Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
... country, the study found. The increase stems from intensified tree farming and other land use changes that have altered the mix of trees in the landscape, said Drew Purves, the lead author of the study that included scientists from four universities. "There are seemingly natural but ultimately anthropogenic (h...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...tude of extreme environmental events worldwide has intensified research interest in natural disasters as well as regional vulnerability and response capabilities," says Dr. Janos Bogardi, founding director of UNU-EHS. "In the warmer, wetter world predicted by science today, the northern part of the Northern ...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...e really aggressive chiefdoms came from the highly intensified dryland systems on Maui and Hawai'i, where per capita yields were declining. They probably looked up the chain of islands toward Moloka'i and O'ahu and said, 'I'd love to get hold of those taro paddies.'" By the early 1800s, just a few decades after ...Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer
... that contributed to cure downplaying the role of intensified doses and highlighting the power of the graft versus tumour effect. This shift was now being seen in solid tumour treatment with small studies testing whether inducing graft versus host effect in solid chemotherapy resistant metastatic tumours would ...'Male-targeting' bacterium's genome is deciphered
... He says that scientific interest in Wolbachia has intensified in recent years because the microbes infect so many arthropods and also because they influence many fundamental biological processes in their hosts. "Wolbachia represent an excellent model for understanding fundamental interactions that occur between...Mix of chemicals plus stress damages brain, liver in animals and likely in humans
...day, the animals experienced enough stress that it intensified the effects of the chemicals dramatically," said Abou Donia. Soldiers in the Gulf War were likely under stress 24 hours a day for weeks or months at a time, a scenario which could explain the origins of their diverse physical and cognitive complaints...Avoid bad memories: Targeting genes and drugs
... the change in gene expression, prevented neuronal intensified signaling and attenuated the elevated freezing response, proving that the detected change was causally involved with the behavioral impact and paving the way toward developing novel treatment to traumatized patients....Quarries may be last chance for many rare European butterflies
...slands that provide this habitat have been lost to intensified agriculture, conifer plantations and urbanization. Two of the researchers (Benes and Konvicka) have been butterfly enthusiasts since childhood and noticed as high school students that many steppe grassland species were essentially found only in quarr...Mouse study suggests mammoth evolutionary change
...ocused attention on the white-footed mouse. "This intensified focus resulted in our discovery of rapid evolution," said Pergams. "It was a great surprise. We were simply trying to quantify the amount of genetic variation over time, not show evolution." The researchers analyzed DNA samples taken from 56 museum ...Scientist says recent UNC research suggests better nerve agent treatment
...and because the threat of a nerve agent attack has intensified recently," Janowsky said. "It is definitely worth further investigation. Right now in emergency rooms they would use atropine, a drug that is unlikely to work well in many people following a serious high-dose nerve agent attack." Scopolamine already ...AAAS president calls to restore American health system
...be approached more rapidly and effectively through intensified social science research, rather than by awaiting the expected evolution of gene-based explanations and interventions based on future genetic discoveries." Social science approaches may be especially useful for addressing diseases arising from comple...SRS research highlights from the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium
...ph found that, even though management efforts have intensified over the last two decades, the overall results are "depressingly minimal." Populations on the national forests of the four-state region have increased only 12 percent since 1990--a dismal one percent a year--a major cause of concern in light of the r...European scholars support development of germ line modification
...of publications in the media and popular press, of intensified activity of social sciences and bioethics and of ongoing attention from policy makers. The ethical issues surrounding these developments were addressed during the first international Expert Meeting in Europe on this topic, convened by the Internation...Sea levels likely to rise higher than IPCC predictions
...d found that the increase in melting seems to have intensified the hydrological cycle at high altitudes. That is, the amount of water evaporating from the Earth's surface and returning as precipitation has also amplified. "It's sort of enigmatic, because it means temperatures are warming, but snowfall is increa...Is the evidence for human 'replacement' really clear?
...t have occurred in Southern Europe that would have intensified selection for these behaviors and that accounts for the dramatic increase that we see in the incidence of art in the archaeological record. We need to remember that during much of the time that Neandertals occupied Europe the environment was intermit...Scientist: motion sickness drug scopolamine should be tested as new nerve agent treatment
...and because the threat of a nerve agent attack has intensified recently, Janowsky said. It is definitely worth further investigation. Right now in emergency rooms they are using a drug that is unlikely to work well in many people following a serious attack. Scopolamine already is available in many emergency ro...Team identifies promising alternative to waste incineration
...ncineration. Research efforts to find alternatives intensified in the late 1990s after DOE announced plans to close two of its incinerators-including one at the INEEL. Finding alternatives to incineration through the INEEL's TMFA continues to be at the forefront of DOE's research efforts. More than a half dozen...Scientists examine the seas our ancestors fished to better understand today's changing oceans
...ound that unrelenting exploitation accelerated and intensified as population growth, technological advances and eventual expansion to a global market occurred. The first major human disturbance to all of the ecosystems they examined was always overfishing of the large vertebrates and shellfish. Much later other ...New obesity treatment program to sustain weight loss, UCSF study finds
... percent increase in obesity rates since 1991, has intensified scientific interest in treatments demonstrating long term effectiveness, Mellin said. According to that report, obesity causes an estimated 280,000 deaths annually and diseases associated with overweight account for 6.8 percent of U.S. health care co...Farmers and GM crops should both impact farmland birds, Science study predicts
...ee year trial," Watkinson said. Several decades of intensified agriculture in Europe have had a particularly serious effect on birds, whose populations in the United Kingdom have declined by up to 90 percent in the last 25 years, according to Watkinson. "It seems likely that the widespread introduction of herbic...