President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
WASHINGTON, DC -- (March 24, 1997) -- The forecast for federal R&D funding has improved over past budget proposals, yet all signs continue to point downward as the Administration and Congress press for a balanced budget by the year 2002. Following a 3.3 percent reduction in R&D spending over ...Can Plants Influence The Climate?
...CMs. GCMs are the models used by climatologists to forecast oftomorrow's weather as well as to predict the earth's climate 100 years from now. Dr. S. Lewis (University of Wisconsin) has used such coupled models to explorethe consequences of a change in the sub-arctic vegetation from tundra to borealforest. ...Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
... This is the first of an ongoing dialogue to forecast the directionenvironmental science and technology is heading in the 21st century, accordingto Stokes. "Our hope is to provide this look ahead on an annual basis to helpenhance public understanding and government decision making," he says. Pa...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...titute ofTechnology ( furui@cs.titech.ac.jp ) will forecast future directions in speech recognition and speechsynthesis technology, including how conversations might be held between machines and humans in thefuture (June 22); Neville Fletcher of the Australian National Institute ( neville.fletcher@anu.edu.a )...40% Of Developing World Infants Stunted
...uing to work with the World Health Organization to forecast the prevalence of stunting in different regions of the world 25 years from now. This information will be used to help formulate policy and planning initiatives. He is developing a survey with undergraduate honors student May Lynn Tan of Saratoga, ...Study Of Raindrop Energy To Aid Fight Against Crop Diseases
...be ableto use the sensor to forecast possible outbreaks. This work ... "With no forecast system to warn of outbreaks, growershave to spray anti-fungal pesticides regu...Tip Sheet: Papers Of Interest, 95th Annual Meeting, Association Of American Geographers
...al of the research is to determine whether climate forecast informationcan be used to ameliorate public health risks. The geographers also collectedhealth and climate data during last year's strong El Nino. Their analysis ispart of a larger "ENSO Experiment" coordinated by NOAA's Office of GlobalPrograms. ...USGS will re-evaluate its Alaska strategy
...Fiscal Year. "Detailed planning will follow if the forecast for success in program growth ispositive," he stated. The USGS currently has 190 employees in Alaska who are involved innumerous earth-science research projects, from monitoring the state's 40 activevolcanoes, to conducting studies on the sta...Knowledge-centered awards jump start NSF focus on I.T. for the 21st century
...he development of computersimulations to model and forecast ground motion during earthquakes, focusing onthe areas in and around Los Angeles and San Francisco. In a second award,researchers are developing a TalkBank data archiving system to provide socialand behavioral scientists a new web-based tool for tra...As Hurricane Floyd moves up the Atlantic Coast . . . .
...floodinformation to National Weather Service river forecast centers, the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Although many USGS offices along Floyd's path were closed on Thursday as asafeguard for their employees, essential staff were in the field monitoring theflood con...Study indicates Indian Ocean monsoon similar to El Niño phenomenon in Pacific
...he Indian Ocean monsoon, we will be better able to forecast its onsetand impacts." The Indian Ocean study, known as the Joint Air-Sea Monsoon InteractionExperiment, or JASMINE, is a joint venture of CU, the University of Washington,the University of Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio...MIT study assesses effects of Kyoto Protocol
...re substantial. While many uncertainties remain in forecast efforts of this type, the bottomline of this study is that taking non-CO2 gases into account could contributesubstantially to the mitigation of climate change. Additional authors of the Nature paper are: Dr. Jochen Harnisch, postdoctoralfellow with t...Chemistry to play major role in solving 21st century challenges
...aken together, their "Millennial Musings" create a forecast of chemistry's impact in the next century. Following are the highlights of the issue: Consumers Fear Genetically Modified Foods The ability to splice and transfer genes to grow more nutritional crops with less impact on the environment has e...NASA'S Earth Science highlights for the 80th Annual AMS Meeting
...e Earth's hydrology, including weather and climate forecast models, flood/drought analyses, and trends in global rainfall. As well, the approach sets the stage for practical use of NASA's planned Global Precipitation Mission (GPM), which will provide three-hourly high-quality microwave-based precipitation es...UF research suggests widely used models may under predict pollution
...lifornia at Riverside. The models also are used to forecast future pollution levels and help policy-makers decide whether regulations may be required in advance to keep a city or region within federal pollution standards. The models take into account the reactions of smog-forming chemicals such as a myriad a...Today's Science for America's Tomorrow: the USGS FY 2001 Budget
...tools to help managers and policymakers accurately forecast tomorrow, for better decisions today," said Dr. Charles Groat, USGS Director. "When this budget is enacted, USGS will be able to respond to the critical needs expressed by communities, stakeholders, government agencies and other organizations in res...Computer model to predict toxic algal outbreaks
...tment plants themselves, where they can be used to forecast algal blooms. "The importance of predicting the blooms is that, due to the associated algal toxins, they present a major water quality problem; and their treatment can be costly. If the model forecasts a bloom four weeks in advance, industry can g...Scientists discuss ecological forecasting
... society at large, said Clark. The ability to forecast climate several crop seasons ahead is recognized as a major step toward future management of global food reserves, he said. Seismological activity is monitored by global networks that are the basis for risk assessment and prediction. Policy considera...Global warming: lessons taught by snails and crabs
...survival. The World Wide Fund for Nature recently forecast that 20 percent of all organisms now living in colder climates could be wiped out by the end of the century. The WWF report predicts that, as global warming accelerates, plants and animals will invade cooler habitats, but many will be unable to move ...2000 FALL MEETING: updated press conferences, press registration, and other information
...l of The Oregonian, for his page one story, "Quake forecast shifts to land," published May 4, 1999. This presentation leads off of Honors Evening, which is followed by a reception. Both events are open to press registrants. ************************** How to Become a Congressional or Mass Media Fellow--and ...