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Possible new species discovered Scientists uncover underwater community on Atlantic seamount	Andrew Sharpless	24 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Scientists encountered what may be a new species of seed shrimp, a translucent crustacean that swims at a depth of 50 to 200 meters. On a seamount in the Northern Atlantic, remote-operated vehicles shed light on what one researcher referred to as an underwater 'continent.' Clutching to the rocky cliffs was a menagerie of corals and sponges, as well as brittle stars and starfish, sea cucumbers, and worms. Some of the creatures are quite rare, not found anywhere el ...
Topics: biodiversity, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Tagging along Researchers track large marine predators across the globe	Katy Balatero	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Get This Widget!TOPP.org I spent the spring and summer of 2002 studying at Hopkins Marine Station, in Pacific Grove, Calif. -- splashing around in tide pools, diving in kelp forests, and wading through mud in Elkhorn Slough. One of the highlights of my time there was helping Dr. Barbara Block and Dr. Dan Costa experiment with placing satellite tags on elephant seals. These seals can dive as deep as 1700 ft, spending up to 30 minutes underwater, so they were great te ...
Topics: oceans, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Someone Alert Ben and Jerry Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing twice as fast as rainforest, study says		08 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Someone Alert Ben and Jerry Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing twice as fast as rainforest, study says Forget the rainforest: the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans are vanishing twice as quickly, researchers say. The Indo-Pacific region, home to 75 percent of the world's coral reefs, has lost nearly 600 square miles of reef each year since the late 1960s. In addition, coral cover -- ...
Topics: biodiversity, climate, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

BPA: Here to Stay? Controversial panel will decide whether bisphenol A poses a health risk		08 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
BPA: Here to Stay? Controversial panel will decide whether bisphenol A poses a health risk Last week, several dozen scientists issued a consensus statement that ubiquitous chemical compound bisphenol A likely poses health and reproductive risks to humans. This week, an expert panel will finalize a report for the U.S. National Toxicology Program on whether humans should indeed try to stay away from BPA; ...
Topics: health, news, politics, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Mon Dieu, Il Fait Chaud European heat-wave length has doubled since 1880, study says		07 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Mon Dieu, Il Fait Chaud European heat-wave length has doubled since 1880, study says The average length of Europe's sultry heat waves has doubled since 1880, researchers say, from an average of 1.5 days to an average of three days. By analyzing historical records from 54 stations across the continent -- then correcting for an upward bias in earlier decades due to thermometers not being shielded from dire ...
Topics: climate, news, scientific research, severe weather (all these topics)

Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Are Those Bisphenol Genes You're Wearing? New study confirms that bisphenol A can mess with animal genetics		02 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Are Those Bisphenol Genes You're Wearing? New study confirms that bisphenol A can mess with animal genetics Know what time it is? It's time to check in on bisphenol A, the chemical in many plastics that gets creepier by the day. Despite continuing claims by the chemical industry that products containing the compound -- which can include baby bottles, water bottles, toys, dental sealants, and fo ...
Topics: food, health, news, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Prints: Not Charming Laser printers can emit high levels of unhealthy small particles, study says		02 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Prints: Not Charming Laser printers can emit high levels of unhealthy small particles, study says Remember how computers were going to usher in the Paperless Office? We so should have done that. An Australian study has found that many laser printers emit high levels of small particles that can be harmful to human health, with the highest-emitting machines rivaling the small-particle pollution of ci ...
Topics: green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Buzz kill Army brings blenders to figure out what's killing off bees	Kate Sheppard	30 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Scientists have pondered whether cell phones are the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, which has wiped out about a quarter of the North American honeybee population and poses a threat to a quarter of our food supply. They've also wondered if the cause could be a virus. Or pesticides. Or mites. Or all of the above. Now they're sending in the Army to figure out what's causing all the bees to croak. And the Army brought with them ... blenders and cheesecloth. Fro ...
Topics: scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Airing on the Side of Caution Chemical dangers to air-breathing animals overlooked, researchers say		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Airing on the Side of Caution Chemical dangers to air-breathing animals overlooked, researchers say A new study in Science says regulators have overlooked the effects that thousands of chemicals could have on air-breathing organisms. Such as, for instance, people. In general, regulators study how chemicals accumulate in aquatic-based food chains; they look at how toxics dissolve in water and ...
Topics: food, green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Who Needs Aspirin? Study finds organic tomatoes contain more heart-healthy antioxidants		06 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Who Needs Aspirin? Study finds organic tomatoes contain more heart-healthy antioxidants Could organic fruits and veggies be better for you? A study of samples collected over 10 years found that organic tomatoes contained far higher levels of flavonoids -- antioxidants that reduce high blood pressure and have also been linked with reduced rates of some cancers and dementia -- than conven ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, news, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

How we know we're not wrong about climate change A professor of History and Science Studies explains	Andrew Dessler	27 Jun 2007	Gristmill
For those interested in why the scientific community is so certain about climate change, take a look at this presentation and this book chapter, both by Naomi Oreskes. She does a great job explaining how science reaches conclusions, and why we can be pretty sure that humans are indeed warming the climate.
Topics: climate, climate science, education, scientific research (all these topics)

