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- July 24, 2016
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Week 29 In Review: Open-Access Science | 18 to 25 July
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Cave art, wild fires, new dinosaur with teeny T-rex arms, thirsty trees and a new method to create hydrogen from grass. Here are five of the latest scientific studies published open-access this week.... Read more »
Cooper, J., Samson, A., Nieves, M., Lace, M., Caamaño-Dones, J., Cartwright, C., Kambesis, P., & Frese, L. (2016) ‘The Mona Chronicle’: the archaeology of early religious encounter in the New World. Antiquity, 90(352), 1054-1071. DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.103
Apesteguía, S., Smith, N., Juárez Valieri, R., & Makovicky, P. (2016) An Unusual New Theropod with a Didactyl Manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. PLOS ONE, 11(7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157793
Young-Robertson, J., Bolton, W., Bhatt, U., Cristóbal, J., & Thoman, R. (2016) Deciduous trees are a large and overlooked sink for snowmelt water in the boreal forest. Scientific Reports, 29504. DOI: 10.1038/srep29504
Nagra, G., Treble, P., Andersen, M., Fairchild, I., Coleborn, K., & Baker, A. (2016) A post-wildfire response in cave dripwater chemistry. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20(7), 2745-2758. DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-2745-2016
Caravaca, A., Jones, W., Hardacre, C., & Bowker, M. (2016) H production by the photocatalytic reforming of cellulose and raw biomass using Ni, Pd, Pt and Au on titania . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science, 472(2191), 20160054. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0054
- February 28, 2016
- 08:35 AM
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Week 8 In Review: Open-Access Science | 22 to 28 Feb
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any other century of the last 3,000 years, new methods for estimating future sea level rise and heat waves, consumers to blame for their carbon footprint, and new virtual forests predict future impacts of climate change. Here are five of the latest scientific studies published open-access this week.... Read more »
Kopp, R., Kemp, A., Bittermann, K., Horton, B., Donnelly, J., Gehrels, W., Hay, C., Mitrovica, J., Morrow, E., & Rahmstorf, S. (2016) Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201517056. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517056113
Mengel, M., Levermann, A., Frieler, K., Robinson, A., Marzeion, B., & Winkelmann, R. (2016) Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long-term commitment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201500515. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500515113
Leary, E., Young, L., DuClos, C., & Jordan, M. (2015) Identifying Heat Waves in Florida: Considerations of Missing Weather Data. PLOS ONE, 10(11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143471
Ivanova, D., Stadler, K., Steen-Olsen, K., Wood, R., Vita, G., Tukker, A., & Hertwich, E. (2015) Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12371
Liénard, J., & Strigul, N. (2016) An individual-based forest model links canopy dynamics and shade tolerances along a soil moisture gradient. Royal Society Open Science, 3(2), 150589. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150589
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- February 17, 2016
- 01:25 AM
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What Spanish stalagmites can tell us about European climate
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Scientists have been decoding the climate information locked away in 12,000-year-old stalagmites from Spanish caves.... Read more »
Smith, A., Wynn, P., Barker, P., Leng, M., Noble, S., & Stott, A. (2016) Cave monitoring and the potential for palaeoclimate reconstruction from Cueva de Asiul, Cantabria (N. Spain). International Journal of Speleology, 45(1), 1-9. DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.45.1.1928
- February 2, 2016
- 12:35 PM
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Weird small holes in the woods
by Rosin Cerate in Rosin Cerate
Within the ground beneath our feet lie dark cavities of various shapes and sizes. They're home to pale and eyeless creatures living a midnight existence. Natural holes in the ground, filled with air and/or water, can be roughly categorized into three types based on the particular habitat they provide for subterranean organisms:(1) Caves are large, deep, and tend not to contain much organic matter for organisms to munch on. They're often found in karst and volcanic areas prone to developing big h........ Read more »
Pipan T, Fišer C, Novak T, & Culver D. (2012) Fifty years of the hypotelminorheic: What have we learned?. Acta Carsologica, 41(2-3). DOI: 10.3986/ac.v41i2-3.564
- January 17, 2016
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Week Two In Review: Open-Access Science | 11 to 17 Jan
