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Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

   Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy.

Posted : Tue, Mar 04, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Report: Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves

Report: Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves

   The extinction of many large mammals at the end of the Ice Age may have packed an even bigger punch than scientists have realized. To the list of victims such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, a Smithsonian-led team of scientists has added one more: a highly carnivorous form of wolf that lived in Alaska, north of the ice sheets.

Posted : Sun, Jun 24, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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