Климатическое оружие и природные катаклизмы – излюбленные темы не только журналистов, но и писателей, сценаристов и кинорежиссеров. Они стопроцентно гарантирует читательский и зрительский интерес. Поэтому нет ничего удивительного в том, что опубликованная несколько лет назад книга Сидни Шелдона «А ты боишься темноты?» сразу же стала бестселлером в США, Европе и России. Один из ее [...]

The elusive culprits that are killing countless coral reefs around the world can now be nabbed with technology normally used to diagnose human diseases, marine researchers say. Coral researchers and reef managers will be able to identify coral infections using a new method that allows them to classify specific diseases based on the presence of [...]

Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record, but how accurately does that record reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth? "It's a question that goes back a long way to the time of Darwin, who looked at the fossil record and tried to understand what it [...]

1. При болях в суставах необходимо взять 1,5-2 столовые ложки соли, размешать в одном литре холодной воды. Полотенце смочить в полученном растворе и обернуть его вокруг больных суставов в качестве компрессов. Такие процедуры эффективно делать на ночь, на время сна. Рекомендуем делать их ежедневно либо через день, пока не пройдет боль в суставах. Соль рекомендуется [...]

WWF назвал самые яркие события уходящего года в области охраны окружающей среды, и обозначил экологические задачи, стоящие перед Россией в 2012 году. Катастрофа такого уровня, как авария на АЭС Фукусима-1, несомненно, вызвала живое обсуждение о будущем энергетическом балансе в мире, и в ряде стран оно привело к решению отказаться от ядерной энергетики. Новое видение энергетического [...]

Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity -- a first for either of the two subspecies of hellbender. The decade-long collaboration of the Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation has yielded 63 baby hellbenders. The first hellbender hatched on Nov. 15, and currently there are approximately [...]

Increasing acidification in coastal waters could compromise the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and keep their shells, according to a new study led by University of Georgia researchers. Their findings will be published in the November 2011 issue of Nature Geoscience. The researchers determined the combined effects of fertilizer runoff carried [...]

Climate change is subtly altering average yearly and seasonal temperatures on land and water and looks set to have a significant impact on Northern Ireland's coastal ecology, according to Dr David Schoeman, a University of Ulster marine scientist and co-author of an important international study into ocean warming to be published on November 3 in [...]

The magnitude and depth of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will require an unprecedented effort to determine the extent and severity of ecological damage and to develop restoration plans for affected areas in the Gulf of Mexico, says an interim report by the National Research Council. A broad approach that focuses on repairing ecosystem processes [...]

People and giant snakes not only target each other for food -- they also compete for the same prey, according to a study co-authored by a Cornell University researcher. More than a quarter of the men in a modern Filipino hunter-gatherer group have been attacked by giant pythons -- yet those same hunter-gatherers often target [...]