Assessing the resource potential of Sal seeds in India
A common evergreen seed is capable of providing almost 150,000 person-days of employment during a single collection season in the Kumaun Himalayas region of northern India, according to a recent study...
View ArticleFor trees, growing should not be confused with putting on weight
In coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere, woody biomass production does not occur at the same time or rate as changes in tree stem size. This phenomenon presented in this month's issue of...
View ArticleHow TIMED flies: Unexpected trends in carbon data
NASA's TIMED mission, short for Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics, has confirmed a surprisingly fast carbon dioxide increase in Earth's upper atmosphere, raising questions...
View ArticleUK police arrest 16-year-old over Talk Talk telecoms hack
British police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in London over a cyberattack on telecoms firm Talk Talk.
View ArticleExcitement grows as NASA carbon sleuth begins year two
Scientists busy poring over more than a year of data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission are seeing patterns emerge as they seek answers to the science questions that drive the...
View ArticleNorthern Light secrets uncovered thanks to social networking tools
New research led by physicists at the University of Warwick has used tools designed to study social networks to gain significant new insights into the Northern Lights, and space weather – particularly...
View ArticleNew drought atlas maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe
The long history of severe droughts across Europe and the Mediterranean has largely been told through historical documents and ancient journals, each chronicling the impact in a geographically...
View ArticleHeavy smog shrouds northeastern China as winter begins
Air quality reached extremely hazardous levels in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, as northern China began to burn coal to heat homes for winter.
View ArticleCane toad advance aids Kimberley bird numbers
It is difficult to imagine a positive outcome from the spread of the highly destructive cane toad into the Kimberley (Rhinella marinus) but research shows with the toad's spread some animal numbers may...
View ArticleDeclining snowpacks may cut many nations' water
Gradual melting of winter snow helps feed water to farms, cities and ecosystems across much of the world, but this resource may soon be critically imperiled. In a new study, scientists have identified...
View ArticleVery large volcanic eruptions could lead to ice sheet instability
Massive volcanic eruptions could cause localised warming that might destabilise some of the world's biggest ice sheets, according to new research from Durham University.
View ArticleChina vows massive clean-up of power plants
China will upgrade its coal-fired power plants to reduce the discharge of pollutants by 60 percent before 2020, top officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleContinued decline of the northern spotted owl associated with the invasive...
Northern spotted owl populations are declining in all parts of their range in the Pacific Northwest, according to research published in The Condor. Based on data from 11 study areas across Washington,...
View ArticleWind farms—why their carbon footprints matter as much as their locations
Seasonal and daily patterns of electricity consumption follow almost identical forms everywhere. Demand is low in the middle of the night when the bulk of humanity is sleeping and it peaks either in...
View Article100m radio telescope maps the complete northern sky in the light of neutral...
Radio astronomers from Bonn University and the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie have reached a scientific milestone with their publication in the January issue of the international science...
View ArticleNew resource to help manage the invasive spotted lanternfly
The invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) was detected last year in Pennsylvania, but entomologists are already warning farmers and growers as far away as California to be prepared for its...
View ArticleChristmas Eve asteroid to cruise past harmlessly: astronomers
After a comet for Halloween, another Earthly holiday will be marked by a visit from a celestial body—this time a large asteroid zipping past on Christmas Eve, astronomers said Thursday.
View ArticleExamination of Earth's recent history key to predicting global temperatures
Estimates of future global temperatures based on recent observations must account for the differing characteristics of each important driver of recent climate change, according to a new NASA study...
View Article'Shared bad memories' bind fighters and terrorists to their groups
What binds military fighters or terrorists together so tightly that they are willing to sacrifice their own lives for their causes?
View ArticleImage: Taurid meteor captured against Northern lights
ESA organises regular rocket launches together with the Swedish Space Corporation from northern Sweden in Esrange, Kiruna. The 13th Maser campaign saw experiments being carried 270 km up for six...
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