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Earth & Environment
SCIENCE IN PICS: Alaskan Ice Giant Changes Flow
May 27, 2012, 10:38 pmThese two false-color images show the gradual retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier from 1986 until 2011, and were captured with the Thermatic Mapper instrument on NASA’s [...]
China’s Drinking Water Contaminated With Contraceptives, Says Environmentalist
May 24, 2012, 4:51 pm
Overuse of contraception has contaminated Chinese water supplies and caused further consumer worries.
SCIENCE IN PICS: Global Warming Aids Once-Scarce Butterfly
May 24, 2012, 2:00 pm
The brown argus butterfly, Aricia agestis, has benefited from the UK’s warming climate over the last 20 years or so.
2012 Top 10 New Species List Highlights Biodiversity Crisis
May 23, 2012, 4:01 pm
An iridescent blue tarantula, a sneezing monkey, and a teensy attack wasp are among the top 10 new species described last year.
Diverse Parasites Improve Health in Amphibians
May 21, 2012, 3:25 pm
Being exposed to more parasite species could protect organisms from certain diseases, with more benign pathogens outcompeting virulent ones, a new U.S. study suggests.
150-Million-Year-Old Pliosaur Had Arthritic Jaw
May 18, 2012, 6:24 pm
Even Jurassic killers succumbed to old age, reveals research on the fossil jaws of an ancient sea reptile by scientists at the U.K.’s University of Bristol.
Adventure Behind the Scenes With Award-Winning Photographer
May 11, 2012, 10:33 pm
Conservation photographer Ian Shive has teamed up with Daily Interactive Networks, developers of the magazine app for National Geographic, to release an iPad app for touring [...]
A Few Giants Dominate Yosemite’s Biomass
May 11, 2012, 7:09 pm
At Yosemite National Park in California, a small population of huge trees—constituting just one percent of all trees in the area—accounts for almost half of its biomass.
Turning Trash Into Energy
May 11, 2012, 7:02 pm
Gasification of trash, specifically, plastic, paper, and rubber, may be useful in dealing with the enormous amount of trash this country produces per year, yet, as with [...]
Cultural and Biological Diversity Hotspots Are Linked
May 7, 2012, 2:59 pm
Areas where endangered species are concentrated also tend to be home to numerous endangered languages.
Selected Topics from The Epoch Times
