Indian solution for cleaning polluted US lakes
August 23rd, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 23 (IANS) In yet another example of reverse technology transfer, a product developed by Nualgi Nano Biotech (NNB), a low profile biotech company here, is helping Americans ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Disappearing ice altering ecosystem subtly
April 9th, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Shrinking sea ice, snow and glaciers, especially in high-latitude regions where water is frozen for sometime, the cryosphere, is affecting the ecosystem in hidden ways.Scientists have ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Diatoms key to evolution of whales
February 19th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 19 (ANI): A new study by scientists has determined that a type of algae called diatoms have been key to the evolution of the diversity of whales.According to a report ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Eutrophication of seas may have impact on genetic variation in algae
October 20th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 20 (ANI): A research at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has shown that eutrophication of the seas may have an impact on genetic variation in algae.Eutrophication is an increase ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Algae and pollen grains reveal sudden spike in Antarctica’s temperature 15.7 mln yrs ago
October 1st, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 1 (ANI): A team of scientists has found evidence in the form of algae and pollen grains of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Diatoms can also drive large-scale phytoplankton bloom in southwest Indian Ocean
August 15th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 15 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found that the large-scale autumn bloom of microscopic marine algae known as phytoplankton in the southwest Indian Ocean was driven by diatoms ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sea ice formed in the Arctic before it did in Antarctica
July 16th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 16 (ANI): A new study has concluded that significant sea ice formation occurred in the Arctic earlier than previously thought, which suggests that sea ice formed in the Arctic before ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Arctic could teem with life by 2030 due to global warming
July 9th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have said that as global warming removes the Arctic's icy lid, the region is expected to teem with life by the year 2030. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
World’s largest freshwater lake under dire threat from climate change
May 4th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake, faces severe ecological threats due to climate change, a new study has found.
The planet's most biologically diverse water body, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Climate change threatens Siberian lake’s ecological balance
May 1st, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1 (ANI): An analysis by a joint US-Russian team has determined that Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ancient diatoms lead to new technology for solar energy
April 9th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 9 (ANI): Engineers at Oregon State University (OSU) in the US are using an ancient life form called diatom to create one of the newest technologies for solar energy, in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Warming climate could make diatoms capture less greenhouse gases
March 18th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 18 (ANI): A new research by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists has indicated that tiny creatures at the bottom of the food chain called diatoms could become less able ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Decline of CO2-gobbling plankton coincided with global cooling 33 mln yrs ago
January 9th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that after a sudden rise in species numbers, carbon-dioxide (CO2) gobbling plankton known as diatoms abruptly declined about 33 million years ago, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
DNA test can predict spread of harmful algae across the globe
October 1st, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 1 (ANI): University of Connecticut researchers say that they have developed a DNA test to predict which parts of the globe may be hit by harmful algal blooms.
Senjie Lin, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Tiny fossils take Antarctic Dry Valleys origin back to 14 million years
July 24th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): Scientists have used tiny fossils to refine the timing of the climate shift that gave rise to Antarcticas remarkable Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars, estimating ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Diatoms can help remove phosphorous naturally from oceans
May 3rd, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US have discovered a new way to naturally remove phosphorous from the oceans, taking the help of diatoms ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Bering Sea may not remain productive fishery by 2100 due to ocean warming
January 12th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): Ecologists have predicted that the Bering Sea, which is one of the worlds most productive fisheries, would be unsustainable by the year 2100 because of warmer ocean surfaces ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |