environment
Trees can capture over 50% of the particulate matter in polluted urban air
Posted in Science on 27th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Trees Capture Particulate Matter From Road Exhaust.
Last minute deal saves fractious UN climate talks
Posted in Science on 24th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
UN climate talks in Poland have ended with delegates reaching a compromise on how to fight global warming.
English seas get new marine conservation zones
Posted in Featured, Science on 22nd Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
The government has announced it will create 27 new marine conservation zones to protect wildlife in the seas around the English coast.
Wildlife and countryside groups attack progress on nature
Posted in Science on 19th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
The government is failing to deliver a third of its commitments to protect the natural environment, a report says.
Evolution Can Select for Evolvability, Penn Biologists Find
Posted in Science on 16th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Evolution does not operate with a goal in mind; it does not have foresight. But organisms that have a greater capacity to evolve may fare better in rapidly changing environments.