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New NASA space observatory to study carbon conundrums
Artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in 2014, and one of...
Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
A new study finds a natural impediment to the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Credit: Christine Daniloff/MIT
Carbon sequestration promises to address greenhouse-gas emissions by capturing...
Anesthetic gases raise Earth’s temperature (a little) while you sleep
The gases used to knock out surgery patients appears to be contributing to global warming.
Credit: © Herjua / Fotolia
The gases used to knock out...
Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration
Pasture with young second-growth forest in the background in Chiapas, Mexico.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
Climate scientists have long recognized the importance of forest conservation and forest...
A battery-inspired strategy for carbon fixation
This is a flowchart of energy storage and carbon fixation using Li-CO2 technology.
Credit: Qiao et al.
Scientists working toward the elusive lithium-air battery discovered an...
Human bones may have been engraved as part of a cannibalistic ritual
Engraved artefacts from Gough's Cave.
Credit: Bello et al (2017); CCAL
Human bones may have been engraved as part of a cannibalistic ritual during the Paleolithic...
Oldest horned dinosaur species in North America found in Montana: Hooked beak, sharply pointed...
This is a an artist's reconstruction of Aquilops in its environment in ancient Montana
Credit: Copyright Brian Engh, courtesy of Raymond M. Alf Museum of...
Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle
Life reconstruction of the newly discovered Latenivenatrix mcmasterae by Julius Csotonyi.
Credit: Julius Csotonyi
New research from University of Alberta paleontologists shows one of North America's...
New species of dinosaur named after Canadian icon
This is a life recreation of Albertavenator curriei.
Credit: Illustrated by Oliver Demuth. © Oliver Demuth
Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip...
Sleep makes it possible for babies to associate words with content, and not with...
After a midday nap in babies who fell asleep after the learning phases, the brain could differentiate between the right and wrong term for...
Battery small enough to be injected, energetic enough to track salmon
The microbattery created by Jie Xiao and Daniel Deng and colleagues, amid grains of rice.
Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Scientists have created...
