Water used for hydraulic fracturing varies widely across United States

The amount of water required to hydraulically fracture oil and gas wells varies… Read more Water used for hydraulic fracturing varies widely across United States

July 4: Short-term spike in particulate matter in US

From the founding of America, the Fourth of July has been synonymous with firew… Read more July 4: Short-term spike in particulate matter in US

Biodegradable, flexible silicon transistors

Researchers have come up with a new solution to alleviate the environmental bur… Read more Biodegradable, flexible silicon transistors

340 undiscovered meteorite impact sites on Earth, geologists calculate

Researchers have calculated the number of undiscovered meteorite impact sites o… Read more 340 undiscovered meteorite impact sites on Earth, geologists calculate

Restored streams take 25 years or longer to recover

The number of plant species growing just next to restored streams can take up t… Read more Restored streams take 25 years or longer to recover

Nation's weather radar network used to track bird migration at night

Using the nation's weather radar network, two doctoral students have develo… Read more Nation's weather radar network used to track bird migration at night

Bioenergy in the Upper Rhine area: Potential for improvement

Scientists have analyzed the potentials of sustainable use of biomass on the Up… Read more Bioenergy in the Upper Rhine area: Potential for improvement

Exit dinosaurs, enter fishes

A pair of paleobiologists have determined that the world's most numerous an… Read more Exit dinosaurs, enter fishes

New study re-writes the rules of carbon analysis

Analyses of carbon emissions may be misleading as they failed to include the im… Read more New study re-writes the rules of carbon analysis

Monitoring volcanoes with ground-based atomic clocks

High-precision atomic clocks can be used to monitor volcanoes and potentially i… Read more Monitoring volcanoes with ground-based atomic clocks

New luminescence method offers opportunities for geothermal energy

Rocks store information about the temperatures that they have experienced. Now,… Read more New luminescence method offers opportunities for geothermal energy

Largest freshwater lake on Earth was reduced to desert dunes in just a few hundred years

Researchers used satellite images to map abandoned shore lines around Palaeolak… Read more Largest freshwater lake on Earth was reduced to desert dunes in just a few hundred years

Helium leakage from Earth's mantle in Los Angeles Basin

Geologists have found evidence of helium leakage from Earth's mantle along … Read more Helium leakage from Earth's mantle in Los Angeles Basin

Atmospheric mysteries unraveling

It's been difficult to explain patterns of toxic mercury in some parts of t… Read more Atmospheric mysteries unraveling

Recent mercury pollution on the rise, but quick to change, study shows

A study using a 600-year-old ice core shows that global mercury pollution incre… Read more Recent mercury pollution on the rise, but quick to change, study shows

Soil water, microbes influence carbon in world's coldest desert, study finds

Soil water and microbes' respiration contribute to fluctuations of carbon d… Read more Soil water, microbes influence carbon in world's coldest desert, study finds

Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton, researchers find

Tiny microscopic animals called zooplankton are ingesting plastic particles at … Read more Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton, researchers find

Indonesian mud volcano likely human-caused, study suggests

New research hopes to close the debate on whether a major mud volcano disaster … Read more Indonesian mud volcano likely human-caused, study suggests

New nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires

Engineers have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's … Read more New nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires

Retreating sea ice linked to changes in ocean circulation, could affect European climate

Retreating sea ice in the Iceland and Greenland Seas may be changing the circul… Read more Retreating sea ice linked to changes in ocean circulation, could affect European climate