(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the University of New England, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia has discovered how echidnas manage to survive brush fires. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
The killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2016
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It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That story is being pieced together for the first time in a new project that also promises ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2016
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Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright flash of light reported by people across Scotland and northern England.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2016
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Never mind the robins. The real harbingers of spring, Canada's "ice seals," are returning to the Massachusetts coastline.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2016
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Since 1998 the Environment Agency has used lasers to scan and map the English landscape from above to help with work such as flood modelling and tracking changing coastlines. But these LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2016
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On a remote island off of Nantucket, scientists are using a tool most commonly associated with war and surveillance to get a look at fuzzy baby seals.
Ecology
Feb 5, 2016
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Human-induced climate change increased the risk of severe storms like those that hit the south of England in the winter of 2013/14, causing devastating flooding and costing several people their lives.
Environment
Feb 1, 2016
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Forest soils across New England will store fewer nutrients and metals - some beneficial, some harmful—as climate change prompts maples and other deciduous trees to replace the region's iconic evergreen conifers, a Dartmouth ...
Environment
Jan 29, 2016
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Right whale calving grounds off the Southeast coast and feeding grounds off New England are being added to federally-designated critical habitat areas for the endangered animals, increasing those areas by thousands of square ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2016
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