DNA barcode finds four new bird species
...within each of four species -- solitary sandpiper, eastern meadowlark, marsh wren and warbling vireo. This discovery indicated that what had been identified as one species, in these cases, was actually two. Based on traditional species identification methods such as morphology and behavior, some taxo...Grant advances biochemical engineering laboratory
...has, through ethanol plants that have popped up in eastern South Dakota. Several chemical engineering graduates from Tech work in these plants, bringing valued-added benefits to the farmers of South Dakota. "South Dakota is an agricultural state," Gilcrease said. "Biochemical engineering takes what farmers ...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...species is similar to a type of rhodolith found in eastern Canada, called Lithothamnion glaciale. But in important ways the Alaska rhodolith is different. "It has very large conceptacles, the reproductive structures," explained Riosmena-Rodriguez. "And the thallus is very thin. This is something ...Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
... Midwest, for the most part Nebraska, West Texas, eastern New Mexico. We find virus that is molecularly indistinguishable from the bait stores in the wild in Colorado. Presumably it was shipped in from somewhere, perhaps Nebraska, into Colorado as bait. And imported bait is a big, multi-million dollar indus...Nevada researcher re-ignites mammal reproduction debate
...d, based on the needs of those areas, she said. In eastern Nevada, for example, declining populations of mule deer could be better researched by taking into account Cameron's contribution to the decades-old scientific controversy. Though her analysis has rekindled debate of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis,...Parasitic cowbirds thrive with a less ruthless strategy than cuckoos
...st just north of San Francisco and at Mono Lake in eastern California.......ral lands in regions such as the Wyoming Basin and eastern Great Basin. Discussing a recent analysis under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Sean Finn, along with coauthors Steven Knick (USGS) and Thomas Rinkes (Bureau of Land Management), will discuss impacts of oil and gas development on sagebrush e...Huge market for forest moss raises concerns
...west and parts of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern U.S. Sometimes the moss is harvested legally, by permits on public lands or contractual arrangement on private land, Muir said. But there's strong evidence that the amount taken by permit or private legal arrangements is just the tip of th...Spring through fall, cities are greener longer than neighboring rural regions
..." 2.4 times greater than that of urban land use in eastern North America. Their analyses also show that changes in land surface temperatures and when vegetation first becomes green are not significantly related to urban size, leading the team to speculate that factors related to population density may play t...Urban heat islands make cities greener
...om a city's edges. Growing seasons in 70 cities in eastern North America were about 15 days longer in urban a...earlier. Springtime land surface temperatures in eastern North American cities were on average 2.3°C (4.1°F) warmer than surrounding rural areas, according t...AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
...on of the Pacific and thehigher clouds seen in its eastern section. They also compared the model to satellitemeasurements at the top of the atmosphere and show that the Hadley model was inreasonable agreement with those measurements for the unusual climactic event. Theresearchers suggest that enough data exi...NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
... says Taylor. The California Current System is the eastern limb of the large, clockwise circulation of the north Pacific Ocean. As water from the westward drift turns south and becomes the California Current, it brings with it cool, fresh water from the sub-arctic region. The California Current System off ...Geologists discover water cuts through rock at surprising speed
... first data that tell us how quickly rivers of the eastern seaboard cut into rock," said Enriqueta Barrera, director of the Geology and Paleontology Program, Division of Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation. The NSF and U.S. Geological Survey have underwritten the project for five years. "The P...Chipmunks descended from ancestors that survived last ice age, scientists say
... Only 17 of the haplotypes were identified as from eastern clades, or groups descending from multiple eastern and southern populations, that included northern Michigan through Indiana and eastern and southern I...Water study yields a few surprises for New England
... These chemicals were much more common in wells in eastern New England than in wells sampled in other parts of the country. This is likely due to the extensive use of MTBE in gasoline and chlorination of city water supplies in this region. "These results indicate the need for regular testing of ground wate...Climate may play role in lynx's hunting ability
...ience. "We knew there was nothing physical between eastern and central regions, so we started to speculate that there may be something climate-related that would influence the lynx's ability to prey on snow hares and their propensity to move between regions." In a paper published today in the Proceedings of ...Ecosystem bounces back from hurricanes
...use River and Estuary and western Pamlico Sound in eastern North Carolina appear to have suffered few long-term ill effects from the storms, and have actually benefited ecologically in some ways from the storms' scouring effects. Those are the findings of a team of North Carolina State University scientists ...New highways drive accelerating deforestation in Amazonia
...station has risen most sharply in the southern and eastern parts of the Amazon, where rainforests are more seasonal and thus more easily burned. "Since 2002, forest loss has shot up by nearly 50% in the states of Par, Rondnia, Mato Grosso, and Acre," said co-author Ana Albernaz of the Goeldi Museum in Belm,...Increasing ozone over the Atlantic ocean
...he USA. In addition to Los Angeles, especially the eastern USA and southern Europe suffer from high ozone concentrations in summer, so that air quality standards are often violated. Nevertheless, the ozone increases have been moderated after 1980 by the introduction of catalytic converters in car exhausts an......k savannah region from south central Texas through eastern Oklahoma. A change in rainfall and/or temperatures predicted over the next several decades could mean a shift in the dominance of these important plant species. And that could alter the way land is used and the types of wildlife able to survive there...