond contained rainfall only in an area northwest of its center of circulation when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed above…

Environmental Conservation

Warm Winters Extend Tree Dormancy: New Research Insights

In the temperate zones, vegetation follows the change of the seasons. After a winter pause, plants put out new growth in spring. Research has now brought a new…

Environmental Conservation

UCLA Report Calls for Global Action on Ocean Plastic Crisis

A new report by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and…

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Study Questions Potassium Testing Methods in Soil Management

Three University of Illinois soil scientists have serious concerns with the current approach to potassium management that has been in place for the past five…

Earth Sciences

Toxic Ocean Conditions Linked to Major Extinction Event

Oxygen in the atmosphere and ocean rose dramatically about 600 million years ago, coinciding with the first proliferation of animal life. Since then, numerous…

Earth Sciences

Unlocking Natural Gas Reserves: Insights from Neutron and Electron Research

The research by scientists at the Department of Energy laboratory could clear the path to the more efficient extraction of gas and oil from shale,…

Earth Sciences

NASA catches glimpse of the brief life of Southern Indian Ocean's first tropical cyclone

The first tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season formed on Oct. 27 near 13.1 south and 63.4 east, about 570 nautical miles northeast of…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Captures Hurricane Raymond’s Brief Revival

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Hurricane Raymond that showed…

Earth Sciences

Innovative Methods for Landscape Mapping Unveiled by Researchers

University of Cincinnati researchers are blending technology with tradition, as they discover new and improved methods for mapping landscapes. The research is…

Earth Sciences

Thawing Permafrost: Coastal Erosion in Eastern Siberia Doubles

According to the researchers, the reasons for this increasing erosion are rising summer temperatures in the Russian permafrost regions as well the retreat of…

Earth Sciences

How to Manage Nature's Runaway Freight Trains

These runaway freight trains made of rock, mud, and water can barrel down mountain channels with little or no warning and take out roads, homes, and anything…

Earth Sciences

Extra-Tropical Storm Lekima Weakens in Northern Pacific

On Oct. 25 at 03:20 UTC, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Typhoon…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change: Irukandji Jellyfish Threatens Southern Waters

Researchers from Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute have conducted a series of climate change simulation experiments to investigate whether the…

Environmental Conservation

Transforming Wastewater Into Resource: Namibia’s Sanitation Innovation

The project team of CuveWaters, led by ISOE – the Institute for Social-Ecological Research, has succeeded in turning wastewater into a resource in this most…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Rainfall Patterns in Tropical Storm Francisco

Tropical Storm Francisco came into the view of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite at 0919 UTC/5:19 a.m. EDT. Francisco is somewhat close…

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