ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, just west of Greenland. A collaborative team of researchers from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Tokyo, Japan, and Laval University in Québec, Canada made the discovery.

Fossil deposit is much richer than expected

Paleontologist at the University of Bonn analyses finds from the Dutch town of Winterswijk It has long been known that a quarry near the Dutch town of Winterswijk is an Eldorado for fossil lovers.

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin's Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use hydrocarbons such as methane and butane as energy sources to survive and grow--meaning the newly identified bacteria might be helping to limit the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and might one day be useful for cleaning up oil spills.

Honey Bees Could Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Decades have passed and no new antibiotics have been discovered to counteract the dangerous effects of bacteria which became immune to the treatment in preventing different kinds of infectious diseases.
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