Natural mineral locks up carbon dioxide
...shed serpentine very finely, to sizes smaller than beach sand, but, even at these small sizes, it takes high temperatures to speed up the reaction, "says Maroto-Valer. "With our method, we do not need to crush it that fine and we do not need high temperatures. In fact, the reaction gives off heat. Our met...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
...ish and crab kills have already been documented on beach and intertidal areas, but other dead animals may also be washed out to the deep sea. Last week, hundreds of dead Dungeness crabs and molts were found in tidepools south of Yachats. Area residents have also reported dead fish on some beaches. "Studie...Physics gravity model applicable to disease spread
...ng. "The clump size is related to the size of the beach and the closeness to food." Harbor seals, like children, spread the disease by coughing on each other. Two recent outbreaks in 1988 and 2002 have decimated the population in the North Sea. Working with St. Andrews University, Warlow uses geographic...Mysterious beach closures may be linked to contaminated groundwater, study finds
...&T) website. ''Our study is the first to show that beach groundwater is a potential source of pollution,'' ...uthor of the ES&T paper. She pointed out that most beach pollution studies have focused on major infrastructure failures, such as inadequate sewage treatment...Study of Cape Cod Seashore finds off-road vehicles harmful to beach fauna
...y can reduce the number of creatures living on the beach by as much as 50 percent, according to a recently ...research compared the composition and abundance of beach invertebrates living in and around the wrack on beaches with and without vehicular traffic. She too...Loggerhead sea turtles nesting earlier due to warmer ocean temperatures
... and whether or not you're allowed to drive on the beach during certain times of the year -- could be affec... nests in the United States are on that stretch of beach between Sebastian Inlet and the southern boundary of Patrick Air Force Base. From 1989 to 2003, the ...Urban runoff poses increased health threat for surfers, other beach users, UCI study shows
...to a UC Irvine study of hundreds of surfers, urban beach water made surfers ill twice as often as did ocean...fy the health effects of ocean water by monitoring beach users from both urban and rural areas. It was led by Ryan H. Dwight of the UCI Environmental Health ...Southern Californians commonly misinformed about beach water quality, study finds
...al water. By analyzing water quality data and beach warnings posted in the summer of 2001 for Huntington Beach a popular coastal resort reputed to have inspired Jan and Dean's "Surf City" researchers found that the public was incorrectly notified about coastal water quality as much as 41 percent of ...Mathematical rule said to be widely and wrongly used to forecast future beach erosion
...nish civil engineer who was long active in Florida beach preservation projects. According to Pilkey, the Br...e slope of the "shoreface" -- the broad front of a beach extending down into the water to a depth of about 10 yards -- that controls how and how quickly a b...UF study: World shark attacks sink again, may signal long-term trend
... added the caution people may be exercising at the beach could be related to the growing restraint in the public's outcry for widespread fishing to kill sharks after attacks have occurred. "There has been a gradual learning curve among ocean users," he said. "We now understand that shark-human interactions...Scientists await first call from Beagle
... lander could bounce away unhindered. Like a giant beach ball, the gas bag assembly was expected to bounce along the surface for several minutes before coming to rest at 2.54 GMT. Finally, a system of laces holding the three gas-bags onto the lander was to be cut, allowing them to roll away and drop Beagle...Abandoned penguin colonies may help refine Antarctic climate studies
... to feed their chicks; and there were pebbles on a beach that the birds could use to make their nests. If those conditions--especially the first three--change sufficiently, then the birds will abandon a colony and establish themselves elsewhere. Emslie said data collected by his team allow him to make a s......snowy plovers from people recreating on the public beach of Coal Oil Point Reserve, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Although these small, 6-inch shorebirds had seemingly abandoned this site for breeding because of human disturbance, after a 400-yard nursery was protected, it fledged 39 you...Ghost crab fossils haunt area beaches
...n 7,000 and 110,000 years-old, had been exposed by beach erosion. Biologic or geologic processes easily des.... Dunes kept the specimens hidden. As a result of beach erosion, possibly because of the building of Port Canaveral, the fossils were exposed....Snowy plover 'nursery' success earns Resource Stewardship Award
...snowy plovers from people recreating on the public beach of Coal Oil Point Reserve, at the University of Ca...wardship award to these three groups for balancing beach recreation and protection of snowy plovers. The Resource Stewardship Award recognizes this partners...Scientists celebrate a sea turtles homecoming
... that she made the return trip back to the nesting beach where scientists originally tagged her, those work...he was still alive until her return to the nesting beach this year. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) supplied several transmitters in a coopera...Science picks: Leads, feeds and story seeds for August 2003
...s.gov/coastal-classification/index.html , identify beach width, dune elevations, overwash potential, and ty...with information on the impact of prior storms and beach stability to give a more complete assessment of the vulnerability to coastal storms. Contact: Robert...Science Picks--Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds (April 2003)
...found that sand in the swash zone, the part of the beach that is washed by waves or tides where young children are likely to play, contained significantly higher levels of E. coli than sediments in deeper water. See http://oh.water.usgs.gov/beaches/photo.html . (A.B. Wade, 703-648-4460, abwade@usgs.gov ...Natural Science and Public Health: Prescription for a Better Environment
...found that sand in the swash zone, the part of the beach that is washed by waves or tides where young children are likely to play, contained significantly higher levels of E. coli than sediments in deeper water. Dust from the Towers : In the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, USGS received a ...Sarah Billington and Alexandria Boehm named Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professors
..., and recently coauthored a study on controversial beach closings in Southern California....