Environment
A new study suggests leaving old nails or cement in soil could reduce lead contamination.
Acoustical monitoring shows sperm whales kept their distance from Deepwater Horizon site.
Scientists reveal the secret of how gypsum forms.
When the going gets rough bacteria must choose to adapt or hunker down.
Scientists answer modern questions with a complex method of studying tree rings.
Increasing acidity in the world’s oceans could pose a greater threat to marine life than warming waters.
Most groundwater contamination problems are not unique to hydraulic fracturing.
Research in Canada shows forests in the west are drying out.
Maintaining wildlife habitat connections under pressures of human development requires new problem solving techniques.
Wave Gliders study the ocean surface en route to Asia, Australia, and the Guinness Book of World Records.
A plant in Brazil's sandy interior gets its protein through a new strategy.
An ice skating phenomenon might explain the snowball effect behind icy avalanches.