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| January 25, 2017 |
 Moving up the food chain can beat being on top 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2017 -
When it comes to predators, the biggest mouths may not take the biggest bite. According to a new study from bioscientists at Rice University, some predators have their greatest ecological impacts before they reach adulthood.
"We live in a world where humans are impacting species at different stages of their lives, and this work shows the importance of considering the entire life cycle of a ...
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 Oceanographic analysis offers potential crash site of MH370 
Miami FL (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 -
A group of oceanographers offers a new analysis of the potential crash site of flight Malaysian Airlines flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The researchers, which included scientists from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, used data from buoys that monitor ocean conditions.
In their analysis the team considered the trajectories of drifti ...
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Barrier-island migration drives large-scale marsh loss 
Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Jan 25, 2017 -
If you've visited North Carolina's Outer Banks or other barrier islands, you've likely experienced their split personalities - places where high waves can pound the sandy ocean shore while herons stalk placid saltmarsh waters just a short distance landward.
New research by a team from William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that these seemingly disparate ecosyst ...
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 Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 -
New evidence involving the ancient poop of some of the huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of their extinction around 45,000 years ago was likely a result of humans, not climate change.
Led by Monash University in Victoria, Australia and the University of Colorado Boulder, the team used information from a sediment core drilled in the Indian ...
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 Forests 'held their breath' during global warming hiatus, research shows 
Exeter, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 -
Global forest ecosystems, widely considered to act as the lungs of the planet, 'held their breath' during the most recent occurrence of a warming hiatus, new research has shown. The international study examined the full extent to which these vital ecosystems performed as a carbon sink from 1998-2012 - the most recent recorded period of global warming slowdown.
The researchers, including Pr ...
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 Cookware made with scrap metal contaminates food 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 -
Aluminum cookware made from scrap metal in countries around the world poses a serious and previously unrecognized health risk to millions of people according to a new study. The highest levels were found in cookware from Vietnam including one pot that released 2,800 times more lead than California's Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) of 0.5 micrograms per day.
Researchers at Ashland Unive ...
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 New inverse algorithm for CO2 retrieval from satellite observations 
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 -
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a primary greenhouse gas that has been persistently increasing over the past few decades. It is a major driver of regional and global climate change (IPCC, 2007). Most CO2 sources and sinks are located near the surface. Observations from shortwave infrared sounders loaded on satellite, such as Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) and Orbiting Carbon Ob ...
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China's hi-res SAR imaging satellite put into use 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2017 -
China's first high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite has passed all its in-orbit tests and is now operational, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense on Monday.
The Gaofen-3 satellite, which is accurate to one meter in distance, was launched in August 2016.
Tong Xudong, a senior engineer with the administration ...
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 Trump to ruffle feathers in Year of the Rooster 
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 24, 2017 -
US president Donald Trump will strut through the Year of the Rooster, thriving as Hong Kong geomancers predict 2017 will be marked by the arguments and aggression that are characteristic of the animal.
With Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster - combined with the year's signature element of fire - mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the western wor ...
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 California state of emergency over storm damage 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 24, 2017 -
Governor Jerry Brown late Monday declared a state of emergency for counties across California to help deal with damage from powerful December and January storms.
Drought-stricken California was hard-hit by rainstorms that struck in early December, and high winds and heavy rains from a storm that began in early January and continued through the weekend.
"I find that conditions of extreme ...
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