Science news on the topic "Environmental Science"

Oil lamp as a veiled threat to the world's climate (Automatic translation) Oil lamp as a veiled threat to the world's climate (Automatic translation)
Forgotten civilized world primitive kerosene lamps not only exist, but also pretty smoked sky, in the truest sense of the word. To the dismay of scientists, found that oil lamps can produce more soot than all the world's shipping.
The climate reacts to carbon dioxide? (Automatic translation) The climate reacts to carbon dioxide? (Automatic translation)
Would we climate in the period when the dinosaurs died out? Do we want to know what happens when the greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate?
Was over whether global warming? Was over whether global warming?
Experts meet next unscrupulous skeptic spud audience most "yellow" newspapers British Isles, with figures in hand. Forger seems debunked, but the public, sure, whatever.
Plankton fed bypassing international moratorium Plankton fed bypassing international moratorium
Without asking permission, a Californian businessman picked up and emptied into the Pacific Ocean 110 tons of iron sulphate.
People affect climate more than two thousand years People affect climate more than two thousand years
The analysis of ice cores from Greenland to reconstruct the contribution of humanity in the atmospheric concentration of methane from the Roman Empire, and it was not so small as you might think from the height of the industrial revolution.
Evolution of plants is accelerated by insects Evolution of plants is accelerated by insects
If removed from the system of pests, the plants have enough of a few years to develop new environmental conditions and taken a different evolutionary path.
Thank warming: the northernmost lake in the world comes back to life Thank warming: the northernmost lake in the world comes back to life
Kaffenklubben lake is 707 km from the North Pole. Northern lakes on Earth is gone, but the current through the warm reached here: for 50 years, the number of species inhabiting the lake increased tenfold. And this is just the beginning.
Heat waves more frequent Heat waves more frequent
When your partner for a game of dice begin to fall out is often suspicious of "six", it is logical to assume that one side of the cube weighted. Many scholars use this analogy when talking about the fact that extreme weather conditions will be more frequent with global warming.
The presence of a person makes monkeys more likely to be treated The presence of a person makes monkeys more likely to be treated
Chimpanzees living close to man, often forced to use medicinal plants because of the new gastro-intestinal parasites, which came to him from man and domestic animals.
Genetically modified cotton increased biodiversity Genetically modified cotton increased biodiversity
Cotton with a bacterial toxin, harmful to the cotton moth, makes it unnecessary use of insecticides, because of which increases the number of predatory insects, contending with other pests.
Arctic warming turns trees into bushes Arctic warming turns trees into bushes
Approximately 30 trees there almost was not. Now 10-15% of the territory south of the north-west of the Eurasian tundra that stretches from Finland to western Siberia, occupied by shrubs, towering more than two meters.
Sea stars out of greed on the beach Sea stars out of greed on the beach
This year, one of the Japanese islands was recorded mass mortality of sea stars in search of coral star came too close to the shore, on which the waves washed them and where they have not been able to come back.
Beware of free riders in the deep sea Beware of free riders in the deep sea
Are deep-sea vehicles to bring a guest from the seabed? For many years, scientists have given a negative answer, assuming that the huge pressure drop will kill any "rabbit" to cling to the outer wall. But a new study has shown that some organisms can stay long enough on the surface and eventually move to another underwater oasis.
Russian climatologists call without fear of global warming Russian climatologists call without fear of global warming
LPI staff and their colleagues from the Hydromet and MSU have formulated short-term forecast of climate change, according to which in the next thirty years, we will not warming, and a small decrease of temperature.
The fight with carbon dioxide: a common sense will survive? The fight with carbon dioxide: a common sense will survive?
Alternative energy can not keep up with the heat, and European countries are going to "humanise" the latest, hiding it produced carbon dioxide underground. Can their economy is so active in the fight against global warming?
The Nature Conservancy will be more expensive (Automatic translation) The Nature Conservancy will be more expensive (Automatic translation)
If you think that the salvation of endangered species comes at a price, wait a few decades. Climate change will lead to the fact that protected areas have greatly expanded, and the cost to the environment will increase by half.
In the Arctic, found another source of methane (Automatic translation) In the Arctic, found another source of methane (Automatic translation)
Most likely, this methane is released by marine bacteria. His contribution to global warming, according to preliminary data, is minimal.
As nature provides nanoscale control of solar energy (Automatic translation) As nature provides nanoscale control of solar energy (Automatic translation)
This process is a direct analogy to the charge separation under the action of light in photovoltaic cells
Scholars and social activists have reported the threat of catastrophe in the area Maslyaninsky Scholars and social activists have reported the threat of catastrophe in the area Maslyaninsky
The probable destruction of the river for the Birdie threatens ecological disaster area Maslyaninsky
Climatic weapon: Lord of weather: the tsunami (Automatic transation) Climatic weapon: Lord of weather: the tsunami (Automatic transation)
according to the materials www.popmech.ru, Alexander Petrov
  • March 29, 2012 at 7:02 pm
  • Pavel
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