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
The world’s largest canyon discovered hidden under the Antarctic ice, citizen science is on the up, new genetic secrets of Ötzi Iceman, and the social lives of chimps. Here are 5 of the latest scientific studies published open-access this week.... Read more »
Jamieson, S., Ross, N., Greenbaum, J., Young, D., Aitken, A., Roberts, J., Blankenship, D., Bo, S., & Siegert, M. (2015) An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica. Geology. DOI: 10.1130/G37220.1
Kullenberg, C., & Kasperowski, D. (2016) What Is Citizen Science? – A Scientometric Meta-Analysis. PLOS ONE, 11(1). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147152
Moeller, A., Foerster, S., Wilson, M., Pusey, A., Hahn, B., & Ochman, H. (2016) Social behavior shapes the chimpanzee pan-microbiome. Science Advances, 2(1). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500997
Coia, V., Cipollini, G., Anagnostou, P., Maixner, F., Battaggia, C., Brisighelli, F., Gómez-Carballa, A., Destro Bisol, G., Salas, A., & Zink, A. (2016) Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing in Alpine populations and the genetic history of the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman. Scientific Reports, 18932. DOI: 10.1038/srep18932
Engelmann, J., & Herrmann, E. (2016) Chimpanzees Trust Their Friends. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.037
- October 26, 2015
- 01:25 AM
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A week in review: Top open-access science stories
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
There's simply not enough time in the week to write about everything that I'd like! So here are 6 extra short summaries of scientific studies published during the past week, available free via open-access journals for anyone and everyone to read and enjoy!... Read more »
Bergmann, M., Sandhop, N., Schewe, I., & D’Hert, D. (2015) Observations of floating anthropogenic litter in the Barents Sea and Fram Strait, Arctic. Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1795-8
Padowski, J., Gorelick, S., Thompson, B., Rozelle, S., & Fendorf, S. (2015) Assessment of human–natural system characteristics influencing global freshwater supply vulnerability. Environmental Research Letters, 10(10), 104014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/104014
Conrad, T., & Ayasse, M. (2015) The Role of Vibrations in Population Divergence in the Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.059
Luo J, Ault JS, Shay LK, Hoolihan JP, Prince ED, Brown CA, & Rooker JR. (2015) Ocean Heat Content Reveals Secrets of Fish Migrations. PloS one, 10(10). PMID: 26484541
Yoon JH, Wang SY, Gillies RR, Kravitz B, Hipps L, & Rasch PJ. (2015) Increasing water cycle extremes in California and in relation to ENSO cycle under global warming. Nature communications, 8657. PMID: 26487088
Lively, J. (2015) A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1009084
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- October 17, 2015
- 06:25 AM
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Five maps to show how sea level rise affects you
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
TFTK has found five of the best free maps that show the neighbourhoods most vulnerable to sea level rise.... Read more »
Winkelmann, R., Levermann, A., Ridgwell, A., & Caldeira, K. (2015) Combustion of available fossil fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science Advances, 1(8). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500589
Strauss BH, Kulp S, & Levermann A. (2015) Carbon choices determine US cities committed to futures below sea level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 26460051
- August 17, 2015
- 06:25 AM
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Ancient Chinese graffiti records severe drought and hardship
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
500-year-old graffiti in a Chinese cave documents local residents prayers for rain during periods of severe water shortages.... Read more »
Tan, L., Cai, Y., An, Z., Cheng, H., Shen, C., Breitenbach, S., Gao, Y., Edwards, R., Zhang, H., & Du, Y. (2015) A Chinese cave links climate change, social impacts, and human adaptation over the last 500 years. Scientific Reports, 12284. DOI: 10.1038/srep12284
- July 13, 2015
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Tropical wetlands releasing more carbon than previously thought
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Scientists report southeast Asian tropical peatlands are emitting almost double the about of carbon officially estimated in the last IPCC report.... Read more »
Carlson, K., Goodman, L., & May-Tobin, C. (2015) Modeling relationships between water table depth and peat soil carbon loss in Southeast Asian plantations. Environmental Research Letters, 10(7), 74006. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074006
- June 25, 2015
- 06:25 AM
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Can Scottish climate explain the rise and fall of European cultures?
