The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first appearance of flowering plants, new research reveals. …read more Source:: Science
Day: August 7, 2018
California’s Mendocino complex of fires now largest in state’s history
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•California has been dealing with record breaking fires for the past month and they aren’t even halfway through their fire season. The Mendocino Complex eclipsed last year’s Thomas fire which …read more Source:: Science
Mojave Desert birds crashed over the last century due to climate change
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•More than 100 years ago, biologists conducted a thorough survey of birds in the Mojave Desert. A recent resurvey shows that the species richness of the desert habitat has dropped …read more Source:: Science
Iron-silica particles unlock part of the mystery of Earth’s oxygenation
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•The oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a new study by geomicrobiologists. But these results solve only part …read more Source:: Science
Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
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•Chorus waves are electromagnetic waves. Converted to sound they sound like singing and chirping birds at dawn. They can cause polar lights above the Earth as well as damage to …read more Source:: Science