News about Life on Earth (the biosphere)
06/29/09
Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
06/11/09
Global Warming Can Impact Monsoons and Lower Crop Production
05/27/09
Arctic Tundra May Contribute to Warmer World
03/16/09
Warmer Temperatures are Changing Antarctic Phytoplankton
02/05/09
Microbe Survives in Ocean’s Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations
02/05/09
Researchers Observe Evolution Chain Reaction
02/04/09
Prehistoric Fossil Snake is Largest on Record
02/03/09
Early Whales Gave Birth on Land
01/30/09
"Hot Spot" for Toxic Algal Blooms Discovered off Washington Coast
01/30/09
Can Forests Survive Without Birds?
01/07/09
Microscopic Fossils Offer Big Clues to Earth's Climate
12/12/08
New Online Report on Massive Jellyfish Swarms Released
11/07/08
Ecologists Use Oceanographic Data to Predict Future Climate Change
11/02/08
In Alaska's Forests, Dried Mushrooms to the Rescue?
10/15/08
Details of Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Land Animals Revealed
10/08/08
Fish Adapting to a Changing World
09/24/08
Pine Bark Beetles Affecting More than Forests
09/17/08
From Sugar to Gasoline
08/08/08
Water Refineries?
07/29/08
Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion
07/21/08
Outflow from World's Largest River – The Amazon – Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon “Sink”
07/17/08
Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected
07/17/08
Scientists Discover Fish that Talk
07/03/08
How Many Species Have There Been on Earth?
06/17/08
The Mystery of Mass Extinction is No Longer Murky
06/12/08
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?
05/28/08
Rock Eating Bacteria Found at the Bottom of the Sea
05/08/08
Ancient Beachcombers May Have Traveled Slowly
04/24/08
Genetic Sequencing of Protein from T. rex Bone Confirms Dinosaurs' Link to Birds
04/18/08
Earth Day 2008
04/07/08
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline Might
02/18/08
Giant Fossil Frog Found in Madagascar
02/07/08
Pacific Coral Reefs May Not Get Into Hot Water
12/20/07
Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered
12/10/07
Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster
12/04/07
Did Life First Form in a Mica Sandwich at the Bottom of an Ancient Sea?
10/31/07
Reef Health Depends on Algae Chomping Fish
02/01/07
IPCC 4th Assessment Report Summary Due
10/12/05
First Photos Taken of a Live Giant Squid
09/22/05
Model Predicts Hurricane Rita's Path
09/16/05
The 2005 Hurricane Season Is Churning the Atlantic
05/02/05
Where’s the Woodpecker? Rare Bird Sighted for First Time in 60 Years!
02/16/05
The Kyoto Protocol Is in Effect! Around the World, 141 Countries Are Taking the First Steps to Decrease Greenhouse Gasses!
01/05/05
Earthquake in the Indian Ocean Causes a Massive Tsunami
10/10/03
Researchers Locate Special Penguin Habitats!
06/04/03
Peeking at Coral Reefs From Space
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