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Land crab species disappeared from Hawaii 1,000 years ago
It's a new land crab species we'll never see. They disappeared about 1,000 years, not long after the first humans arrived to the Hawaiian Islands.
May 17, 2011
Tarantulas shoot silk from feet
Life-saving silk threads keep delicate tarantulas from falling.
May 17, 2011
Young T. rex-like dinosaurs didn’t hunt like grown-ups
Fossils from Juvenile Tarbosaurus dinosaurs from Mongolia reveals that youngsters of that species didn't compete with adults for food.
May 16, 2011
Seamounts and knolls are largely unknown ocean oases
A recent study highlights how seamounts and knolls are ecologically and commercially important areas in need of additional research and protection.
May 15, 2011
Climate change explored by William Chameides
In releasing its final report to U.S. Congress on May 12, 2011, an NRC committee affirms that climate change is occurring and that human activities play a role.
May 14, 2011
Climate change risk is growing, says NRC report
The America's Climate Choices report calls out a pressing need for immediate action to limit the magnitude of climate change and prepare to adapt to its impacts.
May 12, 2011
Removing CO2 from air not viable technology, study concludes
A committee of 13 experts says that Direct Air Capture can't efficiently remove extra CO2 from the air. But carbon capture and storage might.
May 11, 2011
Whale sharks amaze scientists by feeding in large groups
In August 2009, marine biologists were stunned to see about 420 whale sharks feeding as a group in waters off the Yucatán Peninsula.
May 10, 2011
Arctic now reinforcing own warming
Researchers say feedback mechanisms are now at work in the Arctic to increase warming. In other words, the Arctic is now reinforcing its own warming.
May 10, 2011
Carbon structures may exist deep within the Earth
Two new studies shed light on how carbon structures are stored deep within the Earth - in Earth's mantle - which has not yet been penetrated.
May 9, 2011
