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Permafrost’s turn of the microbes Posted: 05 Mar 2015 12:08 AM PST As the Arctic warms, tons of carbon locked away in Arctic tundra will be transformed into the powerful The post Permafrost’s turn of the microbes has been published on Technology Org.

The Singing Wrens of Costa Rica Posted: 04 Mar 2015 01:26 PM PST Known for their beautiful singing duets, plain wrens of Costa Rica perform precise phrase-by-phrase modifications to the duration The post The Singing Wrens of Costa Rica has been published on Technology Org.

Rice University environmental engineer joins concern over Nicaragua project Posted: 04 Mar 2015 12:58 PM PST A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal The post Rice University environmental engineer joins concern over Nicaragua project has been published onTechnology Org.

Traditional beliefs promote sustainability in West Africa Posted: 04 Mar 2015 12:48 PM PST Scientists from Lancaster Environment Centre carried out a unique 18-month study in Liberia, examining the traditional agriculture of the The post Traditional beliefs promote sustainability in West Africa has been published on Technology Org.

New Models Yield Clearer Picture Of Emissions’ True Costs Posted: 04 Mar 2015 12:22 PM PST When its environmental and human health toll is factored in, a gallon of gasoline costs us about $3.80 The post New Models Yield Clearer Picture Of Emissions’ True Costs has been published on Technology Org.

Handy man reborn Posted: 04 Mar 2015 12:12 PM PST State-of-the-art computer reconstruction of the original fossil of Homo habilis, or Handy man, shows this poorly understood human The post Handy man reborn has been published on Technology Org.

Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo dates to 2.8 to 2.75 million years ago Posted: 04 Mar 2015 11:55 AM PST The earliest known record of the genus Homo — the human genus — represented by a lower jaw The post Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo dates to 2.8 to 2.75 million years ago has been published onTechnology Org.

Amazon deforestation ‘threshold’ causes species loss to accelerate Posted: 04 Mar 2015 11:45 AM PST One of the largest area studies of forest loss impacting biodiversity shows that a third of the Amazon The post Amazon deforestation ‘threshold’ causes species loss to accelerate has been published on Technology Org.