when researchers reported in Nature Climate Change  that earthworms contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
 Jan Willem van Groenigen of Wageningen University in The netherlands and lead author on the Nature Climate Change article doesn't advocate exterminating earthworms. oeyou cannot say earthworms are good or bad.
Their results published in Nature Communications suggest that earthworms actually trap carbon dioxide in soil for an overall decrease in emissions.
The Biggest Beasts On land The WCS says it's working with the country's wildlife department (the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature
which is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In addition to poaching the massive mammals are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
The footage comes from more than 100 automated infrared camera traps set up in nature reserves in the Sichuan region.
#Engineers Follow Mother Nature's Lead on Keeping Clean This Behind the Scenes article was provided to Livescience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
With 3. 5 billion years of research and development under her belt Mother Nature could be considered the world's most experienced biological engineer.
It's therefore not surprising that today's engineers are looking to nature for inspiration
Living nature is full of engineering marvels from the micro to the macro scale that have inspired mankind for centuries says Bharat Bhushan senior author of the study and director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio-and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics
and butterfly wings combine the low drag of shark skin with the superhydrophobicity of the lotus leaf putting these surfaces at the top of the list of nature-made self-cleaners.
and butterfly wings combine antifouling properties of some of nature's best self-cleaners Bhushan and Bixler have identified new surfaces that can be used as engineering inspiration for a wide range of industries plagued by biofouling.
Why don't we look at the past ways we have interacted with nature that have been more constructive?
The cemeteries and the urban parks they inspired embodied ethics of common ground for people of all walks of life limitation imposed by death and adaptation to nature.
Nature nearby Even within natural parks truly pristine places no longer exist. But the landscapes of the garden cemeteries and urban parks create space for nature within a designed landscape Sachs said.
The birds that fly through Central park you still have to call them wild the trees that grow in Central park you still have to call them wild he said.
Sachs pointed out that in places like Central park people from all walks of life can interact with nature here as part of their daily lives.
It is never found isolated in nature but is often found combined in minerals such as limestone gypsum and fluorite.
However potassium is never found free in nature. It is obtained through electrolysis of the hydroxide the same technique that Davy first used when isolating it.
and Mongolian Ministries of the Environment and the German Nature Conservation Agency and participants have devised and published mitigation measures.
Nature's Giants: Tallest Trees On earth It's worked amazingly well Halbert said. We've found a significant decrease in predations by jays the number of times eggs get broken she said.
We need to stop ignoring nature and end the widespread and heartless war on other animals now.
Giraffe PBS Nature Critter Guide: Giraffe San diego Zoo: Giraffes National geographic Giraffe Fact r
#Fun Facts About Hippos Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetartiodactyla Family: Hippopotamidae Genus:
Leopard PBS Nature Leopard Facts San diego Zoo Animal Bytes: Leopard National geographic Leopard Facts Animal Planet Leopard Facts African Wildlife Foundation Fact Sheet:
Olingos are listed as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List the most widely recognized list of threatened and endangered species. Email Becky Oskin
and the species is listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Largest and Tallest Trees Giant sequoias and California redwoods (also called coast redwoods) are nature s skyscrapers.
Historically humans have eaten very little omega-6 fatty acids as they are not commonly found in nature.
Because as the court noted there's every indication that those studies were planted misinformation deliberately to cast doubt on the carcinogenic nature of chrysotile asbestos a component in Georgia pacific's widely used joint compound for construction projects.
Tyrone Hayes a biologist at the University of California Berkeley demonstrated a decade ago that atrazine could turn male frogs female publishing his results in prestigious journals such as Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy
or draw the bowstring or simply acknowledge the facts of nature that require these things to be done it's time to shake off sentimentality
Indifference is the same as allowing these animal individuals to be killed mercilessly because of our invasive nature and arrogance.
This article was adapted from Redecorating Nature: Have killed We Really Pests Too Rarely? in Psychology Today.
Some of the listed expenditures are political in nature such as a criticism of the money spent to develop the Obamacare website (Coburn is one of the most ardent opponents of the Affordable Care Act.
Because ancient records are sparse and fragmentary the exact nature of Samhain is understood not fully
(and rebirth) of nature as summer turned to winter. Though a direct connection between Halloween and Samhain has never been proven many scholars believe that All Saint s day
My own feeling is that nature tries to minimize energy spent and from that point of view
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and the results are published Thursday (Aug 22) in the journal Nature. The H7n9 virus has infected 130 people in China
a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less than-ideal settings.
 Decimated by hunters in the middle of the 20th century wild yaks are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
which was published online today (June 12) in the journal Nature. The cheetahs then decelerated and maneuvered before prey capture.
Charles Q. Choi is a freelance science writer based in New york city who has written for The New york times Scientific American Wired Science Nature and many other news outlets.
