Nov 24 2010

Earth’s Lakes Heating Up

Tag: Bodies of Water,Climate Change,Global Warming,Lakes,NASA — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:58 am
Satellite data from 167 lakes around the world reveal the impact climate change is already having.

Sep 21 2010

Moses’ Red Sea Parting Explained by Computer Model

Tag: Christianity,Computer Simulation,Geography,Judaism,Lakes,Seas,Wind — Larry O'Hanlon @ 5:00 am
Modern science has reconstructed one of the most famous miracles of the Old Testament. Find out how Moses may have done it.

Jul 19 2010

Lake Superior May Hit Record Temperature

Tag: Fisheries,Food Chain,Lakes,Season,Summer — Jessica Marshall @ 11:56 am
The world's largest lake is on course to be warmer than ever this summer due to low ice cover last winter.

May 19 2010

Are Anti-Bacterial Soaps Poisoning Our Water?

Tag: Antibiotics,Environment,Lakes,Rivers,Streams,Waste Disposal — Emily Sohn @ 12:32 pm
A common chemical found in antibacterial soaps is turning up in lakes and streams and could potentially harm wildlife and human health.

May 18 2010

Parking Lots Outnumber Cars in Some States

Tag: Baking,Building,Business,Cars,Green,Green Roofs,Lakes,Money,Office,Restaurants,Seas,Streams,Summer,The Sun,Urban Planning,Vehicles,Video,Wild Animals — Larry O'Hanlon @ 2:47 pm
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have almost three spaces for every car. That means more urban heat and less runoff.

Mar 31 2010

U.S. Judge Strikes Down Gene Patents

Tag: Bacteria,Biotech,Biotechnology,Breast Cancer,Disasters and Accidents,DNA,Engineering,Fear,Genes,Genetic Science,Hearing,Inventions,Judaism,Lakes,Lawyer,Life Science,Lung Cancer,Men,Nature,Office,Parents,Royalty and Rulers,Science,Scientists,Shakes and Smoothies,Video,Women,Women's Health — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:21 pm
Genes cannot be patented, said a judge, because isolated DNA is not markedly different from DNA as it exists in nature.

Mar 22 2010

How Dinos Ruled the World

Tag: Alligators and Crocodiles,Atlantic Ocean,Baking,Climate Change,Coal,Dinosaurs,Earth,Events,Forests,Fossil Fuels,Fossils,Global Warming,Human Ancestors,Lakes,Lava,Mass Extinction,Materials,Organic,Plants,Scientists,Snakes,Video,Volcanic Eruptions,Volcanoes — Larry O'Hanlon @ 7:25 pm
A massive volcanic eruption tipped the scales in the battle between dinosaurs and crocodiles for global dominance.

Feb 11 2010

Battle Lines Drawn to Repel Asian Carp Invasion

Tag: Fish,Fisheries,Fishing,Government,Lakes — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:29 pm
Federal officials are proposing a $78.5 million plan to keep this invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
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