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Water in smog may reveal pollution sources Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:13 AM PST The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found The post Water in smog may reveal pollution sources has been published on Technology Org.

A Perfect Storm Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:31 AM PST A UCSB scientist links a warming trend to record drought and later unrest in Syria A growing body The post A Perfect Storm has been published on Technology Org.

Using electrospun nanofibers to counter NOx emission from heavy shipping Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:16 AM PST Maritime shipping carries about 90 percent of global trade. The ever increasing demand for global trade has led The post Using electrospun nanofibers to counter NOx emission from heavy shipping has been published onTechnology Org.

New consortium launched to conserve monarch butterfly habitat in Iowa Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:57 AM PST Enhancing the monarch butterfly’s habitat in rural and urban Iowa is the goal of a new, broad-based statewide The post New consortium launched to conserve monarch butterfly habitat in Iowa has been published onTechnology Org.

Hormone disrupting chemicals and climate change increase the risk of population-level impacts in wildlife populations Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:37 AM PST The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new The post Hormone disrupting chemicals and climate change increase the risk of population-level impacts in wildlife populations has been published on Technology Org.

A change in thought on Earth’s core formation Posted: 02 Mar 2015 08:42 PM PST Violent collisions between the growing Earth and other objects in the solar system generated significant amounts of iron The post A change in thought on Earth’s core formation has been published on Technology Org.

What’s beneath Hawaii’s most active volcano? Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:38 PM PST Step away from the villages and idyllic beaches of Hawaii, and you may think you’ve been transported to The post What’s beneath Hawaii’s most active volcano? has been published on Technology Org.

The Environment May Change, But the Microbiome of Queen Bees Does Not Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:31 PM PST Researchers from North Carolina State University, Indiana University and Wellesley College have characterized the gut microbiome of honey The post The Environment May Change, But the Microbiome of Queen Bees Does Not has been published onTechnology Org.

Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:24 PM PST For almost a century, scientists have been puzzled by a process that is crucial to much of the The post Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater has been published on Technology Org.

Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age Posted: 02 Mar 2015 12:30 PM PST A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only The post Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age has been published on Technology Org.