To help the Aldabra giant tortoises take over for their extinct kin Pedrono's team plans to move 300 young tortoises to a nature reserve in western Madagascar where they'll live in an enclosed pen for five years.
Thanks to the dedicated work of this global community of scientists we know the nature of the problem
The findings were detailed today (May 22) in the journal Nature. Follow Tanya Lewis on Twitterâ and Google+.
Nature's Biggest Pests However a small swarm could reach northeastern Egypt and the Negev on Friday or Saturday Cressman said.
In particular officials use these bio-pesticides in sensitive areas like nature reserves he said. The FAO warned Israel a couple days ahead of time that swarms were likely
Nature's 10 Biggest Pests The bees spread rapidly from Brazil and are now found throughout South and Central america.
They published their results in Nature Communications. NEWS: Can Fruit Kick Candy to the Curb?
In research reported in November in the journal Nature three Rhesus monkeys looked at images on a computer screen
Showing biases In a companion study published today (March 5) in the journal Nature Communications the researchers tested how capuchins regard unhelpful people.
#Nature Aids Science to Take on Bed bugs This Research in Action article was provided to Livescience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
The findings were published online today (April 7) in the journal Nature Medicine. A carnitine connection Two years ago Hazen and his research team discovered that microorganisms in the intestines can convert substances found in choline a common dietary fat to a by-product known as TMAO trimethylamine-N-oxide.
The landmark falls within a preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy. The landmark status is intended to help preserve important natural areas
All but two of the 21 species of albatross are threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
and leading global efforts to combat climate change. 8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World Frank Lowenstein Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Nature Conservancy's Global
Fractals are found throughout nature from seashells to mountain ranges to broccoli and apparently the plumage of red-legged partridges. 5 Seriously Mind-boggling Math Facts In a new study scientists found that the healthier a bird is the more fractal-like its plumage becomes.
Kipunji also known as the highland mangabey are considered a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
In 2008 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature listed the species as critically endangered on its Red List.
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West and his colleagues detailed their findings online Sept. 22 in the journal Nature Climate Change h
a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less than-ideal settings.
Nature doesn't work in straight lines. The archaeologists plan to get their feet on the ground this year to investigate the mysterious features seen in the new images.
Food Nature Culture" opens Nov 17 taking visitors on an interactive visual tour of food as sustenance entertainment ritual and more.
Most of the scientists I spoke with are all too aware that nature doesn't plan around disagreements in the U s. Congress
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'Freak of nature'Despite the fact that the corpse flower's famous stench has dissipated the bloom was still a sight to behold for many visitors.
It's a freak of nature. Giccomo Caicella Cormac's 12-year-old friend was impressed also.
The species is classified as endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)' s Red List.
For the first time we saw the night sky as nature intended Sipes wrote SPACE. com via email. 6 Stellar Places for Skywatching in the US The sequoias reminded us how small we are
Our modeling efforts offer insight into the nature of the dynamics of an overdose and hopefully will be able to better guide physicians in determining
Now one group has discovered the first evidence in nature of gold particles located within living tissue from trees.
and transported to its extremities such as leaves where the highest concentrations were observed These findings detailed online Oct 22 in the journal Nature Communicationssuggest the trees could tap into gold deposits up to 115 feet (35 meters) below them
That s being as naã ve about human nature as your opponents appear to be about science.
or seafood on the side Tomatoes are one of the superfoods in nature. In a recent study men who consumed 10
You can contribute phenology data to Nature s Notebook an online program the USA National Phenology Network manages that collects observations of leaf phenology from professional and amateur naturalists.
Nature's Giants: Tallest Trees On earth The researchers measured how much water vapor they lost through small openings in the their leaves called stomata.
#Virtual Nature Makes Us Feel Good Even if It's Farmville (Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
But nature can now also be found in our virtual lives in the photos we share online the games we play even the words we use.
Cyberspace is full of the images and language of nature. For example does your desktop wallpaper feature a waterfall a forest or a beach?
Perhaps like some Grand Theft Auto fans you even share photos of its landscapes on Flickr. If so you re experiencing nearby nature via your phone tablet or computer screen.
In the 1980s experimental psychologists Rachel and Stephen Kaplan studied the effects of nature on people.
They found that small glimpses of the natural world oenearby nature could have measurable effects on well-being.
Nearby nature does not have to be beautiful or complex. And surprisingly you do not have to be actually outside to gain the benefits.
and shapes mimicking those from nature like shells and foliage. There will be natural materials plenty of light and open spaces.
The measurably beneficial effects of nearby nature often occurred when they were viewed on a screen.
a nature island with waterfalls rivers different kinds of trees flowers plants grass rocks a beach and dirt paths;
and found that the virtual nature space prompted an increase in positive affect happiness friendliness affection and playfulness.
