Regional warming may be the cause.Tree death rates have more than doubled over the last few decades in old-growth forests of the western United States, and the most probable cause of the worrisome trend is regional warming, according to a U.S. Geological Survey-led (USGS) study published in Science on January 23. The study found that [...]
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Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor. In the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia, the rate of tree death in older coniferous forests doubled in 17 years. That rate of increase is [...]
All eyes are on Yellowstone National Park after what’s being called a "swarm" of earthquakes at the scenic spot. The park is located mostly in Wyoming but also stretches into Montana and Idaho. Seismologists monitoring the situation say the earthquake sequence is the most intense in this area in years. Over the last nine days, [...]
Physicists Cracked Hex Columns Mystery in Devil’s Postpile, Northern Ireland
posted in Earth, Headlines, SciencePhysicists at the University of Toronto have cracked the mystery behind the strange and uncannily well-ordered hexagonal columns found at such popular tourist sites as Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and California’s Devil’s Postpile, using water, corn starch, and a heat lamp. "The size of the columns, which varies from site to site between a few [...]
Tropical Storm Fay is making her presence felt again and again in Florida. Her latest target is the state’s Panhandle, where she made landfall on Saturday. Her approach from the Gulf of Mexico marks a record fourth landfall for the storm in Florida. At 5:00 p.m., Fay’s center was closest to Destin, to the east [...]
Cuba felt the power of Tropical Storm Fay on Sunday after its deadly rake over Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where at least five people were killed. Fay’s winds were at 50 MPH early Sunday evening with higher gusts reported. Forecasters say the storm has the capacity to become a hurricane over the [...]
Researchers at Durham University have drawn up the first ever ‘Arctic Map’ to show the disputed territories that states might lay claim to in the future. The new map design follows a series of historical and ongoing arguments about ownership, and the race for resources, in the frozen lands and seas of the Arctic. The [...]
New Way to Fight Tropical Deforestation
posted in EarthA shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation threatens the world’s tropical forests but offers new opportunities for conservation, according to an article coauthored by William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. “New Strategies for Conserving Tropical Forests” will be featured in the September issue of the leading journal Trends in Ecology & [...]