Seamounts: Biodiversity "Hotspots"

Seamounts: Biodiversity "Hotspots"

Mountains that rise from the seafloor, called seamounts, represent one of the most common ecosystems on earth, say scientists from the NOAA and Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. Their…
Plants Getting Too Much Blame For Climate Change

Plants Getting Too Much Blame For Climate Change

Plants are getting too much blame for global warming, according to a study by scientists at the University of Ediburgh and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The research, published in…
Movies Still To Blame For Smoking

Movies Still To Blame For Smoking

Despite significant declines in the cinematic depiction of smoking over the past 20 years, researchers writing in Thorax complain that tobacco imagery is still relatively common in UK films rated…
Arctic Tipping Points - #6: Are We There Yet?

Arctic Tipping Points - #6: Are We There Yet?

Arctic Tipping Points - #6: Are We There Yet? What might cause the Arctic sea ice to have a tipping point? Are we about to reach, or have we already reached a tipping point? This series is a follow-…
Why Patients Are Safer In The Nude

Why Patients Are Safer In The Nude

Note: RPI put out a press release today (4/29/2010) on my work today so I am reposting this with today's date also. If you ever have a mysterious skin rash and show your doctor, he or she may very…