Valtchanov concluded that virtual nature was responsible rather than the state of virtual reality. I called this phenomenon oetechnobiophilia the innate attraction to life
Images of nearby nature on our phones and computers can alleviate mental fatigue. They enhance our attention help us cope with distraction
We already share nearby nature when we post our photos of rosy sunsets blooming gardens and tranquil lakes online.
If we did we might find a more healthy and productive balance between tech and nature.
nature and cyberspace. This article was published originally at The Conversation. Read the original article. The views expressed are those of the author
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or threatened mostly due to the clearing of the island's forests according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) a global environmental organization.
If species continue to die out at current rates more than 75 percent of all species currently On earth could go extinct within a few centuries according to a 2011 study in the journal Nature.
about 60 percent of the country's threatened animals live in these coastal forests according to the Nature Conservancy an international conservation group.
But this is also where the bulk of Brazil's people live and only 12 percent of the original forests remain much of it cut down in the past few decades the Nature Conservancy reported.
I hope that increased public knowledge of declining nature will raise society's priority to conserve biodiversity.
Agriculture uses about 70 percent of the freshwater on the planet said Giulio Boccaletti managing director of the Global Freshwater Program at the Nature Conservancy.
 Water is nature's currency for the entire economy Boccaletti said. Economic growth depends on us getting water for the right purposes.
The scientists detailed their findings online June 30 in the journal Nature Geoscience. Follow us@livescience Facebook & Google+.
   All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair    The bees are stirring birds are on the wing   Â
These were attempts to provide children with simple explanations of nature but there is no attempt at sex education.
   It is nature that is all    Simply telling us to fall in love   Â
The flowering trees in Washington D c. symbolize friendship between nations the renewal of spring and the ephemeral nature of life according to the U s. National park service.
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But this natural phenomenon will likely become less reliable as climate change disrupts the planet experts say.
Milk is nature's buffet for babies providing all the nutrition a mammalian infant needs for early development outside the womb.
The color white is nature's light buffet in that it results from all the wavelengths of visible light being reflected into the eye.
Members of the National Trust (a British conservation group) discovered the young buck two weeks ago after the sheep had been moved onto a nature preserve northeast of London at Dunwich Heath according to the BBC.
which couldn't survive in nature. By the 1950s biologists had developed a special type of cannon-propelled net that allowed scientists to catch groups of wild turkeys more effectively to translocate them to new areas he added.
and other issues where illegal acts are committed against nature. Â As with other crimes poaching often takes place in certain hotspots where conditions are optimal.
Nature and time have allowed a second chance for the forest to heal. But today the Mayan forest is threatened once again this time by economic activities such as cattle ranching and agriculture.
Facts, Information & Lodging Yosemite national park created in 1890 is one of the oldest nature preserves in the United states. A wonderland of geological formations
and others provide a back-to-nature feel without the tents. Yosemite is open 365 days a year
For the most part we just let nature take its course and the birds can sort themselves out.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List lists them as Least Concern for extinction
Panthera leo leo (African lion) Panthera leo persica (Asiatic lion) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) only recognizes these two subspecies
African lions are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. This is
Conservation status The wild Bactrian camel is considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources.
Now many neo-conservationists believe we should intervene as technocratic managers to help Nature#by developing hybrid tree species to withstand hotter temperatures
Nature has been innovating with considerable talent for millions of years with repeated and marvelous success producing species
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Species categorizes all remaining tiger species as endangered.
#End of the Hemlocks, a Lament (Op-Ed) Randy Edwards is a senior media relations manager for The Nature Conservancy
and has written about nature for nearly 20 years. This Op-Ed is adapted from one that appeared on the Nature Conservancy blog Conservancy Talk.
Edwards contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The ash trees had to go.
Most people have only a passing acquaintance with the nature of the place where they live
Although most of us may not be able to name them we recognize their deep-green branches as they are commonly found in parks nature preserves and other protected natural areas.
(or were) a lot of old hemlock trees in nature preserves because the loggers didn't want them.
and were snatched up by organizations like The Nature Conservancy (which was early on sometimes derisively called the gully and hemlock society).
I didn't tell them that before my grandchildren are grown the adelgid is likely to kill those hemlocks as they have up to 90 percent of the hemlocks in the Great smoky mountains national park in The Nature Conservancy's Greenland Gap Preserve in West virginia
which appeared on the Nature Conservancy blog Conservancy Talk. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the animals as a Least Concern though the organization admits it has no idea how large
The ancient ecosystem was detailed today (Feb 5) in the journal Nature. Pretty landscape In the past scientists imagined that the now-vast Arctic tundra was once a brown grassland steppe that teemed with wooly mammoths rhinos and bison.
