(AP)—Researchers from Portland State University say the Columbia River has suitable conditions for invasive freshwater mussels to grow if they get a toehold.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

When people wash their hands with antibacterial soap, most don't think about where the chemicals contained in that soap end up. University of Minnesota engineering researchers do.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 22, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 1 |

In 1999, Russian scientists famously dug a long-dead frozen woolly mammoth out of the Siberian permafrost. Other things lurking in the frozen earth may be more alive - and more dangerous. Scientists warn that global warming ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 12, 2012 4.7 / 5 (6) 1

Nutrient pollution, one of the greatest threats to our freshwater resources, is responsible for the algal blooms that blanket our lakes and waterways in summer months. Large blooms of cyanobacteria ('blue green algae') can ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 14, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Russian scientists last week finished penetrating more than two miles through the Antarctic ice sheet to Lake Vostok, a huge freshwater lake that has been buried under the ice for millions ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 13, 2012 4.9 / 5 (7) 0

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a pristine body of water that may hold ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 08, 2012 4.4 / 5 (8) 6

Fuelled by Hollywood and its vision of Jaws, sharks conjure images of fearsome predators patrolling our seas in search of their next unfortunate victim. It is therefore hard to imagine sharks as relatively ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast and the population living ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 18, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep within the waters of Antarctica's Organic Lake an Australian research team, led by microbiologist Ricardo Cavicchioli from the University of New South Wales, have discovered a new virophage, or virus ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 29, 2011 5 / 5 (20) 4

China's thriving economy, already large, has been growing at a rate faster than that observed in most developed countries. But there has been a price for this growth. The air in China's largest cities is among ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 10, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(AP) -- Hundreds of people are working around the clock to clean up a lake in the heart of Vietnam's capital in hopes of saving a rare, ailing giant turtle that is considered sacred.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 3

Michigan State University scientists have developed a pioneering, comprehensive approach that makes conserving and managing freshwater lakes, streams and wetlands more integrated and effective.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 02, 2010 3 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 27, 2010 4.3 / 5 (4) 0 |

Cloaked in a delicate brown and cream striped shell and measuring a mere inch in length, the zebra mussel certainly doesn’t look ominous. This tiny invasive species, however, has wreaked havoc in waterways ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 14, 2009 3.3 / 5 (6) 3

Fifty years ago Friday, President Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walked down a red carpet, climbed aboard a "floating palace" of a yacht named Britannia and ceremoniously sailed through the St. Lambert ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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