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Green space near home during childhood linked to fewer respiratory problems in adulthood Posted: 18 Sep 2018 03:05 PM PDT Children who have access to green spaces close to their homes have fewer respiratory problems, such as asthma and wheezing, in adulthood, according to new research. In contrast, children who are exposed to air pollution are more likely to experience respiratory problems as young adults. |
How slick water and black shale in fracking combine to produce radioactive waste Posted: 18 Sep 2018 12:48 PM PDT Study explains how radioactive radium transfers to wastewater in the widely-used method to extract oil and gas. |
Jararaca pit vipers: Giant' specimens proliferation linked to fewer predators Posted: 18 Sep 2018 12:48 PM PDT In São Paulo, Brazil, it is the lesser presence of predators, not large food supply, that can explain why an isolated green area concentrates more giant pit vipers than a wide forest reserve. |
Cash, carbon, crude: How to make oil fields bury emissions Posted: 18 Sep 2018 12:48 PM PDT A new analysis looks at what it would take for oil companies to start pumping millions of tons of carbon dioxide into their wells to boost crude production -- and what it would mean for the climate. |
Geoscientists find unexpected 'deep creep' near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults Posted: 18 Sep 2018 10:17 AM PDT A new analysis of thousands of very small earthquakes in the San Bernardino basin suggests that the unusual deformation of some may be due to 'deep creep' 10 km below the Earth's surface, say geoscientists. They say scientists should not use the information recorded by these small earthquakes to predict loading of the nearby San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. |
Invasion risk of starry stonewort in upper Midwest Posted: 18 Sep 2018 10:17 AM PDT Researchers recently published a new article predicting the risk of starry stonewort invasion in Minnesota and Wisconsin. |
Eelgrass wasting disease has new enemies: Drones and artificial intelligence Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:09 AM PDT Every year, the world loses an estimated 7 percent of its seagrasses. While the reasons are manifold, one culprit has long confounded scientists: eelgrass wasting disease. This September a team of biologists is zeroing in on the problem, in the first study of the disease to stretch along the Pacific Coast from southern California to Alaska. |
Mathematicians calculate the safest way home for pedestrians Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:09 AM PDT A mobile app that guides pedestrians along the safest instead of quickest route to their destination is being developed. |
The nocturnal pollinators: Scientists reveal the secret life of moths Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:09 AM PDT A new study suggests moths have an important but overlooked ecological role -- dispensing pollen over large distances under the cover of darkness. |
Silver nanoparticles are toxic for aquatic organisms Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:09 AM PDT Silver nanoparticles are increasingly being used in consumer products, such as clothing and personal care products, in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, and in the food industry. That is why their presence is expected to increase in the environment where they can exert harmful effects on organisms. |
Global trade in exotic pets threatens endangered parrots through the spread of a virus Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:09 AM PDT Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in wild parrot populations has been detected in eight new countries, raising concerns for threatened species. This highlights the need for greater awareness of the risks of the spread of infectious disease associated with the international trade in live parrots. |
Florida Keys' corals are growing but have become more porous Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:08 AM PDT Researchers have long questioned what impact climate change has on the rate at which corals are growing and building reef habitats in the Florida Keys. A new study explored this topic, finding both good and bad news. The rate of coral skeletal growth in the Florida Keys has remained relatively stable over time, but the skeletal density of the region's corals is declining, possibly due to ocean acidification. |
A key to climate stabilization could be buried deep in the mud Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:08 AM PDT While scientists fear that rising temperatures could unleash a 'bomb' of carbon from Earth's soil carbon reservoirs, a new study suggests these reservoirs might actually be more stable than predicted. |
Surviving insects and plants are tougher than we think Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:08 AM PDT Insect pollinators and plants that have survived the impacts of agricultural intensification may have a greater ability to resist future environmental changes than previously thought, a new study has found. |
Natural climate oscillations in north Atlantic linked to Greenland ice sheet melt Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:08 AM PDT Scientists have known for years that warming global climate is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet, the second largest ice sheet in the world. A new study, however, shows that the rate of melting might be temporarily increased or decreased by two existing climate patterns: the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). |
Glyphosate resistance in junglerice confirmed Posted: 18 Sep 2018 08:08 AM PDT There has been a lot of publicity in recent years about growers battling glyphosate-resistant pigweed in soybean and cotton crops. But pigweed isn't the only weed resistant to glyphosate. New research shows certain populations of junglerice (Echinochloa colona) are now among a growing number of weeds resistant to the herbicide. |
Searching for clues on extreme climate change Posted: 18 Sep 2018 05:20 AM PDT Nearly 13,000 years ago, pines in southern France experienced a cold snap, which scientists have now reconstructed. The study about the consequences of a drastic climate change event in past and its implications for our future. |
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