Tourism to Earth's most threatened areas surges by over 100 percent in last decade
...ly the industry's, that the economic power of 21st century tourism is harnessed for the benefit of local people and wildlife," said Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP. "Tourism relies on stable and healthy communities and environments. It cannot prosper in areas of environmental decay. So it cannot r...Young sea animals clone themselvescentury-old debate halted
After more than a century of intensive study, scientists have assumed that larvae of non-parasitic invertebrates reproduce only very rarely, but new research by University of Alberta scientists overthrows this conventional wisdom. Graduate student Alexandra Eaves and Dr. Rich...Purdue biologists receive nearly $18 million to study infectious diseases
...as long been considered a significant part of 21st century science, and the funds could facilitate the creation of a new facility on campus for its development. "These grants reaffirm the world-class significance of this signature area of Purdue research and the university's effort to raise funds to build a ...Audience pick: Older violin, sweeter music?
...mentary crew producing a film about the famed 18th century violin maker AntonioStradivari. "What it come...intricacies of the famous violins made in the 18th century by Antonio Stradivari, is not one toduck a challenge. Under the sponsorship of the American Chemical...Research: Coral reefs' decline actually began centuries ago
...of years ago in some parts of the world and just a century or so ago in others. "What really struck us was the universality of the decline trajectories," said Karen Bjorndal, one of 12 authors on the paper and zoology professor and director of the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research at the University...UC Berkeley museum biologists to repeat 85-year-old Yosemite National Park wildlife survey
... the Grinnell and Storer surveys early in the 20th century and see if there have been any changes in the abundance or distribution of species in the park," said Yosemite's lead wildlife biologist, Steve Thompson. The park service is committing $41,000 to the survey, Thompson said, while museum staff will don...SARS information for antiviral drug design released by Protein Data Bank
...ical research, the PDB is a critical asset to 21st century genomic research and drug design. Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) members Rutgers, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD, and the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology of the National Institute of Standards a...Cold-climate creatures may be the ultimate survivors of global warming, study finds
... which climate experts say could occur in the next century as a result of global warming. Surprising results "The results were surprising," Stillman said. It turned out that cold-water crabs were able to change their upper thermal tolerance limit much more readily than those from hotter climates. In fact, ...19th century museum specimens help plan reintroduction of endangered tiger beetle
...ed out by human activity. "We have aimed the 21st century technology of DNA sequencing at museum specimens from the 19th and 20th centuries to address current conservation issues," said Paul Goldstein, PhD, an insect curator at the Field Museum. Dr. Goldstein and co-author Rob DeSalle, PhD, of the American...Plant diversity threatened by climate change and buildup of greenhouse gas, study reveals
...ditions that climate experts predict could exist a century from now as a result of continued fossil fuel consumption and deforestation: A temperature increase of 2 degrees F; A 50 percent rise in precipitation; Double the amount of CO2 in the air; Higher concentrations of nitrogen pollutants in the s...Simulated global environmental changes impact plant diversity
... said Zavaleta. Field emphasized: "Over the last century we have witnessed an 30% increase in atmospheric CO2 , an overall global warming of about 1 F, increases in nitrogen pollution from human activities, and changes in rainfall patterns. We are in the process of determining how the interactions among ...New biography details adventures of 'Fritz Muller, A Naturalist in Brazil'
...er farmer and naturalist in Brazil during the 19th century West details in his biography Fritz Mller, A Naturalist in Brazil. Mller, who had emigrated to Brazil because he had broken with religion and was a liberal when Germany was ruled by ultra-conservatives, discovered Mllerian mimicry. Charles Darwin ca...UCLA study finds clues to diabetes puzzle
...ter white settlers blocked access in the late 19th century to a traditional source of irrigation water. With 50 percent of the tribe now diagnosed as diabetic, the Pimas today lay claim to the world's highest diabetes rates. Diamond's theory would also explain another disparity in diabetes rates that have pu...Ocean policies haven't kept up with science
...ans has increased tremendously in the last quarter century but U.S. policy for managing its territorial waters has lagged far behind the science, experts say, leading to resource depletion, pollution, habitat destruction and political polarization. Recommendations by the Pew Oceans Commission released to...DFG to establish 14 new priority programmes
...xamines the Celtic civilisations of the 7th to 5th century BC. The interest focuses on studying the chiefdom strongholds, that is the main settlements of the Celtic elites and their surroundings, in order to reconstruct the far-reaching changes that took place within the social structure. The project's core ...U. of Colorado scientists discover four new kingdoms of life
... wind, said Meyer. Although scientists in the 18th century originally classified the kingdoms of life into two groups -- plants and animals -- many scientists now believe there are many more, including fungi and a number of types of single-celled organisms. Because of new scientific tools resulting in sophi...Solid management, natural resilience both key to sockeye success
...ckeye salmon runs in Alaskas Bristol Bay - after a century of fishing they're as healthy as they've ever been is about strength in numbers. It's not just an abundance of fish, although the numbers returning to spawn is tens of millions more than the total across the lower 48 states and prudent actions b...Science picks-leads, feeds and story seeds (May 2003)
...ficant floods in the United States during the 20th century and how the USGS monitors and maintains streamflow-gaging stations to keep a watchful eye on the health of the Nation's rivers, go to http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.024-00.html . A.B. Wade, abwade@usgs.gov , 703-648-4460. Ma...New study suggests that women eating PCB contaminated fish are less likely to give birth to boys
...d neurologic disorders. For much of the twentieth century the global proportion of male births has been declining. Some animal studies suggest that exposure to PCBs may lower the proportion of male offspring produced by a mother. However human studies have yet to show any conclusive effect of PCBs. In an at...Energy department awards $9 million for energy-related genomic research
...vate sector effort in genomic research of the 20th century and we are excited that he is focusing his techniques on America's energy challenges of the 21st century," Secretary Abraham said. "These additional funds may lead to the development of new methods for carbon sequestration or alternative energy produ...