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…
The scientists–at ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locations–conducted separate studies of Muscodor. However, their goal was the…
Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to…
The procedure, which uses fecal samples rather than the oft-dreaded colonoscopy, was developed by Dr. Robert Chapkin and his colleagues, who have been studying…
University of Utah scientists developed an easier way for meteorologists to predict snowfall amounts and density – fluffy powder or wet cement. The method has…
For children, a hat, long sleeves and sun block provide protection. For cities, it might be canopies, additives to construction materials and smarter use of…
NSERC-funded researcher Dr. Simon Donner, an assistant professor in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia, will be talking about…
Once described by Jacques Cousteau as the “world's aquarium,” the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California are under threat. Destructive new fishing methods…
Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10…
Palumbi will be discussing the results of his research in two talks at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San…
Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as the world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines has actually done remarkably well…
TRMM caught Gelane at 09:34 UTC (4:34 a.m. ET). This time the TRMM satellite passed over during the daytime so a visible image from TRMM's VIRS instrument was…
Challenging the notion that urban “green” spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found — in Southern California at least — that…
Whether it's never-ending heat waves or winter storms, atmospheric blocking can have a significant impact on local agriculture, business and the environment….
When Earth was young, it exhaled the atmosphere. During a period of intense volcanic activity, lava carried light elements from the planet's molten interior…
A research group at the Lund University has calculated the figures on behalf of the Swedish Energy Agency after having analysed a biogas plant in Skåne. The…
Agricultural nonpoint source pollution has been listed as one of the leading sources of pollution in rivers and water bodies throughout the world….
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