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…
Scientists from AVO and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will share details of their research on North Pacific volcanoes,…
The team reports that striking changes are now occurring in many temperate lakes similar to those previously observed in the rapidly warming Arctic, although…
Their research highlights the promise of using salty water to turn the salty soil in the world's arid regions into sustainable agricultural land.Just published…
Researchers watching the loss of ice flowing out from the giant island of Greenland say that the amount of ice lost this summer is nearly three times what was…
The finding will give much needed perspective to satellite instruments that measure ice loss on the continent, and help improve estimates of future sea level…
Cold “Super-Earths” — giant, “snowball” planets that astronomers have spied on the outskirts of faraway solar systems — could potentially support some kind…
The two superplumes, one beneath Hawaii and the other beneath Africa, have likely existed for at least 200 million years, explained Wendy Panero, assistant…
The failure of the New Orleans' levees after Hurricane Katrina struck the coastal city in 2005 is now labeled “the worst engineering disaster of the United…
They have unearthed not one but two possible new species of extinct animals. Their success marks one of the most exciting discoveries to come out of Africa for…
Researchers say their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, could provide fresh clues to explain biomagnetism – a phenomenon in which…
Among the report's recommendations: a gradual relocation of structures and people from areas at most risk of flash flooding and wildfires and a call for…
This interactive, multimedia publication offers key facts on the life and habits of more than 500 bird species that reside, visit or have been spotted in…
The results of a study by Brad Seibel, URI assistant professor of biological sciences, and Rui Rosa, a former URI post-doctoral student now on the faculty at…
Current government policy is failing to protect traditional Dutch landscapes says Dutch researcher Evelien van Rij. Green areas in the Randstad region with…
Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate…
From Deep Blue, the computer that defeated Garry Kasparov in a 1997 chess match, to the new Blue Gene® line of high-performance computers created by IBM, a…
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