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| May 28, 2014 |
 Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon Madison WI (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Soils that formed on the Earth's surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished landscapes have been found to be rich in carbon, adding a new dimension to our planet's carbon cycle. The finding, reported May 25, 2014 in the journal Nature Geoscience, is significant as it suggests that deep soils can contain long-buried stocks of organic carbon which coul ... more |  |
 Risk is much more than a game London, UK (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Wildfires and flooding affect many more people in the USA than earthquakes and landslide and yet the dread, the perceived risk, of the latter two is much greater than for those hazards that are more frequent and cause greater loss of life. Research published in the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, suggests that a new paradigm for risk assessment is needed so that mi ... more |  |
 NASA Airborne Research Focuses on Andean Volcanoes Palmdale CA (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Volcanoes in Central and South America were the primary focus of a four-week Earth science study in late April and early May 2014 using a NASA-developed airborne synthetic aperture imaging radar. The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was carried in a specialized pod on NASA's C-20A. The 29- ... more |  |
 Vines choke a forest's ability to capture carbon Panama City, Panama (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Tropical forests are a sometimes-underappreciated asset in the battle against climate change. They cover seven percent of land surface yet hold more than 30 percent of Earth's terrestrial carbon. As abandoned agricultural land in the tropics is taken over by forests, scientists expect these new forests to mop up industrial quantities of atmospheric carbon. New research by Smithsonian scien ... more |  |
 NMSU's drought-tolerant alfalfa variety created to meet New Mexico growers' needs Las Cruces NM (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Robert Flynn and Ian Ray, both alfalfa experts at New Mexico State University, have been researching a new drought-tolerant alfalfa variety. The Billy Melton variety, developed by Ray, NMSU professor of agronomy, was named in honor of Bill Melton, an NMSU professor who had an alfalfa-breeding program in the late 1970s and began developing varieties that had higher drought tolerance. Ray an ... more |  |
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 A mechanism of how biodiversity arises Amherst MA (SPX) May 28, 2014 - A new study of how biodiversity arises, by evolutionary biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shows how a mutation in a single gene during development can lead to different consequences not only in how animals' skull and jaw are shaped, but how this leads to different feeding strategies to exploit different ecological niches. The study in the cichlid fish model by Yinan Hu ... more |  |
 Intertwined evolution of human brain and brawn London, UK (SPX) May 28, 2014 - The cognitive differences between humans and our closest living cousins, the chimpanzees, are staggeringly obvious. Although we share strong superficial physical similarities, we have been able to use our incredible mental abilities to construct civilisations and manipulate our environment to our will, allowing us to take over our planet and walk on the moon while the chimps grub around in a few ... more |  |
 Researchers map the epic evolution of a 'ring species' Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 28, 2014 - The Greenish Warbler, long considered an idealized example of a single species that diverged into two as it expanded its range, has a much more checkered family history than biologists previously realized. Ring species are a continuous loop of related populations, each adapted to its local environment, with two terminal populations in the loop meeting but now unable to mate. But an in-dept ... more |  |
 Cutting Carbon Emissions Reduces Everyday Air Pollution Syracuse NY (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide an added bonus - reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick; damage forests, crops, and lakes; and harm fish and wildlife. This, according to a first-of-its-kind study released by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard who mapped the potential environmental and human health ben ... more |  |
Journey of Discovery Starts toward Understanding and Treating Networks of the Brain Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Work on DARPA's Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) program is set to begin with teams led by UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The SUBNETS program seeks to reduce the severity of neuropsychological illness in service members and veterans by developing closed-loop therapies that incorporate recording and analysis of brain activity with ... more |  |
