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Ancient rainforests resilient to climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change wreaked havoc on the Earth’s first rainforests but they quickly bounced back, scientists reveal today. The findings of the research team, led by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang from Royal ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say

(PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, ...

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Scientists announce coalition to develop the world's cleanest passenger locomotive

Plans to create the world's first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The real cost of coal is quickly adding up

"Cheap coal" is a myth. And like all myths, we accept its wisdom without thinking.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Study characterizes 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved in volcano ash

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. A new study by University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann ...

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created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse

Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of those on land. ...

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (25) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Heritage site under attack by flowers

The results of a study conducted by Serbian researchers, in collaboration with the Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interactions et Réactivité, are unequivocal: the Belgrade fortress is not only threatened ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Timeline of a mass extinction: New evidence points to rapid collapse of Earth’s species 252 million years ago

Since the first organisms appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, life on the planet has had some close calls. In the last 500 million years, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions, including ...

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 34 | with audio podcast

Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'

A Russian region in Siberia on Monday confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy beasts in an expedition.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 22

Australian mining tycoon blasts coal seam gas

Australian mining tycoon Clive Palmer on Saturday hit out at the country's growing coal seam gas industry, saying there were concerns it could lead to environmental contamination.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Green gasoline comes closer to fueling your car

The backbone of our energy infrastructure is carbon-based fuel. In the form of oil, coal and natural gas, carbon compounds run our cars, heat our homes and cook our food. For reasons of energy security and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

NW tribes drive effort to save primitive fish

(AP) -- As long as American Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest, they have looked to a jawless, eel-like fish for food.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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