Nearly 1.5 miles beneath Earth's surface in Canada, scientists have found pockets of water that have been isolated from the outside world for more than 1 billion years.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (8) 2

Many maple trees share a suite of important arthropod pests that have the potential to reduce the trees' economic and aesthetic value. Now a new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

For many of us, maple syrup is an essential part of breakfast—a staple accompaniment to pancakes and waffles—but rarely do we think about the complicated and little-understood physiological aspects of syrup production. ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

The future of sweet syrup could come from some unlikely sources: birch and walnut trees.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 13, 2013 not rated yet 1

Working beneath the towering oaks and maples on the University of Michigan's central campus Diag, undergraduate researchers and their faculty adviser helped explain an observation that had puzzled insect ecologists who study ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

In the northern hardwood forest, climate change is poised to reduce the viability of the maple syrup industry, spread wildlife diseases and tree pests, and change timber resources. And, according to a new ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 20, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 3

Past disturbances, such as logging, can obscure the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems. So reports a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper, explor ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 05, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

Lighter than normal snow accumulation, warmer than normal temperatures earlier in the season and an earlier than normal start of the maple syrup season are making some weather watchers wonder if there is a new “normal.”

Biology - Ecology

Feb 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to success for maple syrup producers may lie in the science of sanitation.

Biology - Other

Feb 01, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists recently discovered nitrogen that falls from the atmosphere in acid rain can influence large tracts of sugar maples in North America.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 08, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Are new England's iconic maple trees at risk? If a beetle has its way, the answer may be yes.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 30, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

The seeds that drop from maple trees each fall, whirring softly to the ground like silent one-winged helicopters, are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for military information-gathering.

Electronics - Robotics

Aug 15, 2011 4.3 / 5 (12) 39

Since the 1950s, sustainability in northern hardwood forests was achieved by chopping down trees in small clumps to naturally make room for new ones to spring up. Early experiments with single-tree and group ...

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 0

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health.

Chemistry - Other

Mar 30, 2011 4.9 / 5 (8) 10 |