News tagged with anoxic sediments
Scientists discover first multicellular life that doesn't need oxygen
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxygen may not be the staple of modern complex life that scientists once thought. Until now, the only life forms known to live exclusively in anoxic conditions were viruses, bacteria and Archaea. ...
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Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?
Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...
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Researchers harness power of genome institute for Great Lakes study
A project by three Bowling Green State University biologists and a colleague is expected to unleash a virtual tsunami of information that will be usable for years to come not only by them but also by scientists worldwide ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Scientists trace violent death of Iron Age man
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Iron Age man whose skull and brain was unearthed during excavations at the University of York was the victim of a gruesome ritual killing, according to new research.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Reviving 100-year-old resting spores of diatoms
Diatoms account for a large proportion of the phytoplankton found in the water, and live both in the open sea and in freshwater lakes. By reviving 100-year-old spores that had laid buried and inactive in bottom ...
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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Natural dissolved organic matter plays dual role in cycling of mercury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde relationship with mercury, but researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have made a discovery that ultimately could help ...
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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New species of archaeon named after ASU professor
A recent manuscript published in The Archives of Microbiology documents the discovery of a hyperthermophilic archaeon in Yellowstone National Park. It is proposed that this archaeon be named in honor of pro ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Ancient microbes responsible for breathing life into ocean 'deserts'
More than two and a half billion years ago, Earth differed greatly from our modern environment, specifically in respect to the composition of gases in the atmosphere and the nature of the life forms inhabiting ...
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Aug 23, 2010 |
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Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event
In "The Sign of the Four" Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, "with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash." He finds ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Advanced bio-filtration system promises less Chesapeake pollution
Technological advances developed by University of Maryland researchers promise significant reductions in urban runoff polluting the Anacostia watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. The researchers say their work ...
Aug 09, 2010 |
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The Carbon Cycle Before Humans
Geoengineering -- deliberate manipulation of the Earth's climate to slow or reverse global warming -- has gained a foothold in the climate change discussion. But before effective action can be taken, the Earth's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Jurassic 'burn-down' events and organic matter richness in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation
The sediments of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation were deposited during the Late Jurassic between around 160 and 145 million years ago, the age of the reptiles. They are the main oil source rock in the North ...
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Jan 19, 2010 |
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