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Deanna Conners
Human influence takes the wild out of some wildfires
A study shows that human influence has historically increased wildfire activity - and decreased it. A scientist says, "Fire is a defining feature of humans."
September 21, 2011
Arsenic cleaned from drinking water with plastic bottles
Scientists have developed a simple, inexpensive solution to treat drinking water contaminated by arsenic. The new technology could dramatically improve health.
September 18, 2011
Petermann Glacier in Greenland shows ice loss
Dramatic new evidence of ice loss from Greenland’s glaciers over the past decade, and signs of more ice loss ahead. Petermann Glacier shows more ice loss.
September 3, 2011
Forever young: Earth’s crust recycles faster than we thought
Scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry say Earth's crust may be recycled in only half a billion years, based on data from volcano Mauna Loa.
August 28, 2011
The tides are a changing
Scientists have discovered that ocean tides along the eastern coast of North America were substantially different 10,000 years ago.
August 23, 2011
2011 Gulf of Mexico dead zone smaller than scientists predicted
Tropical Storm Don might have disrupted the Gulf of Mexico dead zone in the summer of 2011, making it smaller than scientists originally predicted.
August 14, 2011
Crops with deeper roots and rising CO2
A new study published in the Annals of Botany proposes that breeding crops with deeper roots would help combat rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
August 8, 2011
Fewer shellfish in future more acid ocean?
Increases in ocean acidity projected for the year 2100 would seriously weaken mussel shells and reduce global shellfish harvests.
August 1, 2011
Invisibility cloaks could someday be a reality
Researchers have achieved the first experimental demonstration that something can be made invisible through temporal cloaking. Read more about potential invisibility cloaks.
July 18, 2011
River disappears in aftermath of 3 earthquakes on July 12, 2011
A river disappears: Villagers believe that the missing water is being held up by a debris dam that was created by landslides triggered in the earthquakes.
July 16, 2011
