News tagged with mountain ecosystems


Study finds hemlock trees dying rapidly, affecting forest carbon cycle

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests the hemlock woolly adelgid is killing hemlock trees faster than expected in the southern Appalachians and rapidly altering ...





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Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.


Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words

Google search getting eyes and ears

Technology / Internet

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages.


Google search results to include 'real-time' data (AP)

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...


White, but not pure

White, but not pure

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. An international team of researchers detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in samples taken from ...


Google said publishers could limit to five the number of articles people can access for free through Google

Google responds to newspaper critics

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.


Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.


Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...


Study finds logging effects vary based on a forest's history, climate

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Smoky Mountain forest's woodland herb population has shown that climate may play a role in how forest understories recover from logging, according to Purdue University research.


Digital avalanche rescue dog

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cellphone, to the precision ...


Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.



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