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		Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills Call for a "whole new type" of marine ecology Released  April 20, 2012
		Earth Week: A Stream Is a Stream Is a Stream: Or Is It? Scientists ford high-mountain waterways in North, South America to find out Released  April 16, 2012
		Long-term Ecological Research Reveals Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change New insights as NSF Long Term Ecological Research Network reflects on three decades of science Released  April 6, 2012
		Cry Me a River: Following a Watershed's Winding Path to Sustainability National Science Foundation "Water, Sustainability and Climate" award fosters new view of urban rivers, lakes Released  March 9, 2012
		The Snows of Mount Washington Climate and environmental change in the U.S. northeast corridor Released  March 2, 2012
		Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth Released  February 6, 2012
		Biodiversity of Earth's Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill--and ultimately out of room? Released  January 27, 2012
		Out of Africa and Into the American Midwest Last of the oak savannas survives at NSF Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site Released  January 6, 2012
		Trouble in Paradise: Ocean Acidification This Way Comes Sustainability of tropical corals in question, but some species developing survival mechanisms Released  January 4, 2012
		Can Marcellus Shale Gas Development and Healthy Waterways Sustainably Coexist? National Science Foundation Sustainability Research Coordination Network is Providing Answers Released  December 9, 2011
		Seeing the Forest Under the Trees New Effect of Acid Rain on Forests: Too Many Dead Leaves a Bad Sign for Sugar Maples Released  December 7, 2011
		Dashing Through the Snow, in a One-truck Radar Dish Scientists study mountain west snowstorms through the eye of the Doppler-on-Wheels Released  December 6, 2011
		A HIPPO Takes to the Skies to Taste Earth's Atmosphere The HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observation (HIPPO) project generated an extraordinarily detailed mapping of the global distribution of greenhouse gases, black carbon and related chemical species in the atmosphere Released  October 25, 2011
		The Earth Exploration Toolbook Wins SPORE Award Online resource for teachers and students provides data and data analysis tools related to the Earth sciences Released  October 3, 2011
		Looking Ahead to Local Climate Models Scientists at George Mason University's Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies are working on more accurate climate predictions that will help us plan for the future Released  July 14, 2011
		Alligator Commuters: Gators' Travels Link Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Florida alligators travel upstream and downstream between marshes and the coast Released  June 23, 2011
		New View of Undersea Giant Kelp Forest "Canopy"--From Satellites Above Marine scientists discover wave disturbance, nutrient levels affect California giant kelp growth Released  May 25, 2011
		How Tiny Microbes Took a Big Bite out of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Two scientists describe their research on the fate of massive methane releases from the Gulf oil spill during the summer and fall of 2010 Released  May 23, 2011
		Mummified Trees Could Take Climate Scientists Back to the Future Newly discovered ancient, mummified trees may reveal clues about future ecosystem responses to climate change Released  March 16, 2011
		Tracking the Causes of Space-based Weather Disruptions Scientists use innovative Radio Aurora Explorer satellite to discover conditions that cause disruptions in space-based communication and navigation signals Released  March 16, 2011
		Relationship Found Between Ancient Climate Change and Mass Extinction Researchers use a ground-breaking technique that reveals a relationship between cooler temperatures and Earth's second largest mass extinction, which occurred about 450 million years ago Released  February 17, 2011
		Superorganisms Are More Than the Sum of Their Parts Studying ants to find out how colony size affects patterns of behavior and energy use Released  January 25, 2011
		Eye-to-Eye With a Blizzard ...Tornado ... Hurricane A day in the life of the Doppler-on-Wheels Released  December 8, 2010
		Scientists Listen to Song of the Sun The sun is a very noisy place, generating an inferred multi-frequency song comparable to cathedral bells Released  September 28, 2010
		Researchers Hunt Down Antarctic Microbes Scientists from Louisiana State University look for signs of microbial life in Antarctica's glaciers Released  June 3, 2010
		Pollution Speeds up Snow Melt in Europe, Asia NSF-supported climate scientist Mark Flanner and colleagues find differences in the rates for spring warming and snow cover decline in Eurasia and North America, and are studying whether aerosols are a key factor Released  April 30, 2010
		Mystery Behind Weak Earthquake Faults Solved Chris Marone and Cristiano Collettini on their research team's work to find out why low-angle, normal faults slip Released  April 9, 2010
		Dust-on-Snow: On Spring Winds, Something Wicked This Way Comes Earlier snowmelt, altered water supplies, result Released  April 2, 2010
		Taking the "Surprise" out of Surprise Solar Storms Scientists are learning to predict giant solar storms that could, at any time, hit the Earth and produce cascading catastrophes Released  March 18, 2010
		When Glaciers Melt, What's in the Water? Measuring the movement of nutrients in Alaska's glacial streams is a "hot topic" for an NSF-supported research team Released  March 17, 2010