Is it plastic, metal, a fragment, sharp? Does it have a loop in it that a marine animal might stick its head through? Is it small enough and in the color range that an albatross might mistake it for flying fish eggs and eat ...
Ecology
Oct 10, 2014
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Environmental scientists are being urged to broaden the advice they give on global climate change, say experts who are also frustrated that decision makers are not taking enough action.
Environment
Sep 25, 2014
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Environmental scientists and synthetic biologists have for the first time developed a set of key research areas to study the potential ecological impacts of synthetic biology, a field that could push beyond incremental changes ...
Biotechnology
May 29, 2014
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Central Asia's receding Aral Sea, viewed by ESA's Proba-V minisatellite, which is about to take up the continuing operational task of tracking global vegetation.
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2014
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The robust defenses that yeast cells have evolved to protect themselves from environmental threats hold lessons that can be used to design computer networks and analyze how secure they are, say computer scientists at Carnegie ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 29, 2014
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A new way scientists – all kinds of natural and social scientists – are using to scrutinize some of the world's biggest challenges in sustainability is getting its turn in the spotlight.
Environment
Mar 25, 2014
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An engineer and an environmental scientist have designed an industrial estate using sustainability principles.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 20, 2014
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Academics have developed a new method which will allow key past events to be dated more accurately.
Archaeology
Dec 3, 2013
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Thirty-eight U.S. national parks are experiencing "accidental fertilization" at or above a critical threshold for ecological damage, according to a study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and led ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2013
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Teams of international scientists have decrypted the effectiveness of two types of bacteria, which could be used in the future to help combat oil spill disasters. According to a report written by scientists from the Helmholtz ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2013
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