News tagged with organic carbon
Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet
Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
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New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough could lead to ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Gas improves blood flow and organ status during minimally invasive surgery
As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Researchers develop cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' to perform formerly complex synthesis
A team at The Scripps Research Institute has made major strides in solving a problem that has been plaguing chemists for many years: how best to break carbon-hydrogen bonds and then to create new bonds to join molecules together. ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 04, 2009 |
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ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Peat fires drive temperatures up
Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Scientists pinpoint origin of dissolved arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water
Researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled ...
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Sponges recycle carbon to give life to coral reefs
Coral reefs support some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, yet they thrive in a marine desert. So how do reefs sustain their thriving populations?
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Researchers Discover Use for Carbon Dioxide in Conversion of Biomass Into Biofuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have successfully discovered a beneficial use for carbon dioxide in the conversion of organic materials, such as grass and bark, into fuel. Their findings ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A Hazy View of Early Earth
Haze in the early Earth atmosphere could have played a crucial role in the origin of life. By forming a protective shield, the haze would have safeguarded organic substances from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Fertilizers may not help poorest African farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new Cornell studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Ocean acidification: impact on key organisms of oceanic fauna
In addition to global warming, carbon dioxide emissions cause another, less well-known but equally serious and worrying phenomenon: ocean acidification. Researchers in the Laboratoire d'Océanographie ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Scrubbing sulfur: New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions (w/ Video)
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new class of economically viable solar power cells--cheap, flexible and easy to make--has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work at the National Institute of Standards ...
Jul 28, 2009 |
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