News articles tagged with 'carbon' (Page 94)
Computer models suggest planetary and extrasolar planet atmospheres
— 19 Jun 2007 18:39 | AstronomyThe world is abuzz with the discovery of an extrasolar, Earth-like planet around the star Gliese 581 that is relatively close to our Earth at 20 light years away in the constellation…
Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from predators
— 17 Jun 2007 00:01 | BiologyA tiny single-celled organism that plays a key role in the carbon cycle of cold-water oceans may be a lot smarter than scientists had suspected. In a paper published in the online version…
New animal species discovered in Suriname rainforest
— 4 Jun 2007 16:03 | BiologyScientists exploring the remote highlands of eastern Suriname discovered 24 species believed to be new to science, including a frog with florescent purple markings and other amphibians,…
Plants do not emit methane
— 27 Apr 2007 16:00 | EnvironmentA recent study in Nature suggested that terrestrial plants may be a global source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, making plants substantial contributors to the annual global methane…
Prehistoric mystery organism confirmed as giant fungus
— 23 Apr 2007 07:15 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists at the University of Chicago and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, have produced new evidence to finally resolve the mysterious identity of what they…
Smithsonian scientists report new carbon dioxide study
— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | EnvironmentResearchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre report the results of a six-year experiment in which doubling the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in a scrub…