Environment

alagal bloom in the North Sea

The Winds of Viral Change

13.07.2015

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Environment, Climate

Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms

A satellite image of Olympus Mons, Mars, the largest volcano in the solar system at about three times the height of Mount Everest. Around 3.5 to 4.0 billion years ago, the release of volcanic gases, especially the greenhouse gas sulfur-dioxide, may have warmed the surface of Mars episodically, thereby explaining the presence of geomorphological features indicative of the flow of water on the planet's ancient surface

How Water Could Have Flowed on Mars

18.11.2014

Planetary Science, Environment, Environment, Chemistry

A new model suggests volcanic activity in Mars’ distant past spewed enough greenhouse gases to warm the atmosphere and melt the ice

Microbes Take their Sulfur Light

Microbes Take their Sulfur Light

18.11.2014

Environment, Environment, Chemistry

A model explaining the preferences of deep-sea microbes can help reveal the ancient past – as well as predict the future

The Coral Sweepstakes

The Coral Sweepstakes

04.11.2014

High-speed films of coral reveal how tiny hairs are used for housekeeping

Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps

21.10.2014

Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon

Chicken vs Beef

The Real Price of Steak

21.07.2014

Environment, Plants and Agriculture

Convective clouds forming over the Amazon in a blanket smoke. Image: Prof. Ilan Koren

No Limits to Human Effects on Clouds

08.06.2014

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

Weizmann Institute research shows how atmospheric particles affect cloud formation in real time

Diatom cells expressing ROS-sensitive proteins in the nucleus (green) and chlorophyll (red)

Drift against the Tide

09.04.2014

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture

Ocean plankton turn a toxic byproduct into a sophisticated stress indicator

Profs. Sabrina Sartori and Reshef Tenne

Cooperating for a Clean Future

03.04.2014

Environment, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Visiting professor Sabrina Sartori is working to create new materials for green energy storage

Invisible Coral Flows, the winning photography entry

Seeing the Unseen

18.03.2014

Environment, Plants and Agriculture

An image tracing the unseen flow generated by small hairs on corals wins for beauty as well as science

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