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Seamounts Of The South-west Pacific : Exceptional Biodiversity And Endemism
Seamounts are exceptionally rich environments biologically which have been little studied in any detail. Research on about 20 such undersea mountains in the South-West Pacific has recently revealed that the diversity and endemism among faunal communities living on these biotopes are much greater than had hitherto been assumed. Over 850 species... view more... (2000-09-14)
Asteroid attack 3.9 billion years ago may have enhanced early life on Earth, says CU-Boulder study
The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given it a boost, says a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. view more (2009-05-21)
Search For Life On Mars?
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRESS NOTICE Date: 9 November 1998 For immediate release view more (1998-11-09)
Earth's early ocean cooled more than a billion years earlier than thought: Stanford study
The scalding-hot sea that supposedly covered the early Earth may in fact never have existed, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers who analyzed isotope ratios in 3.4 billion-year-old ocean floor rocks. view more (2009-11-12)
Deep in the ocean, a clam that acts like a plant
How does life survive in the black depths of the ocean? At the surface, sunlight allows green plants to "fix" carbon from the air to build their bodies. view more (2007-02-21)
Methane doesn't necessarily mean life on Mars, says Dartmouth study
Two Dartmouth researchers have weighed in on the debate over whether the presence of methane gas on Mars indicates life on the red planet. Mukul Sharma, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, and Chris Oze, a postdoctoral fellow, argue that the Martian methane could have been produced by inorganic processes just as easily as by bacteria. view more (2005-06-08)
Muffling noisy central heating systems
Droning noises generated by central heating boilers can aggravate good neighborly relations. Fraunhofer scientists have developed a compact sound attenuator for boiler exhaust vents. The active silencer employs electronics to damp noise emission. During the cold season, the droning sound of the central heating is just one of an assortment of... view more... (2002-03-05)
Richness of Marine Life is Under Threat
Future potential for the production of new wonder drugs - including anti-cancer agents - from marine animals and plants, is under threat according to biodiversity expert Professor Carlo Heip, speaking at the European marine science and ocean technology conference EurOCEAN 2004 in Galway, today. According to Professor Heip, marine biodiversity -... view more... (2004-05-11)
Journal of Geological Society salutes Young Author 2003
The Geological Society of London's flagship journal has chosen Ingrid Ukstins Peate to be Journal of the Geological Society Young Author of the Year 2003. The award was given for the paper The transition from sedimentation to flood volcanism in the Kangerlussuaq Basin, East Greenland, published in the September 2003 issue (see below for full... view more... (2004-03-10)
Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say
Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment. view more (2008-01-23)
Nuclear cannibals
Nuclear energy production must increase by more than 10 percent each year from 2010 to 2050 to meet all future energy demands and replace fossil fuels, but this is an unsustainable prospect. view more (2008-03-05)
UQ researchers discover some of the oldest forms of life
University of Queensland researchers have identified microbial remains in some of the oldest preserved organic matter on Earth, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old. view more (2007-08-07)
From Europa To Sedna - Life Beneath The Ice In The Outer Solar System?
At present, we know of no worlds beyond our Earth where life exists. However, primitive organisms on our planet have evolved and adapted over billions of years, colonising the most inhospitable places. Since life seems to gain a foothold in the most hostile environments, it seems distinctly possible that living organisms could exist in... view more... (2004-03-25)
Europa does the wave to generate heat
One of the moons in our solar system that scientists think has the potential to harbor life may have a far more dynamic ocean than previously thought. view more (2008-12-12)
Endobronchial valve significantly improves emphysema
Emphysema patients whose lungs are implanted with a pencil eraser-sized, one-way endobronchial valve experience significantly improved measures of lung function and report better quality of life, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researcher Frank C. Sciurba, M.D., reported today at CHEST 2007, the annual meeting of the American College... view more... (2007-10-23)
Uranium isotope ratios are not invariant, researchers show
For years, the ratio of uranium's two long-lived isotopes, U-235 and U-238, has been considered invariant, despite measurements made in the mid-1970s that hinted otherwise. view more (2007-10-24)
Tornado-like rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes
A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and photographs of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists better understand strong volcanic plumes. view more (2009-03-26)
Autosub6000 dives to depth of 3.5 miles
The United Kingdom's deepest diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Autosub6000, has been put through its paces during an extremely successful engineering trials cruise on the RRS Discovery, 27 September to 17 October 2009. view more (2009-10-29)
HyBIS explores the Casablanca seamount
In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS maintained by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) made ten dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-kilometre high seamount located some 300 miles west of Morocco. view more (2009-11-02)
A Zen discovery: Unrusted iron in ocean
Iron dust, the gold of the oceans and rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or - a surprising new study finds - float up from the sea floor. view more (2009-02-09)
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