March 5, 2012

Wildlife and habitat

African Countries Make War on Elephant Poachers
Sea Shepherd reports it found, shut down key Japanese whaling ship

Ocean Acidification Is Worse Than It's Been for 300 Million Years
Strange birds: Texas drought twists migrations of many flocks, depletes food, water resources
Earthworms to Blame for Decline of Ovenbirds in Northern Midwest Forests
New report questions hard-edged 'living shorelines' in estuaries
Pacific Sea Otters’ Failure to Thrive Confounds Wildlife Sleuths

Law that regulates shark fishery is too liberal: study

What 9/11 showed about whale stress

Elephant Behavior and Conservation Issues

Hunting claims hundreds of wolves in Northern Rockies

   
Related: Wildlife groups ask for California wolf protections
                   California's lone wolf returns to Oregon
Ecosanctuary Planned for Wild Horses Removed from the Range

U.S. Urban Forests Losing Ground

   
Also see: i-Tree
Red knot on N.J. endangered species list

Helping Protect Vulnerable Birds from Impacts of Climate Change
(California study)
Lotic Dragon and Damselfly Species Less Able to Adapt to Climate Change

Illegal Orangutan Trader Prosecuted

Rare whale caught on film for first time

UK's 'biggest fox' killed
Miami 'Art' Taxidermist Imprisoned for Wildlife Smuggling
What Makes a Robot Fish Attractive? Robot Fish Moves to the Head of the School


Discoveries about the natural world

New study supports theory of extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago
Nearby Chimp Populations Show Much Greater Genetic Diversity Than Distant Human Ones
Female bonobos use homosexual sex to increase social status

Unexpected crustacean diversity discovered in northern freshwater ecosystems
Spider Silk Conducts Heat as Well as Metals
Fancy Footwork and Non-Stick Leg Coating Helps Spiders Not Stick to Their Own Webs
Flying jewels spell death for baby spiders
UK: Ant identification boosts blue butterflies
Snakes around world evolve along similar path of poison resistance say biologists
Sawfishes Sure Can Wield a Saw
Bacteria Tend Leafcutter Ants' Gardens

Human origins traced to worm fossil in Canada

Evolutionary question re England's peppered moths, answered
Inherited Epigenetics Produced Record Fast Evolution in Chickens
How Insects 'Remodel' Their Bodies Between Life Stages
Nordic trees 'survived Ice Age'
What caused big coyotes to shrink to modern-day size
A Tiny Horse That Got Even Tinier as the Planet Heated Up
Floor of Oldest Fossilized Forest Discovered: 385 Million Years Old
T. rex bite was world's strongest
Super-sized fleas adapted to feed off dinosaurs

New mathematical model explains how hosts survive parasite attacks

In Forests, Past Disturbances Obscure Warming Impacts
Neither Birth nor Death Stops a Flock, New Theory Shows
Yellowstone's hot water may be from single source

The Earth's new water budget -- Whether Earth always had the same amount of water

Weather and climate

Study finds thickest parts of Arctic ice cap melting faster

   
Related: Study: Arctic sea ice decline may be driving recent snowy winters
Weathering of rocks impacts climate change


Environmental policy

Time for a rethink on climate change, say top environmental economists
Time to act to prevent worsening global environmental deterioration, say experts
Nuclear Industry Sues to Reverse Grand Canyon Uranium Land Withdrawal
Shortcuts costly when buying conservation from farmers: study


Energy

Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster Fades
Why the Keystone pipeline would boost pump prices

Shale Promises or Shale Spin?
(video of an excellent discussion re U.S. nat. gas industry)
New Energy-Dense Battery Could Enable Long-Distance Electric Cars

   
Related: A Tour of the U.S.'s Clean Energy Future [Slide Show]

Water

UN scientists warn of increased groundwater demands due to climate change

Air

Gasoline Worse Than Diesel When It Comes to Some Types of Air Pollution

Like Wyoming, Utah finds high wintertime ozone pollution near oil, gas wells

Nasa finds sea ice decline driving rise in Arctic air pollutants


Chemical concerns, waste management, recycling

Effects of Environmental Toxicants Reach Down Through Generations
Mutated Trout Raise New Concerns Near Mine Sites

CDC: 13 deaths tied to bath refinishing chemical


Agriculture and food, livestock and pets

Praying for rain in Paraguay
Researcher tracks agricultural overuse of bug-killing technology

Judge Dismisses Organic Farmers' Case Against Monsanto

820 German farms hit by 'Schmallenberg' virus: institute

Neurotoxins in Shark Fins: A Human Health Concern

Eating Citrus Fruit May Lower Women's Stroke Risk


Health and medicine, human behavior

Is Sugar Toxic? | Radio Times | WHYY (audio - !)
New Infant Formula Ingredients Boost Babies' Immunity by Feeding Their Gut Bacteria
Tonsils make T cells, too, study shows
FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins
Study finds higher death risk with sleeping pills

It's Not Just Fukushima: Mass Disaster Evacuations Challenge Planners

More hospitals charge upfront fees for non-urgent care in emergency rooms

Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function

Low Levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Cause Memory Problems
Vitamin D Shrinks Fibroid Tumors in Rats
How Exercise Fuels the Brain
Marijuana May Impair Memory via the Brain's Non-Firing Cells
Memory Formation Triggered by Stem Cell Development

When Our Eyes Serve Our Stomach

How Anesthetic Isoflurane Induces Alzheimer's-Like Changes in Mammalian Brains

Blood Mystery Solved: Two New Blood Types Identified

Bats Harbor Novel Type of Influenza

Study links spanking and genetics to childhood aggression

Significant State-by-State Differences in Black, White Life Expectancy

For U.S. Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage

Women Happier in Relationships When Men Feel Their Pain
Winning Makes People More Aggressive Toward the Defeated
Trusting Feelings When Predicting Future Events: The Emotional Oracle Effect
Neuroscientist group finds daydreaming uses same parts of the brain as social skills

Conscious Perception Has Little to Do With Primary Visual Cortex, Research Suggests

Education

New Computers Respond to Students' Emotions, Boredom
Girls' Verbal Skills Make Them Better at Arithmetic, Study Finds


Law

Should Corporations Have More Leeway to Kill Than People Do?
Records detail mosque spying; NYPD defends tactics

   
More info: White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance
U.S. Judge Strikes Down F.D.A. Cigarette Labels

Feel cheated by a big company? Small claims court brings big wins


Archeology, art and history

First Evidence of Hunting by Prehistoric People in What Is Now Ohio
Radical theory of first Americans places Stone Age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 years ago
Evidence suggests Neanderthals took to boats before modern humans

European Neanderthals on the Verge of Extinction Even Before the Arrival of Modern Humans

Stone Age Pebble Holds Mysterious Meaning

Lead poisoning in Rome: The skeletal evidence
Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights

Classic Maya Civilization Collapse Related to Modest Rainfall Reductions, Research Suggests

Lux in Arcana: The Vatican secret archive revealed
Ancient rock art found in Brazil


National security, defense

The Obama Doctrine -- How the president's drone war is backfiring

Taliban Captives Dispute U.S. View on Afghanistan War
Report: Hackers seized control of NASA computers


Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Flying Over the Earth at Night
Mystery deepens around dark core in cosmic collision
In the early universe, rapid expansion or something very weird

'Nomad' planets may outnumber stars in Milky Way

Chemical Clues on Formation of Planetary Systems: Earth 'Siblings' Can Be Different

New twist in antimatter mystery
String theory explained simply
(video)
Why we've got the cosmological constant all wrong

Warp drives may come with a killer downside

Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics

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