Studying the retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and its effect on monsoon, may lead to scientific recommendations. But the cultural barrier to change may be too high for local people to adopt them.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —A paper co-authored by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Chris Simon, two UConn research associates, and other colleagues, offers genetic proof that three common species of cicada, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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If left unchecked, the pale cyst nematode burrows into potato roots to feed, obstructing nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves and other symptoms that can eventually kill the plant. Now USDA and cooperating ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new genetic analysis of human lice from across the world sheds light on the global spread of these parasites, their potential for disease transmission and insecticide resistance. The results are published February 27 in ...

Biology - Other

Feb 27, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

Holidaymakers' photos could help scientists track the movements of giant endangered sharks living in the waters of the Indian Ocean. A new study, led by a researcher from Imperial College London, is the first ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

It isn't life on Mars, but researchers have found a rich diversity of microbial life and chemicals in the ephemeral habitat of a storm cloud, according to a study published January 23 in the open access journal ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 23, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org)—A study of around 100 newly collected specimens of early ammonoids (marine invertebrates with distinctive coiled shells) suggests that the number of species they belong to might have been over-estimated ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new method that could give a deeper insight into evolutional biology by tracing directionality in gene migration has just appeared in EPJ Data Science. Paolo Masucci from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, at Uni ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

In order to be effective, a Conservation Unit must have available a list of the species that live within it. They also should have detailed information about the distribution of species among the available ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—University of Florida researchers studying river turtles in Missouri found populations of the northern map turtle have not recovered from harvesting in the 1970s.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

The ancient bones of newborns are very useful to recover the ancient DNA of the bacteria causing syphilis, the Treponema pallidum pallidum. This is the conclusion reached by a study led by Universitat Autono ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jul 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

Carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Iberian lynx, are under an increasingly serious threat: ticks that can adapt to changing climatic conditions and that can even survive in extremely arid environments. ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Sustainability has not only become a science in the past 25 years, but it is one that continues to be fast-growing with widespread international collaboration, broad disciplinary composition and wide geographic ...

Other Sciences - Other

Nov 21, 2011 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

"Study of lightning rays in the Basque Country, and their relation to precipitation" is the title of the PhD thesis that physicist Joseba Areitio presented at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). In fact, since ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 09, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 2

The origin of the 'Celtic fringe' of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 30, 2009 4.6 / 5 (9) 0