American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting 2003
...ure. His research prevented the otherwise certain devastation of Hawaii's papaya farms. Paul Moore of the University of Hawaii will chair a minisymposium on Tropical Plant Biology Saturday, July 26. David Christopher of the Univesity of Hawaii will be chairing a minisymposium on photomorphogenesis Saturday, Ju...Bush Administration plan to reduce global warming could devastate sea life
...ctuation in general and CO2 in particularLocalized devastation of biological communities at the injection sites is certain." As seawater becomes acidified, growth rates of calcareous phytoplankton (those with calcium carbonate shells) will be reduced as a result of the effects of CO2 on the process of calcifica...New evidence points to pollution as main cause of much coral reef destruction
...ns. Lapointe believes this could lead to even more devastation of South Florida reefs. "Based on this and other studies, it's clear we're going to have to reduce nitrogen inputs to Florida Bay if we're going to save downstream reefs in the Keys."...DFG establishes 14 new research units
...f the Inner Mongolian steppe. Since the increasing devastation of the Inner Mongolian grassland leads to serious ecological problems, the results should provide options for the ecologically sustainable use of the examined region. A new Research Unit at the University of Regensburg will study blue light receptors......experience few brain-aging changes relative to the devastation of Alzheimer's seen in humans today. Finch and Stanford argued that the new human apoE variants protected the chimpanzees. In a series of "evolutionary tradeoffs," the researchers said, humans lost some advantages over those primates, but gained a h...Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to Chinese conservationist
...ns "ferocious" in Chinese. "Due to the inevitable devastation that the Nu River dams would inflict on the environment and culture, we strongly oppose them," said Debra Moskovits, Vice President of Environment and Conservation at The Field Museum. "Prof. Yang's commitment to conservation and scientific research,...Ecosystem bounces back from hurricanes
...er said. "The negative predictions about long-term devastation of water quality and fisheries, made right after the storms, were not borne out." Funding for the study was provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, the N.C. General Assembly, the National Science Foundation and N.C. Sea Grant. Note to edito...High resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious 'kissing bugs'
...s of Matagalpa are poor - made poorer still by the devastation of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and Chagas is a disease of poverty. The parasite-carrying insects thrive in poor housing conditions, such as trodden earth floors, adobe walls and thatched roofs. Hundreds of kissing bugs can hide in cracks and cavities b...