Tag: Earth Science

NASA is uniting experts across multiple disciplines to investigate life's beginnings on our planet -- and to explore if and ...

In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists ...

Controversial discovery suggests early complex organisms may have originated 2.1 billion years ago--more than 1.5 billion years sooner than previous ...

By analyzing hundreds of estuaries at multiple spatial scales, new research identifies factors that drive marsh loss but may be ...

Carbon reservoirs on the ocean bottom caused global warming before -- and could do it again, according to research by ...

200-year-old mystery surrounding iconic Australian bird A team of Australian scientists has completed research that could help solve a 200-year-old ...

Credit: WCS NEW YORK (February 12, 2019) - WCS has announced 13 new grants to nonprofit organizations implementing on-the-ground, science-driven ...

Credit: Daniel Muñoz of Sacyr Industrial. Extreme weather events, water shortages, and other consequences of climate change have challenged--and compromised--energy ...

Fossils dating back 2.1 billion years provide first ever evidence of movement in multicellular organisms Ancient fossils of the first ...

Start of the project 'reFuels -- Re-thinking Fuels' -- State Transport Minister Hermann: 'Fuel Production with the Help of Renewable ...

Research on population trends will inform EU biodiversity and agricultural policiesCredit: Martin Warren A major new EU Pilot Project will ...

Credit: David Butman/University of Washington The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. One consequence ...

When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...

Credit: Bureau of Land Management Under climate change, plants and animals will shift their habitats to track the conditions they ...

Credit: Sara Vankm TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India ...

Scientists use stable sulfur isotopes to understand ancient microbial metabolismCredit: Photo credit: Guy Perkins and Mark Ellisman, National Center for ...

Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...

Results show bacterial genomes provide 'shadow history' of animal evolution Bacteria have evolved all manner of adaptations to live in ...

Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...

Theatre performances in zoos can be effective in increasing knowledge of important conservation messages, a study at the University of ...