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Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species

Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and ...


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A lightning strike in Africa helps take the pulse of the sun

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Sunspots, which rotate around the sun's surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the sun's rotation or to prepare long-range forecasts of the Earth's ...





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Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss

Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight - creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid ...


Some 6,000 families were affected by the drought in the Chaco region of Paraguay, particularly indigenous populations

El Nino intensifies Latin America drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.


El Nino Could Play A Role In Colorado's Winter Weather, Scientist Says

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- El Nino, a warming event of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's ...


Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...


Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As sea-surface temperatures rise across the globe, some scientists believe that hurricane frequency and intensity may increase. A fresh technique offers promise to generate new data from long-dead storms, ...


The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 4

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images

Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard ...


The search -- computers dig deeper for meaning (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. Europe is poised to reap the benefits of the new age of semantic search thanks to the work of European researchers.


Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade

Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption Helped Trigger Cold Decade

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of chemists from the U.S. and France has found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented large volcanic eruption that occurred exactly 200 years ago, in 1809.


Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing the soybean model GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around the world. In the process, they’ve been able ...



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