Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
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...ontroversy exists within the medical and education communities about whether AD/HD is a disability or a behavioral problem. Diagnosis of the disorder occurs most often in school-age children and usually is precipitated by disruptive classroom demeanor. Lock and colleagues felt that if functional deficits...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
...ns on industry and ultimately citizens. People in communities with unacceptable levels of ozone not only may suf... 2, is expected to be upgraded to a 3. Many other communities face upgrades similar to St. Louis as EPA ponders tougher standards for both ozone and particulate m...Limits Of Life On Earth: Are They The Key To Life On Other Planets?
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...e reports seek to informscientific and engineering communities about impacts of federal spending trendson R&D at the state and regional levels. Reports have been published on Alaska,California, Florida, Georgia, the Midwest, New England, the Pacific Northwest,and the South Atlantic states. AAAS is the world's l...Reclaimed Waste Water Can Augment Municipal Drinking-Water Supplies But Concerns Must Be Addressed
...ealth effects have been foundin animal tests or in communities where reclaimed water has been used. Theseresults are insufficient, however, and more information is needed, the reportsays. Given health and safety concerns, the committee identified key priorities forwater agencies that add treated waste water ...Can Plants Influence The Climate?
...te by alteringthe structure and functiong of plant communities through many actions includingdeforestation, increasing the atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and raising globaltemperatures. The changes in vegetation that are most likely to influence the climate include: Reduced water loss (transpiration) at high C...UD Environmental News: Pfiesteria Detectors To Be Described March 18
...His current research includes the use ofbiological communities as indicators of nutrient enrichment and toxiccontamination of estuaries. NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS CONTAMINATION: A. Scott Andres, a veteran scientistwithin the Delaware Geological Survey at UD, currently studies nitrogen andphosphorous contaminati...Caribbean Lizards Evolve Independently
...sity, has discovered that remarkablysimilar lizard communities have evolved independently on different islands in...lection, the study is unique inshowing that entire communities have converged. This goes against the grain ofmost evolutionary thought which stresses that random ...USGS To Study Young Forests And Streamsides In Western Oregon
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...rated in organisms such as freshwater clams. Fish communities have significantly improved since the early 1970's, although degraded communities of fish still are found in streams with poor water quality. Some streams with good fish habitat pres...