Nov 27 2017

Dark Ocean Bacteria Discovered to Play Large Role in Carbon Capture

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Marine bacteria that live in the dark depths of the ocean play a newly discovered and significant role in the global carbon cycle, according to a new study published in Science.
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Nov 27 2017

Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings

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When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with Western University ties have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much as 20 minutes more warning time.
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Nov 27 2017

SMU seismology research shows North Texas earthquakes occurring on “dead” faults

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Study by Beatrice Magnani, USGS and other SMU scientists shows recent seismicity in Fort Worth Basin occurred on faults not active for 300 million years.
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Nov 27 2017

Fear of Sharks Influences Seaweed Growth on Fijian Coral Reefs

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Fishes’ fear of sharks helps shape shallow reef habitats in the Pacific, according to new research by a scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
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Nov 27 2017

UBC Study Finds Family-Friendly Overpasses are Needed to Help Grizzly Bears

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Researchers have determined how female grizzly bears keep their cubs safe while crossing the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Nov 27 2017

When Friends Become Objects

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Why do people use social media? Striving to answer this question, social psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have conducted a survey with more than 500 Facebook users with regard to their personality structure and the way they use the platform. Based on the results, they have developed the first comprehensive theory of social media usage. According to that theory, self-regulation is the key: we use Facebook in a way that makes us feel good and hope to attain our objectives. The research team manned by Phillip Ozimek, Fiona Baer and Prof Dr Jens Förster published their report in the journal Heliyon on November 20, 2017.
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Nov 27 2017

'Lost' 99% of Ocean Microplastics to be Identified With Dye?

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Smallest microplastics in oceans – which go largely undetected - identified more effectively with innovative and cheap new method, developed by University of Warwick researchersNew method can detect microplastics as small as the width of a human hair, using a fluorescent dye
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Nov 27 2017

Return of the Native Wild Turkey—Setting Sustainable Harvest Targets When Information is Limited

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As American families sit down for the traditional turkey dinner this Thanksgiving, some will be giving thanks for a wild bird that is truly free range. Meleagris gallopavo, the wild turkey, has steadily gained in popularity with hunters since successful restoration efforts put it back on the table in the around the new millenium, bucking the trend of declining participation in hunting throughout the United States. The distinguished native bird is now second in popularity only to white tailed deer.
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Nov 27 2017

Soil Researchers Quantify an Important, Underappreciated Factor in Carbon Release to the Atmosphere

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Soil plays a critical role in global carbon cycling, in part because soil organic matter stores three times more carbon than the atmosphere. Now biogeochemist Marco Keiluweit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues elsewhere for the first time provide evidence that anaerobic microsites play a much larger role in stabilizing carbon in soils than previously thought.
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Nov 27 2017

Serene Sirens: USGS Sea Cow Science

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It may be hard to believe the legend that sailors long-at-sea once considered manatees to be mermaids. The manatee nickname – the “Sea Cow” – which comes from the herbivores’ affinity for grazing on vegetation and their slow, ambling way just makes more sense. But a U.S. Geological Survey video reveals that while they may be cow-like, they also have more than a bit of the magical mermaid to them.A USGS video about manatees reveals that while the animals may act like the cows of the sea, they also have more than a bit of the magical siren or mermaid about them. 
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