What would it be like to drive and trek the remote Altai Mountains in southern Siberia to search for Russia’s last snow leopards? In July 2010 I found out. This is my diary of an amazing trip to survey these beautiful mountains for the rare and elusive cat.
Blog: Antioxidants and Free Radicals by Clara M.
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Most people have heard of
antioxidants and free
radicals, but many are
unclear as to what they
actually are. Free
radicals are atoms which
contain an odd number of
electrons. They tend to
form with the action of
oxygen on certain
molecules, and in an... more
Blog: Climate Warming Helps British Butterfly Spread by mark s.
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Warming in Great Britain
appears to have given a
little brown and orange
butterfly an edge. The
brown argus butterfly has
spread about 49 miles (79
kilometers) northward on
the island over 20 years,
observations indicate.
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Blog: Magma Crystals Hold Clues to Volcanoes' Inner Workings by mark s.
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More than 500 million
people live close to
volcanoes that could
erupt with little or no
clear warning, causing
widespread devastation
and even global effects
on climate, as in the
case of the 1991 eruption
of Mount Pinatubo.
Although scientists keep
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