by Cath Jex in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Scientists have pieced together the climate history from 3000 year old stalagmites and discovered a record of climate changes that may have influenced major historical events, including the fall of the Roman Empire and the Viking Age of expansion.... Read more »
Baker, A., C. Hellstrom, J., Kelly, B., Mariethoz, G., & Trouet, V. (2015) A composite annual-resolution stalagmite record of North Atlantic climate over the last three millennia. Scientific Reports, 10307. DOI: 10.1038/srep10307
- March 12, 2015
- 02:54 AM
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Science, climate change and controversy
by GrrlScientist in Maniraptora
SUMMARY: It’s inevitable: as science progresses, controversy happens. But sometimes, the public sees controversy where none exists. How to remedy that? ... Read more »
Darwin C. (1839) Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, and of Other Parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an Attempt to Prove That They Are of Marine Origin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 39-81. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1839.0005
- August 11, 2014
- 08:00 AM
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Weather Vs. Climate In Global Warming
by Mark E. Lasbury in The 'Scope
Last winter was horrible, and this summer has been mild – so global warming must not be real. This is the thought process for many people, but it points out the confusion between climate and weather. Climate is the average weather for a place over a given period, while weather is what you get day to day. New research is showing that climate change is causing more intense hurricanes - but is the number changing? Recent studies land on both sides of the issue.... Read more »
Bender MA, Knutson TR, Tuleya RE, Sirutis JJ, Vecchi GA, Garner ST, & Held IM. (2010) Modeled impact of anthropogenic warming on the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes. Science (New York, N.Y.), 327(5964), 454-8. PMID: 20093471
Knutson, T., Sirutis, J., Garner, S., Vecchi, G., & Held, I. (2008) Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions. Nature Geoscience, 1(6), 359-364. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo202
- March 6, 2014
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Mesa Verde’s ‘Mummy Lake’ Was Built to Hold Rituals, Not Water, Study Says
by Blake de Pastino in Western Digs
A grand, sandstone-walled pit in Mesa Verde National Park has for decades been seen as an achievement of prehistoric hydrology, part of a system of cisterns and canals used by Ancestral Puebloans to harvest rainwater on the arid plateau as much as 1,100 years ago.
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Benson, L., Griffin, E., Stein, J., Friedman, R., & Andrae, S. (2014) Mummy Lake: an unroofed ceremonial structure within a large-scale ritual landscape. Journal of Archaeological Science, 164-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.021
- January 25, 2014
- 06:28 AM
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Planners must be alert to CO2 impact on water supplies
by Andy Extance in Simple Climate
From droughts to deluges, meeting climate targets will make it easier for planners to cope with changes in river flows, says the University of Reading’s Nigel Arnell, though even then we must watch global warming’s impacts keenly. ... Read more »
Nigel W. Arnell, Matthew B. Charlton, Jason A. Lowe. (2014) The effect of climate policy on the impacts of climate change on river flows in the UK. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.12.046
- December 18, 2013
- 11:23 PM
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2013: Saline lake research in papers
by Egor Zadereev in Science of Salt Lakes
It’s time to sum up the research on saline lakes for the year 2013. The approach is the same as for the two previous years. The database: Web of Science. The timespan: Year 2013.
