Ultra-light aircraft are being deployed in both Switzerland and Russia as part of the Léman-Baïkal project. Lake Geneva, the largest lake in the Alps, and Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake, will be ...

Technology - Engineering

May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers trying to explain declining elk numbers in the Yellowstone National Park (YNP) placed part of the blame Wednesday on a previously unlinked phenomenon—a predatory trout invasion.

Biology - Ecology

May 14, 2013 4.7 / 5 (11) 0

Hour after hour, Brian Dunn lofted his fly line into the turquoise-blue water of this shimmering desert lake north of Reno. Finally, just after lunch, his line straightened and a smile spread on his face. Before long, a 6-pound, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 10, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org) —New research from Oxford University casts doubt on the theory that the Mount Toba super-eruption, which took place at the Indonesian island of Sumatra 75,000 years ago, could have plunged the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

Deposits left by the eruption of a subglacial volcano, or tuya, 1.8 million years ago could hold the secret to more accurate palaeo-glacial and climate models, according to new research by University of British ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 30, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

Atmospheric contamination due to heavy metals is currently a severe problem of global proportions, with important repercussions in public health. However, this type of pollution is not a recent fact and can ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 30, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

Russian astronauts will take an unlit Olympic torch on a space walk ahead of the country's hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the deputy head of the Russian space agency said on Sunday.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 28, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 5

A U.S.-Canadian panel urged both nations Friday to consider installing water retention structures to boost levels on Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, which fell to their lowest point on record in January and have lagged well ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 27, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 2

Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end a decades-long effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 26, 2013 2.3 / 5 (6) 0

Most of us want to swim in a lake where we can see our toes. Clear, oxygen-rich water supports not only human swimmers, but also intricate webs of animal and microbial life. That life can be disrupted when ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

A new University of Utah study has identified hundreds of previously unrecognized small aftershocks that happened after Utah's deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse in 2007. The aftershocks suggest the collapse ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 19, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of the United States – shaking detected ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 18, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 2 |

Google said on Wednesday that its experimental high-speed Internet service is setting its sights on the Utah city of Provo.

Technology - Telecom

Apr 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

Salt Lake Valley, home to the Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone and the West Valley fault zone, has been the site of repeated surface-faulting earthquakes (of about magnitude 6.5 to 7). New research trenches ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0