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Genetics of Arctic plants under serious threat from climate change, study says

A new EU study by a team of Austrian, French and Norwegian researchers has found that rising temperatures as a result of climate change will have differing genetic consequences within single Arctic plant species. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Diverse ecosystems are crucial climate change buffer

Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark study.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oil on Nigerian coast after major Shell spill: NGO

An environmental group said Tuesday that an oil slick had approached Nigeria's coastline after a major Shell spill last week, but the company insisted that its spill had been largely dispersed.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Ships, planes attack major Shell oil spill off Nigeria

Shell on Friday deployed ships with dispersants and planes in a bid to mop up one of Nigeria's worst offshore oil spills in recent years, a spokesman said, amid fears it could soon reach the shoreline.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Shell deploys ships to clean oil spill off Nigeria

Shell is deploying ships and mobilising planes on Thursday to clean up an oil spill at a major field off Nigeria, the company says, with some 40,000 barrels estimated to have leaked into the sea.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pilbara mistletoe faces sub-regional extinction

A new study from the Department of Environment and Conservation suggests long-term modern fire regimes could pose a threat to WA mistletoes (Loranthaceae sp).

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neutrons answer shampoo formulation puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin have used neutrons to solve a long-standing mystery about the surface properties of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, such as those used in many ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Climate change driving tropical birds to higher elevations

Tropical birds are moving to higher elevations because of climate change, but they may not be moving fast enough, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The rate of data transmission over plastic optical fibers can be increased by controlling modal dispersion

Plastic optical fibers offer a more efficient method of data transmission in telecommunications. While glass optical fibers allow very high data rates to be transmitted, they are expensive and difficult to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dead birds found in N. Zealand oil slick

The first dead birds have been found in oil that leaked from a container ship stranded off New Zealand, authorities said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Are all alien encounters bad?

The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Shell divers shut off North Sea oil leak

Divers working for oil giant Shell have turned off the valve which has been leaking oil into the North Sea causing the worst spill in the area for a decade, the company said Friday. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nuts go furthest with the early bird

Toucans in the tropics disperse nutmegs the furthest in the morning, according to research by Wageningen UR ecologist Patrick Jansen.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

War on willows

Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rainforest plant developed sonar dish to attract pollinating bats

The researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves with such conspicuous echoes that nectar-feeding bats can find its flowers twice as fast by echolocation. The study is ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Dispersion

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