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10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Study reveals pesticide approval processes don't protect river biodiversity

(Phys.org) -- The results of an international study, using data from globally available field research, indicate that current pesticide approval procedures do not adequately protect the environment.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research may improve the efficiency of the biofuel production cycle

(Phys.org) -- Using new experimental methods and computational analysis, a team of scientists from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Livermore's Michael Thelen, discovered how certain bacteria ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

NASA sees a 'hot tower' in newborn eastern Pacific Tropical Depression 2E

"Hot Tower" rain clouds within a tropical cyclone indicate that the storm is going to intensify, and that's what NASA's TRMM satellite spotted in newborn Tropical Depression 2E (TD2E) in the eastern Pacific ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA sees Tropical Depression 03W's 'hot tower' on approach to Guam

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has caught two tropical cyclones with "hot towers" this week, and that's a hallmark that they'll intensify. Tropical Depression 03W is approaching Guam ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dead ahead: Less rainfall for drought-sensitive southern hemisphere regions?

(Phys.org) -- Warming climate may mean less rainfall for drought-sensitive regions of the Southern Hemisphere, according to results just published by an international research team.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Researchers get new view of how water and sulfur dioxide mix

High in the sky, water in clouds can act as a temptress to lure airborne pollutants such as sulfur dioxide into reactive aqueous particulates. Although this behavior is not incorporated into today's climate-modeling ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Why does rain keep bats grounded?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study published in Biology Letters, researcher Christian Voigt from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Germany details their findings on Sowell’s short-tailed bats a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Research estimates how long Titan's chemical factory has been in business

Saturn's giant moon Titan hides within a thick, smoggy atmosphere that's well-known to scientists as one of the most complex chemical environments in the solar system. It's a productive "factory" cranking ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million years ago (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years, a panel of 41 scientists re-analyzed data and provided new evidence, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Geologist investigates canyon carved in just three days in Texas flood

In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake -- the reservoir of the Canyon Dam -- to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley in a planned diversion ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 111 | with audio podcast

Helium rain on Jupiter explains lack of neon in atmosphere

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Earth, helium is a gas used to float balloons, as in the movie "Up." In the interior of Jupiter, however, conditions are so strange that, according to predictions by University of California, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt

A painstakingly detailed investigation shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events. The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life, and it killed ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

zeroHouse Speaks To The Conservationist And The Romanticist

As if designing an energy-neutral, self-sustaining home for four was not enough for Scott Specht and Louise Harpman, of the NYC/Austin-based architectural firm Specht Harpman, the zeroHouse™ has even more ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog