Adaptation And Extinction

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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Featured Articles, Marine Science, SciLebs, Video on 01 13th, 2012 | No Comments

Strong Mussels Land Student in Intel Science Finals

Samantha Garvey wants to be a marine biologist and the science-focused 17 year old is now one of 61 finalists from Long Island in the Intel Science & Engineering Fair for her pioneering work with mussels. But the real story of this scientist-in-training is that she is able to excel in the classroom...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Discoveries, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Marine Science, Video on 01 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Sharks Begin Climate Adaptation Strategy

Recently scientists in Australia discovered that two species of sharks are interbreeding. The common black-tip shark and the Australian black-tip shark have started producing hybrid sharks. Marine biologists in Queensland say they’ve found 57 sharks so far. The common black-tip shark is found...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Citizen science, Climate Change, Video on 12 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Christmas Count Turns Birders into Citizen Scientists

If it’s December it’s time to count the birds. For 112 years the National Audubon Society has been documenting the avian world with its annual Christmas Bird Count. The oldest citizen science (and longest running) project now utilizes the bird-spotting expertise of over 60,000 volunteers...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Genomics, Plants, Video on 12 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Frankincense Shortage on the Horizon

It’s almost Christmas and the value of the gifts of the Three Wise Men is on the rise. For those not remembering the Nativity story the Three Wise Men brought three items, gold, frankincense and myrrh to the birth of baby Jesus. Quite valuable way back when, the three items are still quite rare...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Atmospheric science, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Arctic Region Warms into New Climate State

In 2006, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began monitoring the Arctic region, creating an annual report card to mark rapid change occurring there. Five years in and the news isn’t good. The 2011 Arctic Report Card shows that the entire region is changing dramatically. Ice, both...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Evolution, Genetics, Plants, Video on 08 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Climate Change Pushes Species Up and North

A meta-study in the journal Science says – changing global temperatures are pushing species towards the poles and higher altitudes. A meta study is a study that rounds up all the other related studies (in this case 54) and analyzes them for trends or patterns that emerge. After looking at the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, Plants, Video on 06 27th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Northwest Passage Opens for Whales, Plankton Not Just People

This video from May 2010 tells the tale of a gray whale lost, half a world away from home. Biologists immediately thought it was a hoax but after studying the 43-foot whale more closely they discovered that it must have gotten off it’s north-south Pacific Ocean migration track thanks to an ice-free...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Discoveries, Geology, Oceanography, Video on 06 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Sea Level Rise Small, Steady and Unprecedented

For years scientists and politicians have been saying the sea is rising. And it is. But because the amount of sea level rise each year is measured in millimeters for many it seems insignificant and for some it seems downright laughable. But new research this week confirms that sea levels have risen...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 06 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Ocean under Siege

For decades fishermen have been saying there’s no future in fishing. Environmentalists have been warning about overfishing and pollution harming the ocean’s delicate ecosystem. But so far the ocean has been able to absorb everything humans have thrown at it. The summary of a new international...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Environment, Video on 06 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Wildfires Tied to Climate Change

The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Natural Resources committee held a hearing on wildfire management this week. Fires are burning in California, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida and Oregon. The record-breaking Wala fire in Arizona may have been sparked by a campfire but made worse...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Video on 05 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Polar Bear Single Mothers

ABC’s Neal Karlinsky takes a look at the special bond between Polar Bear mothers and their cubs. Outside of Churchill, Manitoba in the high Canadian Arctic, the most well-studied polar bears emerge from their winter dens. Every year wildlife photographers flock to the frozen north in late spring...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Politics, Scientainment, Video on 02 21st, 2011 | No Comments

A Comedic Take on an Unrecognizable Earth

Scientists say the growing number of people on the Earth could lead to a food crisis by 2050 and reshape the planet. Now@9 viewers and Actor/Comedian Hal Sparks discuss the idea. The conversation was sparked by this weekend’s American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Citizen science, Climate Change, Ecology, Video on 12 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Citizen Science for the Birds

The National Audubon Society has sponsored an annual winter bird count for over 100 years. This year’s Christmas Bird Count will include 60,000 volunteers from all over the country who will look for and record birds for two weeks. This is perhaps one of the oldest forms of citizen science. It...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Climate Change, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 12 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Marine Life Moves Deeper to Escape Threats

New findings spark hope that endangered species are more abundant than previously thought. Until recently scientists have been limited in their exploration of the ocean by depths SCUBA divers can safely travel. And deep water submersible vehicles tend to focus on the deep ocean, below 500 feet. So...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Video on 08 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Fake Steak for the Future

21 papers produced from scientists in different fields released a report this week saying that technology may be one of the best fixes for a growing problem. Members of Britain’s Royal Society concluded that artificial meat — created in giant vats using vegetable protein — may be one...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Engineering, Environment, Geoengineering, Politics, SciClips, Video on 12 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Science Looks for Plan B after Getting the Cold Shoulder at Warming Talks

Many scientists are disappointed after two weeks of climate change negotiations resulted in a toothless agreement that didn’t limit carbon dioxide, the main culprit of global warming. The new Copenhagen Accord(PDF) did not cut emissions as previously thought, dimming some hope that a global treaty...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Backyard Science, Books, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Physics and Chemistry, Video, Wind on 10 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

They call William Kamkwamba “the boy who harnessed the wind.” At 14, after dropping out of school, the African boy in a rural Malawi village taught himself how electricity works, and built a windmill from scraps and pieces of a bicycle. Now 22, Kamkwmaba has a book, detailing how he built...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Climate Change, Ecology, Endangered Species, New Species, SciClips on 10 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Tiny Frog Now Big Hawaiian Pest

A little green frog is causing big problems across Hawaii, where the coqui has become the latest invasive species to get a strong foothold. But Hawaii may be the only place experiencing a surging frog population. Around the world, frogs are dying in droves from a fungus called a chytrid. What can we...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, Politics, SciClips, Science Policy, Solar, Video, Wind on 09 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

President Obama Vows to Fight Climate Change

President Obama Addresses UN Climate Summit In what could be considered his most strongly-worded warning about the threat of climate change, U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations that there is little time to act before permanent environmental damage is irreversible. In a stirring speech,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, RawAudio, Solar, Weird Weather on 06 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Dr. James Lovelock Warns

British naturalist Dr. James Lovelock has some strong words for the world. The futurist warns that the Earth is a living organism that is undergoing massive changes. He believes the Earth is sick and in order to heal itself it may need to get rid of a few billion people. But Dr. Lovelock delivers his...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, SciClips on 06 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Sinking Kivalina

As the Arctic heats up, indigenous people seem to bearing the brunt of global warming. The village of Kivalina, in northwestern Alaska is the latest victim and is being forced to relocate in a safer spot. The village is suing the largest oil companies in the world–blaming the warming world on...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Video on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Disney Launches Earth-friendly Studio, movie, Earth Day, April 22

Disney’s goal is going to plant one tree for every ticket sold. Disney will oversee the planting of the trees in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which is considered the most endangered rain forest in the world. Today, only 7 percent of the Atlantic Forest remains. Disney is committed to ensuring...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, SciClips on 03 16th, 2009 | No Comments

11 Degrees of Separation

Scientists just met in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss the state of science surrounding the climate. The prognosis–we’re in serious trouble unless we change course, fast. The news was pretty grim for the most part, with each bit of science raising dire prediction after dire prediction. The...

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