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Most Alaskan glaciers retreating, thinning, and stagnating

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (19) | comments 1

Most glaciers in every mountain range and island group in Alaska are experiencing significant retreat, thinning or stagnation, especially glaciers at lower elevations, according to a new book published by the U.S. Geological ...


Australia's most endangered snake might need burning

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conserving Australia's most endangered snake might mean lighting more bush fires, ecologists have proposed.


Bird songs change with environment

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just as a changing radio landscape has made it tough for Foghat to get much airplay these days, so it is for birdsongs according to new research published in The American Naturalist.





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Aerial Imagery System Helps Save Water

Aerial Imagery System Helps Save Water

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are developing a system that saves water by using aerial imagery and ground-based sensors to determine the irrigation needs of small sections ...


Researchers were still able to find the deleted photos 30 days later

Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' - research

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.


Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists

Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 1

A skeleton, found at one of the most important, but least understood, Roman sites in Britain is puzzling experts from The University of Nottingham.


Google Earth impacts science

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 01, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The world's scientists are increasingly using Google Earth's digital globe, which has also attracted millions of non-scientists around the world.


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High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine

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created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days, leading right whale researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) to believe they have identified ...


Researcher has found a link between bird songs and habitat change

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Elizabeth Derryberry, post-doctoral researcher at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, has found a link between alterations in bird songs and the rapid change in the surrounding habitat. Her research will be featured in the ...


Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu

Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.


Obituary photos suggest growing bias against aging faces

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women.


New Greenland ice sheet data will impact climate change models

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland’s ice sheet, important data that have long been missing ...


California lawmakers take aim at Alaska's aerial wolf hunts

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Alaska's predator-control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny last year during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack again in Congress.



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