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Exposure to Organochlorate Pollutants and Lead Weakens Bones

A new methodology developed by a researcher of the University of Granada will permit to determine the toxicological effects caused in animals which have been exposed to organochlorate pollutants and lead analysing their bones

27 Nov 2008

Mercury Levels in Red Snapper Being Boosted by Shrimp Trawling

New research from Texas Christian and Louisiana State universities finds shrimp trawling may be raising the level of toxic mercury in juvenile snapper

26 Nov 2008

Cave Bears Wiped Out by Climate Change

Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of Europe, from Spain to the Urals, died out 27,800 years ago, around 13 millennia earlier than was previously believed, scientists have reported

25 Nov 2008

Sea Slugs Live Like Solar Powered Plants

The lowly sea slug, "Elysia chlorotica," may not seem like the most exciting of creatures, but don't be fooled - it behaves like a plant and is solar-powered

25 Nov 2008

Road Ecology Looking at the Impact of Roads on the Environment

Comedians have made good use of "road kill" in their routines, but a Clarkson University professor began focusing attention on the problem after finding roads in northern New York covered in green sheen from frogs who had been flattened by traffic

25 Nov 2008

Fishing Stunts Dolphin Populations

Despite successes in reducing dolphin bycatch, fishing found to negatively affect reproduction

24 Nov 2008

Ocean Getting More Acidic Faster Than Previously Thought

University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide

24 Nov 2008

Alien Worms Threaten to Destroy Forests

Forests that evolved without native earthworms now face the invasion of European earthworms from agriculture and fishing. Ripple effects could include carbon sequestration and climate change

23 Nov 2008