Articles Tagged “Scientists”
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There are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemics
Large forest regions in Canada are apparently about to experience rapid change. Based on models, scientists can now show that there are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemics. Large areas of…
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The history of mysterious monument of Stonehenge
New discoveries made at Stonehenge by a team of researchers from Birmingham, Bradford and Vienna reveals unknown aspects about this mysterious place. Scientists have made new discoveries at the famous Stonehenge monument, revealing that the…
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Tree growth more vulnerable to climate change
An 18-year study of 27,000 individual trees by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists finds that tree growth and fecundity–the ability to produce viable seeds–are more sensitive to climate change than previously thought. The results, published…
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The writings of monks and the mysteries of climate change
“Weather Data” recorded by monks in Europe for 500 years, helping scientists understand and predict global climate changes. Computer simulations, carried out today in modern research laboratories, are based on models designed on the basis…
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NRL Collaborates on Research to Improve Understanding of Climate Change
The Naval Research Laboratory’s Judith Lean is a co-author in new research that will help scientists better understand how the Sun’s radiation interacts with the climate system. Scientists have a continuous, 32-year record of the…
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Toward a urine test for detecting colon cancer
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a urine test for detecting colon cancer, the third most common cancer in the United States. Such a test could eventually compliment or even reduce the need…
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Rice scientists: Clues point to ‘density trap’ in early mantle
When Earth was young, it exhaled the atmosphere. During a period of intense volcanic activity, lava carried light elements from the planet’s molten interior and released them into the sky. However, some light elements got…
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Environmental Disaster in Southern Spain Compared With Cretaceous Mass Extinction
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the Doñana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species extinction known to date. What…
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Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics: ‘Magical’ Makeup May Have Been Medicine for Eye Disease
There’s more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the eye. Scientists in France are reporting that the alluring eye makeup…
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Divers Find New Species In Aleutians
There are unknown creatures lurking under the windswept islands of the Aleutians, according to a team of scientific divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This summer, while completing the second phase of a two-year…