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The future of organic ornamental plants

The future of organic ornamental plants

Biology / Other

created 8 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whether plants are grown for food or ornamental use, conventional agricultural production methods have the same environmental impact. Pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers can find their way into ...


Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say Penn environmental scientists

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...


UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.


Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn ornithologist Chris Elphick and his colleagues carried out DNA tests to discover the paternity of Saltmarsh Sparrow nestlings.


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Scientists Create World's Smallest Snowman (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (19) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cox, a scientist in the Quantum Detection group at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK, is an expert in nanofabrication techniques. Recently, using the tools of his trade and ...


Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to New Data Analysis

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...


A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...


Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools

Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Millions of shark fins are sold at market each year to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened ...


Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...


Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.



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