Biologists predict more marine disease
...g die-offs of sea life could be just the tip ofthe iceberg as global warming and pollution allow old diseases to find newhosts, 13 biologists predict in this week's issue (Sept. 3, 1999) of the journal Science . Dying seals infected with distemper from sled dogs, sardines with herpes virusimported in aquacul...First sea-level photographs released of massive Antarctic iceberg
...al photographs taken from the Laurence M. Gould of iceberg B-10-A. Resolution of 300 dpi. Also available on Betacam SP. Digital photographs of iceberg B-10-A are available from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). B-10-A is a massive iceberg that is...Researchers link genetic defect to 'head-rush' disorder
...linical disease. "We think this is the tip of an iceberg with respect to transporter defects," Blakely said. "There are a large number of candidate mutations (catalogued by geneticists) in the norepinephrine transporter gene that may be clinically relevant. And of course the norepinephrine transporter ha...Report: auto accidents involving deer still increasing across North Carolina
...ed, these figures probably are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the real number of deer-motor vehicle crashes," said Dr. Donald Reinfurt, deputy director of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center. "That's because records are generated only when police officers write narratives about crashes and i...Pollen record from Chilean lakes indicates global "togetherness" during last ice age
...heric in nature. The North Atlantic ice sheets and iceberg armadas could not be the driving force, explained Lowell. The same pattern was seen in climatic warming. Previous research by the same team showed an abrupt withdrawal of Andean piedmont glacier lobes 14,600 years ago at the same time northern ice sh......teomics, but it promises to be just the tip of the iceberg in these post-genomic times....Icebergs devastating impact on Antarctic marine life revealed by satellite data
...esearchers have been monitoring a Connecticut-size iceberg called B-15 that broke from Antarcticas massive Ro... year. Current satellite images show that a large iceberg remains wedged against Ross Island site of several large penguin rookeries. Now the penguins have ...Massive icebergs may affect Antarctic sea life and food chain
... After the calving, or "breaking off," of the B-15 iceberg inMarch of 2000, researchers used imagery from NAS...oplankton (minutefloating plants) blooms. The B-15 iceberg that broke off theRoss Ice Shelf and drifted into the southwestern Ross Sea wasas large as the state...One in every three primates now threatened with extinction
...nt out that the Top 25 list is just the tip of the iceberg and a call for more conservation action," said Bill Konstant of Conservation International and co-author of the report. "Essentially, for each primate on it, any one of several other equally threatened species might have been chosen instead. Changing...Facing extreme ice conditions, coast guard, NSF deploy second icebreaker to Antarctica
...e" stretches roughly 200 miles from the station to iceberg C-19, which broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in May. The U.S. Coast Guard vessel Healy, an icebreaker with design features for supporting Polar science, particularly in the Arctic, left its home port of Seattle on Jan. 9th, to sail south for rough...Scripps scientists discover rich medical drug resource in deep ocean sediments
...ically unique. This is likely to be the tip of the iceberg of diverse chemical formulas that are out there," said Fenical. Although more than 100 drugs today exist from terrestrial microorganisms, including penicillin, arguably the most important drug in medicine, the potential from land-based microbial s...Humongous fungus a new kind of individual
...e the world below ground. It's just the tip of the iceberg of new knowledge, but these novel findings are already giving us new insights into how forests work, and causing us to rethink fundamental ideas like, what is an individual, and what is a species?"...Researchers find new piece of cell growth puzzle
...tudies suggested that this was just the tip of the iceberg and that rapamycin was inhibiting a larger, nutrient-sensitive pathway helping to control cell growth regulation. This suspicion was confirmed in 2002 when Sabatini's lab identified another protein in the mTOR complex. Raptor (regulatory associated p...Africa's richest wildlife region under new threats
...phibians, reptiles and plants--only the tip of the iceberg for the area's total biodiversity, according to a new report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its regional collaborators. However, the authors warn that Rift is in dire need of a comprehensive conservation plan, as the effects of war, ...Pioneering study compares 13 vertebrate genomes
...report in the Nature paper are just the tip of the iceberg a sneak preview of the future, when we will have genome sequences from many, many organisms," said Dr. Green. He also noted that his program is now generating sequences from more than 30 vertebrate species, including representatives from relatively ...Northwestern's Cancer Genetics Program pinpoints gene that increases cancer risk by 26 percent
...y new specialty, and we are just at the tip of the iceberg in discovering how we can maximize its full potential," says Dr. Pasche. Virginia Kaklamani M.D., an oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, is the first author of the stud...Huge Antarctic iceberg makes a big splash on sea life
...ent was unusual, because it was the second-largest iceberg to calve in the region in 26 months. Over the last...ytoplankton. The researchers were able to pinpoint iceberg positions by using images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), an instrum...Huge iceberg wreaks havoc on Antarctic marine ecosystem, study finds
For the second time in 26 months, a massive iceberg has clogged a large portion of Antarctica's Ross S...t L. van Dijken monitored the movements of a giant iceberg named "C-19," which calved off the western face of the Ross Ice Shelf in May 2002. C-19 is one of th...Measuring perchlorate levels in lettuce
...ttuce, where the foliage is consumed. However, for iceberg lettuce most of the perchlorate was in the frame and wrapper leaves that are discarded and not the head, which is consumed. Sanchez hopes to expand this preliminary survey into a more comprehensive, statistically rigorous, geo-referenced study across...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
...en if teachers plan to discuss only the tip of the iceberg of evolution, to teach effectively they need to understand all parts of the iceberg." One of the knottiest issues the site's creators dealt with was how to define evolution. Even Lindberg and Caldwell, the scientists on the development team, initiall...