Dinosaur symposium at the Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will host "Dinosaurs in the New Millennium," the museum's first symposium on dinosaur science, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Museum's Baird Auditorium. Scientists, dinosaur enthusiasts and families are all invited to attend....... The public symposium, organized and hosted...Smithsonian calls for renewed international cooperation in sharing biodiversity information
. ...... "The human assault on the Earth's natural environm...Amazonia represents the quintessence of biodiversity the richest ecosystem on earth. Yet a study by Smithsonian scientists, published this week in the journal Science, shows that differences in species composition of tropical forests are greater over distance in Panama than in Amazonia. The finding also challenges recent models proposed to explain forest species composition. ...The research t...Smithsonian researchers show Amazonian deforestation accelerating
A research team of U.S. and Brazilian scientists has provided compelling evidence that rates of forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon have accelerated over the last decade....... The team, led by William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, analyzed deforestation estimates produced by Brazils National Space Agency that were based on detailed satellite images of the Amazo...Smithsonian Institution Convenes Experts To Discuss Cocoa's Future
.The Smithsonian Institution will bring together ecologists, cocoa production.experts, cocoa industry representatives and other experts interested in the.economics of and the variety of life around small family cocoa farms for a."Sustainable Cocoa Workshop." The meeting, which is funded by Mars.Incorporated, will be held March 29 through April 2 at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (S...