Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2013
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University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world's climate by making clouds brighter.
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A Kansas State University research team has found that despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past 500 years. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2013
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A new study by Tiina Tuovinen, from the University of Eastern Finland, and her colleagues casts doubt over the validity of models used to assess the impact of radiation on human health. Their work is published online in Springer's ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2012
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An incoming asteroid is trouble whether you're a dinosaur or a Bruce Willis fan. But microbes living deep underground may actually welcome the news, according to a recent study of an ancient impact in the Chesapeake Bay. ...
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2012
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At Biosphere 2, scientists can move things around, control the climate, turn off certain parameters and run others full tilt.
Environment
Dec 13, 2010
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While astronomers scour the skies for signs of life in outer space, biologists are exploring an enormous living world buried below the surface of the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2010
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A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists is currently exploring one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea. Follow their blog as they search for life in this extreme seafloor environment.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2009
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More and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil or water, to ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2009
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Widespread die-off of piñon pine across the southwestern United States during future droughts will occur at least five times faster if climate warms by 4 degrees Celsius, even if future droughts are no worse than droughts ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2009
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