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Heart Lake holds water for Yellowstone's hydrothermal diversity theory

Within Yellowstone National Park, the water emanating from the park's famous hot springs and geysers seems to belong to either one of two distinct types. In some areas, subterranean waters rich in chlorine and dissolved silicates ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cactus may give farmers a cure for poisoned crop land

The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of California's San Joaquin Valley.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poverty and national parks: Decade-long study finds surprising relationship

If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds widespread stream biodiversity declines at low levels of urban development

A new study from biology researchers at Baylor University and the University of Maryland-Baltimore has found that there are consistent and widespread declines in stream biodiversity at lower levels of urban development more ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everglades show improvement in water quality

Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have published a report regarding the trends in water quality feeding into Everglades National ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida man in hospital after dangerous amoeba infection

A 22-year-old Orlando-area man is hospitalized after being infected with the same deadly amoeba that killed three boys in 2007, according to the Orange County, Fla., Health Department.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geographic isolation drives the evolution of a hot springs microbe

Sulfolobus islandicus, a microbe that can live in boiling acid, is offering up its secrets to researchers hardy enough to capture it from the volcanic hot springs where it thrives. In a new study, researchers report that p ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Team finds Yellowstone alga that detoxifies arsenic

Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0