Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
...fe trade disappeared from the major markets in the cities and smaller towns. "The Sarawak case shows that it can be done," said Dr. Elizabeth Bennett, Director of the Hunting and Wildlife Trade Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society. "Commercial wildlife trade can be curtailed through the combination ...While cities provide vital habitat for human beings tothrive, it appears U.S. cities have been built on the mostfertile soils, lessening contributions of these lands toEarth's food web ...Local, regional governments could take lead in curbing global air pollution
...n global climate change policy, but the states and cities are doing a lot." Local and regional involvement in solving problems with global resources is the focus of Dolak's presentation Friday during a symposium on the international transport of air pollution, held at the American Association for the Advan...Dirty air from Asia can push U.S. air pollution to unhealthy levels
...rriving from Asia were that small, that would mean cities where particulates of 10 microns or smaller registered 80 or above would have had enough small particulates for residents with respiratory problems to feel the effects. Jaffe said the 2001 and 2003 events have given greater gravity to a phenomenon h...Researchers begin study to protect against anthrax
...sity of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., and 11 other cities around the nation are beginning tests of an experimental vaccine aimed at protecting people against anthrax, a rare disease that, like smallpox, has become more threatening with the emergence of bioterrorism. Doctors and nurses across the countr...American Lung Association's 2004 State of the Air report ranks cities and counties with dirty air
...ion (136 million Americans). Here are some of the cities and counties most affected by the poorest air quality: Northeast New York City, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, , Newark, Bridgeport and Baltimore Southeast Atlanta, Birmingham, Knoxville, Louisville, Charleston, Raleig......sibility of improving cell phone communications in cities and other environments where obstructions, such as skyscrapers, may eventually aid cellular performance rather than hindering it. 2) Exploiting Noise to Increase Profits A. Traulsen et al. Physical Review Letters (to appear) The interactions betwee...Hidden cost of Colorado River diversions is $2.4 billion annually
... don't want to say this is a net loss. We have the cities like Phoenix and Tucson. We also have the market value of the crops raised." Flessa said, "I'm arguing that everybody should pay more for their water. I'm not happy about having to pay more -- but I know it will do some good. You'll get some restored...As humans alter land, infectious diseases follow
...uilding roads and dams, and pushing the margins of cities ever outward, infectious diseases are gaining new toeholds, cropping up in new places and new hosts, and posing an ever-increasing risk to human and animal health. Writing this month (July 2004) in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives , an ...Water study yields a few surprises for New England
...affected the quality of rivers and ground water in cities and rural areas. The impact is reflected more quickly than expected as development begins to take hold. These are a few of the findings the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today that are part of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Prog...Society for conservation biology conference
...st all the world's population growth will occur in cities over the next 30 years. It's expected that as early as 2007, more than half the world's population will live in urban areas. This fast-paced urbanization is expected to pose significant challenges to conserving ecosystems and species while meeting ...From orchards and fields to townhouses and offices
...xperienced major problems with the encroachment of cities and urban development on farmland," said George Leavitt, farm advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension, Madera, Calif. "L.A. used to be a huge farming area at one time and the best apricots used to come from orchards in what is...Urban heat islands make cities greener
Some people think cities and nature don't mix, but a new NASA-funded study ...s) away from a city's edges. Growing seasons in 70 cities in eastern North America were about 15 days longer in urban areas compared to rural areas outside of...Spring through fall, cities are greener longer than neighboring rural regions
... longer than that in rural regions surrounding the cities studied. Led by Xiaoyang Zhang, a research assistant professor in BU's Geography Department, the team found that, like many urban-dwelling humans, urban greenery lives at a more intense pace, getting as much as a seven-day jump-start on spring and u...Physics gravity model applicable to disease spread
...ad of measles outbreaks. The U.K. has about 1,000 cities and 450 rural areas that report and outbreaks occur about every two years. Measles belongs to an ecological class of disease that includes the traditional childhood illnesses mumps, rubella, chickenpox, whooping cough that are extremely contagious...Diabetics face fewer healthy food choices in some urban areas
...ucted the study, this problem is likely present in cities across the country. The study was published in the September 2004 issue of American Journal of Public Health. Carol Horowitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and colleagues compared 173 East Har...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...hese factors include climate change; the growth of cities and the resulting spread of communicable diseases;... relatively isolated during the Middle Ages large cities were absent from northern Europe until the late Middle Ages. This isolation in the era before effect...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
...ely in the industrialized world, and more often in cities than in the country. Genetically modified Lactococcus In its natural form, the Lactococcus lactis bacterium is a house, garden, and kitchen bacterium. Dairy product manufacturers use large quantities of the bacterium to ferment milk when making har......Some of the study sites are located in or near the cities of Chicago; Detroit; Cleveland; Buffalo, N.Y.; and Toronto. Hites and Basu will be collecting data from air and precipitation samples at four master stations (near Lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie and Ontario) and two satellite stations (Chicago and Cl...