Because Encouraging Efficiency Is Too Hard Department of Energy creates cellulosic ethanol research centers		27 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Because Encouraging Efficiency Is Too Hard Department of Energy creates cellulosic ethanol research centers Cellulosic ethanol continues inching toward its time in the sun: the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans yesterday for three bioenergy research centers to open by the fall of 2009. Hoping to market new technologies within five years, the centers will focus on identifying microbe ...
Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Yeah, Right, and Pluto's Not a Planet Research team says Amazon River is longer than the Nile		18 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Yeah, Right, and Pluto's Not a Planet Research team says Amazon River is longer than the Nile Every so often, a news story comes along that is so astonishing, so monumental, that it shakes the foundations of everything you hold dear, leading you to question fundamental truths. This ... is not one of those stories, but it's interesting nonetheless. A team of researchers from Brazil claims to have found a new source ...
Topics: Brazil, Egypt, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Power of a map Washington watersheds deserve better data	Erik Hoffner	14 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Water-typing is the name for a process of identifying and cateorizing streams, lakes, and wetlands in terms of their importance for biodiversity and human use. It's a pretty basic inventory developed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources in the 1970s, and it works, but only when it's done right. The accompanying image shows what happens when it's done wrong. In January, this important habitat for fish was logged without any protection simply because the ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, scientific research (all these topics)

Where's Biodee this time? Nice job, Einstein	biodiversivist	11 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I'll give you some hints. Just a few days ago, a man walked on a stage a few hundred yards from where I sit to accept an honorary degree in science. Following is the speech that preceded the award: As Einstein is to relativity you are to biodiversity -- the insight that our world is unimaginatively rich in its number of species, whose lives are inextricably woven together. This idea has powered much subsequent biological research and re-shaped forever human underst ...
Topics: biodiversity, scientific research (all these topics)

The real McCoy Law & Order ... in the ocean	Andrew Sharpless	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Playing hard-nosed Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy, actor Sam Waterston has thrown the book at the bad guys for years on TV's Law & Order. Bad guys on boats and beaches better watch out now, too, because Waterston recently joined Oceana's Ocean Council, a panel of academic, business, and philanthropic leaders who represent and support Oceana's efforts on the global stage. Also on the Ocean Council are actors Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammar. ...
Topics: celebrity, oceans, scientific research, TV (all these topics)

Should the IPCC be more extreme? Recent report published projecting values of sea-level rise	Andrew Dessler	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
As anyone who reads my posts knows, I am a big fan of the IPCC reports. They are the best summary of what the scientific community knows about climate change and how confidently we know it. A recent article (subscription required, sorry) in Science suggests that some scientists view the IPCC as overly cautious: In the latest report, its fourth since 1990, the IPCC spoke for scientists in a calm, predictably conservative tone (Science, 9 February, p. 754). It is, ...
Topics: climate, climate science, IPCC, scientific research (all these topics)

Sea Vous Plait Study says Europe's seas in trouble from fishing, farming, other threats		08 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Sea Vous Plait Study says Europe's seas in trouble from fishing, farming, other threats In case you think Europe does everything right, a study shows that the continent's seas are in sea-rious trouble. More than 100 scientists in 15 countries surveyed the Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean seas and the North Atlantic, finding that fishing, farming, shipping, and development are all causing trouble. "In every sea, we fo ...
Topics: news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

That's It, We're Not Washing Our Undies Anymore Groups ask U.S. EPA to ban chemical in detergent that feminizes fish		06 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
That's It, We're Not Washing Our Undies Anymore Groups ask U.S. EPA to ban chemical in detergent that feminizes fish Your detergent gets your clothes clean, sure -- but does it feminize your trout? Five green groups and a labor union are petitioning the U.S. EPA to ban a family of chemicals used in cleaning products that have been linked to gender changes in fish. Each year, the U.S. produces about ...
Topics: green living, news, scientific research, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

It's raining in Death Valley Or is that geoengineering at work?	Maywa Montenegro	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
A new study shows that geoengineering should work. Just not exactly how we imagined:Geoengineering could indeed cool the atmosphere, ecologist Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution in Stanford, California, and colleagues conclude in their new analysis. The team examined the impact of 11 possible projects over the next century using computer simulations and assuming trends in greenhouse-gas emissions will continue unchecked. The good news is such measures would ...
Topics: climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, scientific research (all these topics)

Alien invaders: More to the story They may not all be bad.	Erik Hoffner	05 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Two recent news stories from the Chesapeake illustrate well the opposite poles in the debate on invasive species. The first details the appearance of the cuddly-sounding mitten crab in Chesapeake waters, an Asian species that has also hitchhiked in ships to California, Germany and Great Britain. Articles about it use terms like alien and exotic for the little fellas, often pitting them against the beleaguered native blue crabs. So the news that a foreign species ...
Topics: biodiversity, scientific research (all these topics)

One Step Backward, Two Steps Back U.S. government continues to turn a blind eye to climate change		05 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
One Step Backward, Two Steps Back U.S. government continues to turn a blind eye to climate change Happy World Environment Day! Let's celebrate this auspicious holiday by taking a look at the latest climate news from the U.S. government. First, a draft energy bill circulating among the House Energy and Commerce Committee contains a provision that would bar the U.S. EPA from allowing states to adopt strict vehic ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, scientific research (all these topics)

Using Earth's magnetic field to eject CO2 A new solution from a plasma physicist	Maywa Montenegro	04 Jun 2007	Gristmill
We've already thoroughly debunked geoengineering strategies like launching mirrors into space, seeding the oceans with extra iron, and loading the atmosphere with ray-repelling aerosols. But this idea, posed by a scientist last week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, though still a long shot, is actually pretty ingenious. Alfred Wong, a plasma physicist at UCLA, says that we might be able to use Earth's natural magnetic field as a giant conv ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, scientific research (all these topics)

Catastrophic warming: Is it too late? Scientists weigh in	Tom Athanasiou	04 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Sorry to post this on the heels of 'Doom and gloom blowback,' but this Daily Kos summary of a new study by Hansen et al is too well done to pass over. And do note that Hansen is trying to accentuate the positive. The original paper, by the way, is called 'Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study' (PDF). And it's not locked down.
Topics: climate, climate science, scientific research (all these topics)

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