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Researchers Discover Why Some Athletes’ Performances Fail To Improve On A Live-High, Train-Low Regimen
DALLAS - December 30, 1998 - Exercise physiology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have learned why... Read More
UCSD Professor Explains How Elephants Are Able To Snorkel
For hundreds of years, scientists have wondered why elephants can snorkel from considerable depths that would rupture the... Read More
Water table
water table (Science: ecology) The zone of saturation at the highest average depth during the wettest season, it is at least... Read More
Dissolved oxygen
Definition noun The amount of free oxygen dissolved in water, expressed in mg/L, parts per million (ppm), or in percent of... Read More
Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth’s History
Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History ... Read More
Atlas of the World
Atlas of the World AUTHORS: ... Read More
Acclimation
Acclimation --> acclimatization adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. Adaptation to a new climate (a... Read More
Acclimatization
Acclimatization adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or... Read More
Generalized hypoxia
Definition noun The inadequate supply of oxygen to the body as a whole. Supplement A decrease in oxygen saturation of the... Read More
ESA’s Cluster Mission Establishes Why Earth’s Aurorae Shine
ESA's Cluster mission has established that high-speed flows of electrified gas, known as bursty bulk flows, in the Earth's... Read More
Eastern Africa and biodiversity
Overview of resources Nectophrynoidesvivparus is one of the few frogs that give... Read More
Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of Asiatic Salamanders (Hynobiidae)
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / EVOLUTION Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of Asiatic Salamanders (Hynobiidae) Peng Zhang,... Read More
Biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Ecuador: Implications for the Design of Control Strategies
Biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Ecuador: Implications for the Design of Control Strategies Fernando... Read More
Ethnobiology of the Nilgiri hills, India
The Nilgiri is a popular massif towering high in the Western Ghats in South India with an altitude of 2623 m. Nature has... Read More
Woody component of caatinga vegetation in the Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara, Piauí State, Brazil
LEMOS, Jesus Rodrigues and RODAL, Maria Jesus Nogueira Abstract : There exists little information about the vegetation... Read More
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Lead Author: J. Emmett DuffyThis article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: John... Read More
Smithsonian scientists help lead effort to ‘barcode’ world’s species
Smithsonian researchers are among the leaders in a worldwide effort to revolutionize the way scientists identify species in... Read More
Anatolian leopard
The Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana) was once described as a distinct subspecies of leopard native to Anatolia... Read More
Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects
Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects Thomas Alerstam1*, Mikael Rosén1, Johan... Read More
Eastern Africa and biodiversity
Eastern Africa and biodiversity United Nations Environment Programme (Content Partner); Kevin J. Caley (Topic Editor).... Read More
Scientists Map Soils on an Extinct American Volcano
Thousands of years after the lava cooled, soil scientists conduct sophisticated mapping of the resulting soil... Read More
Drought tolerance in potatoes
June 2008 -- Climate change is expected to exacerbate drought events throughout the world, resulting in large-scale... Read More
Urmia Lake (Northwest Iran): a brief review
Urmia Lake (Northwest Iran): a brief review Amin Eimanifar1 and Feridon Mohebbi2 1Iranian Artemia Research Center,... Read More
Ancient Drought And Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate
July 6, 2009 — Two abrupt and drastic climate events, 700 years apart and more than 45 centuries ago, are teasing ... Read More
Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic
March 10, 2009 — Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher. The... Read More