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Chris Jones: Best ways to reduce your greenhouse gas output
Chris Jones explores ways you can cut down on the greenhouse gases you put in the air, and what's the best way to do it?
June 28, 2012
The role of urban greenery in CO2 exchange
Results from what might be the first study to report continuous measurements of net CO2 exchange of urban greenery and soils over a full year or more.
June 27, 2012
Wildfires in Colorado and central Russia from space
As wildfires burn in neighborhoods in the northern part of Colorado Springs today, check out these images of space of even bigger fires in central Russia.
June 27, 2012
Flying squid are amazing
It swims! It flies! It mates after it dies, or tries! Check out the amazing flying squid. What sets it apart from other squid is its popularity as food.
June 27, 2012
Cassini scientists: Mystery of Saturn’s jet streams solved
The debate was whether Saturn's own internal heat - or energy from the sun - drives Saturn's jet streams.
June 26, 2012
SeaOrbiter construction to begin October 2012
The SeaOrbiter concept recently completed its industrial design phase. It is an ocean-going research ship - which is part submarine.
June 26, 2012
NTU’s new loo turns poo into power
NTU's new loo system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers and also reduce the amount of water needed for flushing by up to 90 per cent.
June 26, 2012
Everglades alligator holes benefit fish, snakes, turtles, birds
Everglades Alligator holes hold water during dry periods. The extra water helps many wildlife species including fish, snakes, turtles, insects and birds.
June 26, 2012
Planetrise as seen from closest two-planet system yet found
When the two worlds are closest, say astronomers, the co-orbiting gas giant planetrise Kepler-36c would span three times more than a full moon does from Earth.
June 26, 2012
Pesticides can harm bumblebee reproduction
Research shows that bumblebees with diets contaminated with levels of neonicotinoid - common in pesticides - produce up to a third fewer offspring.
June 25, 2012