Search: the combined list for two searches “salt lake or saline lake” and “salinity and lake”...... Read more »
Matthew Z. DeMaerea, Timothy J. Williamsa, Michelle A. Allena, Mark V. Browna, John A. E. Gibsonc, John Richa, Federico M. Lauroa, Michael Dyall-Smithd, Karen W. Davenporte, Tanja Woykef.... (2013) High level of intergenera gene exchange shapes the evolution of haloarchaea in an isolated Antarctic lake. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307090110
Antony, Chakkiath Paul, Kumaresan, Deepak, Hunger, Sindy, Drake, Harold L., Murrell, J. Colin, & Shouche, Yogesh S. (2013) Microbiology of Lonar Lake and other soda lakes. ISME JOURNAL. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.137
Schmidt, Radomir, Tantoyotai, Prapakorn, Fakra, Sirine C., Marcus, Matthew A., Yang, Soo In, Pickering, Ingrid J., Banuelos, Gary S., Hristova, Krassimira R., & Freeman, John L. (2013) Selenium Biotransformations in an Engineered Aquatic Ecosystem for Bioremediation of Agricultural Wastewater via Brine Shrimp Production. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE . DOI: 10.1021/es305001n
Sima, S., Ahmadalipour, A., & Tajrishy, M. (2013) Mapping surface temperature in a hyper-saline lake and investigating the effect of temperature distribution on the lake evaporation. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.014
Wilkins, Daniel, Gouramanis, Chris, De Deckker, Patrick, Fifield, L. Keith, & Olley, Jon. (2013) Holocene lake-level fluctuations in Lakes Keilambete and Gnotuk, southwestern Victoria, Australia. HOLOCENE. DOI: 10.1177/0959683612471983
- September 17, 2013
- 12:51 PM
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Computer Model to Help Manage Hydropower in Kenya
by dailyfusion in The Daily Fusion
The largest share of Kenya’s electricity supply comes from hydroelectric stations at the dams along the upper Tana River, as well as the Turkwel Gorge Dam in the west. And to keep the lights on, Kenyan authorities want to know how much water they can expect in upcoming rainy seasons. A multi-university research team have developed a computer model to help manage the hydropower in Kenya.... Read more »
Oludhe C. , Sinha T., Devineni N., Lall U. (2013) The Role of Multimodel Climate Forecasts in Improving Water and Energy Management over the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0300.1
- September 12, 2013
- 02:23 PM
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Dealing with Drought: How Do Plants Cope?
by Melissa Chernick in Science Storiented
Have you noticed how often drought has been in the news lately? You don’t have to be a scientist to know that drought is bad. But, if you’re a plant, how bad is bad? I mean, you’re a plant; it isn't like you can pick up your roots and go looking for the nearest water source. You must have ways to cope, strategies that will let you survive until water arrives. A new paper in Tree Physiology caught my eye today that examines how plants handle drought in our changing climate.We know that drou........ Read more »
Duan, Honglang, Jeffrey S. Amthor, Remko A. Duursma, Anthony P. O’Grady, Brendan Choat, & David T. Tissue. (2013) Carbon dynamics of eucalypt seedlings exposed to progressive drought in elevated [CO2] and elevated temperature. Tree Physiology, 33(8), 779-792. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt061
- July 27, 2013
- 03:57 AM
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How a beer bottle helped reveal rapid past climate change
by Andy Extance in Simple Climate
University of Copenhagen’s Willi Dansgaard's method for linking rainfall to temperature grew from a simple back garden experiment to a way to decipher Earth’s climate history from kilometre-long cylinders of ice. ... Read more »
Willi Dansgaard. (1953) The Abundance of O18 in Atmospheric Water and Water Vapour. Tellus. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1953.tb01076.x
Willi Dansgaard. (1954) The O18-abundance in fresh water. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. DOI: http://dx.org/10.1016/0016-7037(54)90003-4
Willi Dansgaard. (1964) Stable isotopes in precipitation. Tellus. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1964.tb00181.x
W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnsen, J. Møller, C. C. Langway Jr. (1969) One Thousand Centuries of Climatic Record from Camp Century on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3903.377
- March 13, 2013
- 08:44 AM
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Skybugs: ecosystems above and below
by sedeer in Inspiring Science
I’ve already written several times about the bacteria in the clouds and what they do up there; now, a new …Continue reading »... Read more »
Deleon-Rodriguez N, Lathem TL, Rodriguez-R LM, Barazesh JM, Anderson BE, Beyersdorf AJ, Ziemba LD, Bergin M, Nenes A, & Konstantinidis KT. (2013) Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(7), 2575-80. PMID: 23359712
- October 17, 2012
- 03:34 PM
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Ice Age on Mars: how it started and ended
by sedeer in Inspiring Science
One of the great things about working at a university is the opportunity to go to talks and learn about …Continue reading »... Read more »
Head, J., Mustard, J., Kreslavsky, M., Milliken, R., & Marchant, D. (2003) Recent ice ages on Mars. Nature, 426(6968), 797-802. DOI: 10.1038/nature02114
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