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New bacteria-filled sensor for water monitoring
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2014
A small sensor filled with bacteria could be used to monitor the quality of drinking water in real …
Hidden magma tracked
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2014
Despite being hidden deep underground, magma has an incredibly strong influence not only on the pla…
Svalbard reindeer numbers on the rise
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jul 2014
In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Sv…
Glacial microbes affect albedo
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jul 2014
Microbes drastically reduce the surface reflectivity of glaciers and have a non-negligible impact o…
Cloud formation slowed by biodiesel emission
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jul 2014
Global cloud formation and rainfall could be more dramatically and unexpectedly affected by the inc…
Global warming favours light-coloured insects
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2014
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing th…
Bees under the spotlight
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their …
New insight into effect of pesticides on aquatic life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 May 2014
Research by an international team of scientists has provided new insight into the effects of pestic…
£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2014
A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the great…
Rain in Balkans cause flood and landslides
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2014
Three months-worth of rain have fallen in three days in the Balkans, causing widespread floods and …
Ice core clue to Earth’s evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2014
In an attempt to reveal how the planet has evolved, polar scientists have successfully drilled a 2,…
Ancient Mercury’s volcanic past
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2014
Volcanoes exploded on Mercury for a large proportion of the planet’s history according to detailed …
Saharan dust cloud highlights air quality problems
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2014
Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk according to the World He…
Supervolcanic eruptions solved?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Feb 2014
Supervolcanic eruptions are caused by a change in magma pressure and magma buoyancy suggests two ne…
Soap bubbles predict circling winds
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2014
Meteorologists have been using an unusual tool to predict the wind intensity and strength of hurric…
Nanoparticles and the environment
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2013
Metallic nanoparticles have many possible uses – including clean fuel technology and high density s…
Acid rain plays role in Great Dying
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Nov 2013
Rain as acidic as undiluted lemon juice could have contributed to the Great Dying, a severe mass ex…
Ardnamurchan magma mystery solved
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2013
A volcano on the Scottish peninsula thought to have three successive magma chambers only has one si…
Sea-level rise predictions could be flawed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Aug 2013
Bristol researchers say the satellite record for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets needs to im…
Ring rain influences Saturn’s atmosphere
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2013
Saturn’s atmosphere is home to more charged water particle “rain” than previously thought suggests …
