A species of truffle that is considered to be rare has been found for the first time in Finland. Previously it has been thought to exist only in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The truffle ...

Biology - Ecology

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Stronger ocean currents beneath West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf are eroding the ice from below, speeding the melting of the glacier as a whole, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience. A grow ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 26, 2011 3.9 / 5 (9) 24 |

(Phys.org)—Males and females differ in a lot of traits (besides the obvious ones) and some evolutionary psychologists have proposed hypotheses to explain why. Some argue, for example, that males' slight, but significant, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 19, 2013 4 / 5 (9) 9 |

(Phys.org) —Billions of trees killed in the wake of mountain pine beetle infestations, ranging from Mexico to Alaska, have not resulted in a large spike in carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, contrary ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 23 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fresh scent of pine has helped atmospheric scientists find missing sources of organic molecules in the air -- which, it could well turn out, aren't missing after all. In work appearing ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 24, 2011 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 27, 2012 4.9 / 5 (18) 2 |

A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to manmade noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machinery. But human clamor doesn't just affect animals. ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 4 |

(Phys.org)—The well-documented presence of excessive levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere is causing global temperatures to rise and glaciers and ice caps to melt. New research, published today ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 10, 2012 3.6 / 5 (14) 25 |

Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3 |

A research team involving several scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbreaks ravaging the West: Such events do not harm water quality ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Plant scientists have imaged and analyzed, for the first time, how a potted plant's roots are arranged in the soil as the plant develops. In this study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 30th ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 30, 2012 4 / 5 (8) 8 |

Pine trees are one of the biggest contributors to air pollution. They give off gases that react with airborne chemicals – many of which are produced by human activity – creating tiny, invisible particles that muddy ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 09, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide accelerate carbon cycling and soil carbon loss in forests, new research led by an Indiana University biologist has found.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 10, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 15 |

A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 05, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

An army of rice-grain-sized beetles, attracted by warming weather, has moved into Canada's western forests, where its tree massacre is causing the mercury to rise yet further, a study said Sunday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 25, 2012 4.6 / 5 (9) 35