Island peak( Imja Tse) climbing, Everest region, Nepal.
Credit: © ykumsri / Fotolia
Sherpas have evolved to become superhuman mountain climbers, extremely efficient at producing the energy to power their bodies even when oxygen is scarce, suggests new research published today...
Flood of Genova, November 2011.
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Losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development. Understanding the risk posed by large-scale floods is of growing importance and...
Methane hydrate recovered from ocean sediments off Svalbard dissociates into water and methane gas under surface pressure and temperature conditions, allowing the methane released to be lit on fire.
Credit: Image courtesy of National Oceanography Centre
Methane seeps from seafloor deposits...
This is an image of hippo teeth products for sale in an ivory shop in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Credit: Alexandra Andersson
Global wildlife trade is pushing many species to the brink of extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
Helobdella robusta, a tiny freshwater leech that attacks and kills snails.
Credit: Photo by Ajna S. Rievra/UC Berkeley
Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured the hearts of two University of California, Berkeley, scientists who are part of a team...
DNA (stock illustration).
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A neutral genetic mutation -- a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose -- that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin...
Concentrations of repetitive loss properties in Florida are shown in this map. Researchers identified sites where government buyouts and remediation projects can achieve social, environmental, and economic benefits.
Credit: J. Calil and S. Newkirk
A study of flood damage in Florida...
This is a damselfish of the Chromis species.
Credit: Jacob Johansen/Univ. of Texas at Austin
Just as one too many cocktails can lead a person to make bad choices, a few drops of oil can cause coral reef fish to make...
Purple finches, indicators of healthy coniferous habitat, are declining in the Northwest, according to data from the Klamath Bird Observatory.
Credit: J. Livaudais
Populations of many North American songbirds are declining, and in many cases we don't understand why -- for...
Heliofungia actiniformis uses pulsed inflation to try to survive coral bleaching.
Credit: Brett Lewis, QUT
Coral researchers have for the first time captured the specific behaviour of a coral as it's bleaching.
The team from QUT in Australia used a clever combination...
The Earth's magnetosphere is home to the plasma waves being studied by Yuri Shprits and colleagues.
Credit: NASA
In the 1960s, NASA launched six satellites to study Earth's atmosphere, magnetosphere and the space between Earth and the moon. Using observations from...
