News articles tagged with 'water'
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
— 18 Nov 2009 11:10 | BiologyA new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high... — full story
Growth spurt in tree rings prompts questions about climate change
— 17 Nov 2009 14:59 | EnvironmentThe researchers studied bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) at three sites in California and Nevada, close to the upper elevation limit of tree growth. The tree-ring record showed wider... — full story
Warmer means windier on world's biggest lake
— 16 Nov 2009 11:25 | EnvironmentRising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and... — full story
Tiny bubbles clean oil from water
— 16 Nov 2009 10:50 | TechnologySmall amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University... — full story
New water management tool may help ease effects of drought
— 15 Nov 2009 16:51 | EnvironmentContinued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State... — full story
How much water does the ocean have?
— 15 Nov 2009 15:41 | EnvironmentThe calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers... — full story
Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever
— 15 Nov 2009 14:51 | EnvironmentSatellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a... — full story
Drought resistance explained
— 9 Nov 2009 16:11 | BiologyMuch as adrenaline coursing through our veins drives our body's reactions to stress, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is behind plants' responses to stressful situations such as... — full story
Chemists describe solar energy progress and challenges, including the 'artificial leaf'
— 6 Nov 2009 10:08 | ChemistryScientists are making progress toward development of an 'artificial leaf' that mimics a real leaf's chemical magic with photosynthesis - but instead converts sunlight and water into... — full story
New insight into predicting cholera epidemics in the Bengal Delta
— 5 Nov 2009 12:57 | HealthCholera, an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer. Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But... — full story