Rabbit Breeds by Size Humane Society of the United states-Rabbit IUCN Red List-Oryctolagus cuniculus National geographic-Cottontail rabbit BBC Nature-Rabbi a
and traps but the populations are still growing according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Wilkie's most recent Op-Ed was Conservation Is About Caring for Nature and People.
The study was published today (April 6) in the journal Nature. Starting at the microscopic level with minerals or grains in rocks the researchers investigated how rocks weaken
Creepy, Freaky Creatures That Are (Mostly) Harmless From snaggletoothed sharks to giant crabs nature is full of animals that frighten people often for no good reason.
This differs from natural selection where nature actively chooses which mutations get passed on. While Coley remains confident that the Red Queen hypothesis will indeed prove to be a satisfactory explanation she also knows that a lot more data will be needed to get there.
and Kursar make a persuasive case for why nature seems to have endowed tropical regions with so many plant
But the puzzling dry season growth spurt has defied long explanation according to a study published yesterday (Feb 6) in the journal Nature.
To squeeze a whole life into a week seems like one of nature's more cruel tricks Zimmer wrote.
The research detailed in this week s issue of the journal Nature found that wheat rice
and nature Carson said. Natural cycles drove the rainforest to sprout but humans stayed on-site for 1500 years afterward he said.
I could see Kest not moving his overly practical nature telling him there was no point.
But the pharmaceutical industry is often dismissive of nature as a source of healing. It seems to overlook the fact that many of the most important classes of prescription drugs like ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure (first developed from Brazilian snake venom) beta blockers (from hallucinogenic Mexican fungi)
and their cultures and knowledge and along the way hopefully discover new medicines from nature.
The sixth-lightest element on the periodic table carbon exists in nature as two stable isotopes:
Alexander Hellemans is a freelance science writer who has written for Science Nature Scientific American and many others e
The Red List from the International Union for Conservation of Nature identifies more than 250 species as endangered vulnerable or near threatened.
Screengrab Nature Video. The Maros karsts in southwest Sulawesi have dozens of caves. In addition to paintings archaeologists have found other traces of human occupation inside these cavers:
Screengrab Nature Video. The animal paintings inside Chauvet Cave in France were thought to be known the oldest examples of figurative art in the world.
In the early 1980s there were a lot of cave paintings on this site in the form of hand stencils (shown here) said Muhammad Ramli of the Preservation of Cultural Reserves Association in Indonesia as translated in a Nature video referring to the new finding.
Screengrab Nature Video. These calcium carbonate deposits which can take the form of cave popcorn (shown here) contain radioactive uranium.
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#Prehistoric Paintings in Indonesia May be Oldest Cave Art Ever Paintings of miniature buffalos warty pigs
The findings were published today (Oct 8) in the journal Nature. The Top 10 Mysteries of the First Humans The oldest painting a hand stencil was discovered on a 13-foot-high (4 meters) ceiling in a cave known as Leang Timpuseng in Sulawesi's southwestern peninsula.
Once in the air the sulfur would have transformed rapidly into sulfuric acid generating massive amounts of acid rain within a few days of the impact according to the study published today (March 9) in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources lists red wolves as critically endangered.
Nature s Giants: Tallest Trees On earth Subtle differences in geochemistry that arose more than 100 million years ago are now affecting life on the mountain range said Hahm.
Golden hamsters are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources'Red List.
Likewise their wary nature suggests that climbing leads to improved site surveillance of potential threats and prey.
because they found similar results in a study the year before said Thierry who now works as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research.
From moms who turn their bodies into food to others who encourage their young to become cannibals here are the weirdest mothering techniques in nature.</
#Simply Copying Nature is No Way to Succeed at Inventing Just Ask Leonardo Da vinci (Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
One method is to look at nature. Some call this activity bionics others call it biomimetics.
The first step is to imitate nature and the second step is to abandon nature s ways.
At some point you have to give up the love affair dump nature and move on. The problem is that simply copying nature doesn t work.
Here is an example from my field structural materials. Bones are an excellent material providing support and strength.
Currently we can t make materials that reproduce a bone s internal structure. But even if we could we wouldn t be able to use it in engineering structures for many reasons.
First nature can live with failure but we can t . When we design a component for a car
But nature is happy to work with much higher failure rates: the chance of breaking a bone
The reason for this difference is that for nature the failure of an individual is of no consequence.
So nature is wasteful of individual lives in a way which we risk-averse humans can t tolerate.
His book Design in Nature: Learning from Trees is a classic on biomimetics. Mattheck s lifelong love affair with trees has led to many important innovations in engineering design.
if you remember that nature was only the starting point not the objective of the exercise.
#Nature can be a wonderful muse an excellent starting point in the development of a new engineering device
or material but don t make the mistake of thinking that nature has solved already your problems for you.
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