Study of Cape Cod Seashore finds off-road vehicles harmful to beach fauna
...id. But when vehicles drive over the wrack, their tires break up the vegetation, which makes it dry out. "That changes the abundance and diversity of species on the beach." Steinback noted that the beach ecosystem is very variable because environmental conditions change from day to day. As a result, spe...Golfing toward a greener environment
...UNTIL NOV. 10, 2003MADISON - As mountains of scrap tires continue to rise above the landscape, researchers ...Management, the researchers show that these ground tires can absorb excess chemicals from fertilizers and pesticides, preventing them from leaching into grou...Innovative shuttle bus debuts in Washington, D.C.
...oors. Another optional feature is tracks replacing tires for traveling over snow in winter. This first bus is a model for Yellowstone National Park, says Kerry Klingler, INEEL project manager. The bus designers have traveled across the country to assess how it can be adapted to other transportation needs. ...Jaws of clamworm are hardened by zinc say UCSB scientists
...ight, flexible materials ranging from more durable tires to protective coatings. The scientists found that that this polychaete worm (a marine worm with bristle-tipped organs of locomotion) has the greatest amount of zinc concentrated toward the tip of its jaw, where it needs the most strength. In the PNAS...West Nile virus warning system from climate data
...le virus in specialized habitats such as discarded tires and other types of containers that tend to be located close to human dwellings....Carnegie Mellon University chemists create versatile polymer brushes
...ith inorganic cores could be used to reinforce car tires much more effectively than current technology. Other kinds of nano-size brush polymers could be used as carriers that penetrate the tiniest blood vessels to reach human tissues, or seep through dense soil and slowly deliver toxin-neutralizing compoun...UCLA study shows water reclamation could become an important source of future water supplies
... to a 65 percent recycling rate for the 31 million tires Californians discard each year. Nevertheless, a large percentage of other materials, including most plastics and food waste, wind up in landfills. "While we've made significant progress in diverting a relatively large amount of material out of landfi...ASU researcher puts recalled Firestone tires to good use
...aking good use of some of the 14 million Firestone tires that were recalled two years ago. The tires were used on Ford Explorers and recalled after reports of tread separation. How to dispose of all th...Arizona State University research finds recycling cure for used tires
...Ariz. --Imagine for a moment seeing 5 million worn tires heaped up in a pile: That is roughly the number th... woman and child. How to dispose of all those used tires without causing serious environmental hazards used to have state officials scratching their heads, b...UF scientists say global warming could spread mosquito
...cades, transported in shipments of used automobile tires containing its eggs, Alto said. Warmer regions of North and South America, Europe and Africa now harbor the species, known scientifically as Aedes albopictus. It was first reported in the United States in 1985 and has reached at least 25 states, main......, its ready to go. Integrin proteins are like the tires of the car they connect with the surrounding surface to enable neurons to extend nerve fibers, she explains. The finding complements studies of factors in the nervous system environment that improve regeneration. Effective therapies will probably e...Bacterial strain may help clean up harmful industrial waste
...says. "Just like a car needs an engine, brakes and tires to work." Coschigano also has detected a fifth, previously unidentified gene in the bacterium, but doesn't know what role -- if any -- it plays. Coschigano studies how the bacterial strain regulates its metabolism of toluene by testing T1 on pyruvat...Tipsheet: Environmental Story Ideas
...foundry sand, fly ash,reclaimed pavement, shredded tires and paper sludge - most of which getsentombed in l...loring road construction applications for shredded tires andplastic. For more information, contact Benson at 608-262-7242; or doctoral studentTarek Abichou a...Scientists Find Multiple New Uses For Worn-Out Tires
...ical Survey are getting extramileage from worn-out tires by recycling them into activated-carbon adsorbents..."In the United States alone, more than 200 million tires are disposed ofannually," said Mark Rood, a U. of I. professorof environmental engineering and one o...Where The Rubber Meets The Air
...ou stacked all the stockpiled and landfilled waste tires in the U.S. on topof each other, they would reach ... reports that activated carbon made from discarded tires can beused to remove fossil fuel pollutants from smokestack emissions. Thepeer-reviewed, bimonthly ...40 Percent Of Deaths Are Environmental
...ngue fever, spread by mosquitoes that breed in old tires and other water-holding junk in crowded urban environments, infects an additional 30 million to 60 million people each year. -- Less than 1 percent of 500 Chinese cities have clean air. Respiratory disease is the leading cause of death in China. -...Forecasting The El Niño-Driven Ebb And Flow Of A Rogue Mosquito
... breeds in rainwater that accumulates in discarded tires and containers. And although dengue is little known in the United States, it is characterized bythe World Health Organization as the world's most common mosquito-borne viraldisease, putting as many as 2.5 billion people at risk. Also known as breakbo...... seat from a desk chair mounted on top, two rubber tires in back, and two casters in front. Six motors drive the robotic arms and rear wheels, all controlled by a personal computer wired to the vehicle. The dimensions of the wheelchair were carefully calculated to distribute the weight of the device ...