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 Construction machinery called in to vacate whale head from Perth beach Perth, Australia (UPI) May 27, 2013 - A rotting whale head washed ashore in Perth, Australia on Monday morning - the stinking hunk of flesh presenting quite the challenge for authorities tasked with excising it from Sorrento Beach. Officials with the Department of Parks and Wildlife were forced to call in the big guns, rolling in a piece of heavy machinery to help dispose of the rotting sperm whale head. "It was a c ... more |  |
Ant colonies highly efficient at amassing and parsing new information Potsdam, Germany (UPI) May 27, 2013 - A single ant isn't all that smart. But a new study suggests an amalgamation of the diminutive insects - or ant colonies - can create intelligent networks that gather, spread and respond to a variety of information. "While the single ant is certainly not smart, the collective acts in a way that I'm tempted to call intelligent," explained Jurgen Kurths, researcher at the Potsdam Institu ... more |  |
 EU leaders seek answers after eurosceptic 'quake' Brussels (AFP) May 27, 2014 - EU leaders wrestled Tuesday for a joint response to a dismal European vote that saw dramatic gains by radical anti-establishment parties, with Britain, Germany and France calling for EU reforms. Europe's heads of state and government gather over dinner in Brussels for an informal summit at 1700 GMT to take stock of the election disaster and start the difficult process of nominating new Euro ... more |  |
French opposition boss quits over Sarkozy funding scandal Paris (AFP) May 27, 2014 - The leader of France's embattled centre-right opposition quit Tuesday following claims that invoices for former president Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 election campaign were fraudulently billed as party expenses. Jean-Francois Cope agreed to step down at the request of fellow heavyweights in the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) following the latest twist in an scandal engulfing him and a PR firm ... more |  |
 China's Xi chooses repression over reform: Amnesty Hong Kong (AFP) May 27, 2014 - Chinese President Xi Jinping has chosen "repression over reform" as clampdowns precede the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the head of Amnesty International said Tuesday. China still forbids public discussion of the events on June 3-4, 1989, when the military brutally suppressed pro-democracy protesters in central Beijing. Chinese police earlier this month detained pr ... more |  |
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Burchell's zebras undertake 300-mile migration, longest in Africa Chobe River, Namibia (UPI) May 27, 2013 - The Burchell's zebra, a southern subspecies of the plains zebra, travel a total of 300 miles every year from Namibia to Botswana and back. It's the longest terrestrial migration in Africa, a surprise to biologists who assumed the various mammalian herds of the Serengeti were responsible for the lengthiest season trek. Biologists discovered the sheer enormity of the zebras' feat b ... more |  |
 'Time running out' as CO2 levels hit new high: UN Geneva (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have crossed a new threshold, the UN's weather agency said Monday, highlighting the urgency of curbing manmade, climate-altering greenhouse gases. In April, for the first time, the mean monthly CO2 concentration in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million (ppm) throughout the northern hemisphere, which pollutes more than the south, the World Meteo ... more |  |
 Storms in China leave 26 dead, 10 missing Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Storms in southern and central China have left at least 26 people dead and 10 missing, state media said Monday, as emergency measures were taken to deal with the extreme weather. In Guangdong province 15 have died since Wednesday and five were missing due to the storms, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local flood control authorities. Xinhua said working teams and relief mate ... more |  |
 Satellite imagery shows drought-ridden Lake Powell at half capacity Coconino County, Ariz. (UPI) May 26, 2013 - Diminished by overzealous water withdrawals and a lengthy drought throughout the Southwest, Lake Powell, the meandering mass of water held by Glen Canyon dam, has slowly emptied in recent years. It now sits below half capacity. NASA's Earth Observatory recently released satellite imagery showcasing the decade-plus drying-up of the reservoir that helps quench the thirst of more than 20 m ... more |  |
 Sierra Leone confirms first case of Ebola as epidemic spreads Freetown (AFP) May 26, 2014 - Sierra Leone on Monday confirmed its first death from Ebola and said it was restricting travel in some areas to stop the deadly haemorrhagic fever sweeping west Africa from claiming more lives. Minister of Health and Sanitation Miatta Kargbo urged the public to remain "vigilant" and reaffirmed an earlier ban on trips to attend funerals in Guinea, the epicentre of the west African outbreak. ... more |  |
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