http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) —Flying low and slow above the wild, pristine terrain of Alaska's North Slope in a specially instrumented NASA plane, research scientist Charles Miller of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., surveys the endless whiteness of tundra and frozen permafrost below. On the horizon, a long, dark line appears. The plane draws nearer, and the mysterious object reveals itself to be a massive herd of migrating caribou, stretching for miles. It's a sight Miller won't soon forget. http://phys.org/news290158540.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:35:49 EST news290158540 Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist. http://phys.org/news286640385.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 May 2013 15:19:53 EST news286640385 The Indiana Geological Survey has published an extensive collection of research papers about the reclamation of abandoned Indiana coal mine lands and the effects reclamation has on ground and surface water. http://phys.org/news268557187.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:13:14 EST news268557187 (Phys.org)—Traffic deaths have fallen dramatically since 2005, but estimates for 2012 suggest that the trend may be ending, says a University of Michigan researcher in a new report. http://phys.org/news268044097.html Other Sciences Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:41:46 EST news268044097 A coal basin near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will rank among the world's worst producers of carbon pollution if fully mined, Greenpeace said Wednesday as it warned of devastating consequences. http://phys.org/news267246891.html Space & Earth Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:24:59 EST news267246891 Finds from early stone age site in north-central Germany show that human ingenuity is nothing new – and was probably shared by now-extinct species of humans. http://phys.org/news267094210.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:50:21 EST news267094210 Humans could learn from how plants handle stress. http://phys.org/news266761101.html Biology Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:18:27 EST news266761101 The monster rocketed from the water. It wriggled to the right, wiggled to the left, then - splat! - smacked Grover Brown in the guts. A lesser scientist would have quailed. Not Brown. http://phys.org/news264091243.html Biology Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:20:03 EST news264091243 Serbian archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least seven mammoths at a dig at an open pit mine, which could turn out to be a mammoth cemetery, lead archaeologist Miomir Korac told AFP Friday. http://phys.org/news260190763.html Other Sciences Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:50:01 EST news260190763 Scientists from the Smithsonian and colleagues have found that waterbird communities can be the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to detecting the health of urban estuary ecosystems. Their research revealed that the types of waterbirds that inhabit urban estuaries are influenced not only by urban development, but also by a far more natural process―rain. The team's findings are published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news258307316.html Biology Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:02:12 EST news258307316 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has attacked Queensland officials over their handling of a massive Indian-led US$6.3 billion coal mine project, accusing them of risking investor confidence. http://phys.org/news258173428.html Space & Earth Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:10:03 EST news258173428 Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners to be "non-economically viable." http://phys.org/news253371931.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:05:44 EST news253371931 Swiss mining giant Xstrata has won a test case against what is set to be Australia's largest open-cut coal mine, with a court ruling that the economic benefits outweighed its climate change impacts. http://phys.org/news252158743.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:05:50 EST news252158743 The Prairie State power plant, set amid farm fields and woods in southwestern Illinois, will start producing power soon, beginning a life of burning local coal that's expected to last until at least the 2040s. http://phys.org/news250335892.html Technology Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:00:01 EST news250335892 A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against pathogens. http://phys.org/news243538956.html Biology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:43:02 EST news243538956 Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money? http://phys.org/news235275378.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:16:47 EST news235275378 The icy Arctic waters around Norway's archipelago of Svalbard may seem pristine and clear, but like the rest of the world's oceans they are facing the threat of growing acidity. http://phys.org/news199330327.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:20:01 EST news199330327 Global warming may present a threat to animal and plant life even in biodiversity hot spots once thought less likely to suffer from climate change, according to a new study from Rice University. http://phys.org/news195145572.html Biology Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:06:32 EST news195145572 Like the canary in the coal mine, the timber rattlesnake may be telling us something about the environment we share. http://phys.org/news191061123.html Biology Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:20:01 EST news191061123 After losing one satellite and postponing the launch of its replacement, European scientists hope Thursday will yield good news in their quest to get a revolutionary climate monitor into orbit. http://phys.org/news189837797.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:10:01 EST news189837797 (PhysOrg.com) -- Vacant coal mines in southwest Indiana could once again generate energy, not from coal, but from the water reservoirs now found on their surface and deep underground. http://phys.org/news183882914.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:37:37 EST news183882914 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a quiet green glen near Ashville, Pa., lies a rust-colored pond. A deep, rectangular hole in the ground, it somewhat resembles an Olympic-sized pool. Few people, however, would make the mistake of swimming laps there. And fewer -- human or animal -- would stop to drink. http://phys.org/news180169600.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:40:03 EST news180169600 Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been investigating coal outbursts for more than 150 years, the precise mechanism is still unknown. http://phys.org/news173595012.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:40:01 EST news173595012 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive listening devices on the ground overhead. http://phys.org/news157283613.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:54:33 EST news157283613