News tagged with great lakes research

Researchers find potential key for unlocking biomass energy

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a potential key for unlocking the energy potential from non-edible biomass ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Projection shows water woes likely based on warmer temperatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Several Midwestern states could be facing increased winter and spring flooding, as well as difficult growing conditions on farms, if average temperatures rise, according to a Purdue University ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists: Less ice on Great Lakes during winter

(AP) -- Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems

Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Farm ponds cut agricultural water pollution

The reintroduction of farm ponds could significantly reduce agricultural pollution in our streams and rivers, according to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Groundwater depletion in semiarid regions of Texas and California threatens US food security

The nation's food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Everyone knows it's windy . . .

... And now they have the data to prove it.  The middle of Lake Michigan is a vast, untapped reservoir of wind energy. The next step will be to find out if it can be harvested economically without harming ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Research team claims to have found evidence Lake Cheko is impact crater for Tunguska Event

(Phys.org) -- Early on the morning of June 30th, 1908, a huge explosion occurred in a remote part of Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. So great was the blast that trees were knocked down in neat ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America

For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics - to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 50 | with audio podcast

Population pressure impacts world wetlands

(Phys.org) -- The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers map fish species at risk from dams

Dams are believed to be one of the biggest threats to freshwater organisms worldwide: They disrupt normal patterns of water and sediment flow, impede migration, and alter the character of spawning and feeding grounds. A shortage ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The desert Southwest: Oasis or mirage?

(Phys.org) -- The American West has a drinking problem. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate change

(Phys.org) -- University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help them better predict how today's ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 16 | with audio podcast


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