Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Written by Celsias in August, about Earthquake, Lifestyle & Behavior, Science
Newly trialled native algae species provide real hope for the development of commercially viable fuels from algae, a University of Queensland scientist has found.Dr Evan Stephens and the team at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience , in collaboration with Germany's Bielefeld University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, have ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Coal & Oil, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Science
Tasul, an Oregon Zoo polar bear, recently landed her first white-collar job: research assistant for the U.S. Geological Survey. Her assignment: wearing a high-tech collar to help solve a climate change mystery. "Scientists and wildlife managers need to understand how polar bears are responding as sea ice retreats," said ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior, Science
Lake Vostok is a giant body of water buried under about 4000 meters of ice. Its pristine and only recently have the Russian scientists been able to drill down far enough to take samples of the water.Its pristine, and its hard not to be excited about the secrets it ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Science
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Written by Celsias in June, about Children and Families, Health, Science
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, using miniaturised high-speed cameras and high-speed behavioural tracking, discovered that rats move their eyes in opposite directions in both the horizontal and the vertical plane when running around. Each eye moves in a different direction, depending on the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in June, about Design, Science (1 comment)
New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide a protective effect against Parkinson’s disease. The study appearing today in Annals of Neurology , a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, suggests that ... keep reading
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has broken above 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, US monitors announced Friday, indicating a record level for greenhouse gases. Climate scientists say that the symbolic threshold should serve as a call for action to begin reversing ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in May, about Climate Change, greenhouse gas, Science, Sustainability (1 comment)
Recent findings from research commissioned by Meridian Energy have revealed new information about the longfin eel’s habits and migratory behaviour, which will help to enhance efforts to protect the native species. Meridian has been working with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) on this six-year research ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Wildlife, Science
The mystery of exactly how consumption of extra virgin olive oil helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may lie in one component of olive oil that helps shuttle the abnormal AD proteins out of the brain, scientists are reporting in a new study. It appears in the ... keep reading
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