Air pollution from Asia could violate new federal ozone standard
...om the UW's Cheeka PeakObservatory on Washington's northwest coast in 1997 and 1998 confirmed the model's prediction, thoughthat data did not indicate heightened ozone levels. To gather this year's data, Jaffe's team used a University of Wyoming plane that is part of afleet of research aircraft operated by th...Evergreens help block pesticide from crop fields
... For about 20 cents per foot, farmers in northwest Ohio can call on NRCS specialists to plant windbreak seedlings and maintain them for two years. At that cost, the typical 2000-foot stretch of windbreak runs about $400 -- whi......oming, western Kansas and Nebraska, New Mexico and northwest Texas),declines in a distinct relationship to nighttime lows, Detling said. "For each one-degree-centigrade increase in average low temperature,blue grama growth decreased by one-third at our site," he said. "A number ofcool-season plants, h...West Coast Measurements Confirm Asian Air Pollution Can Travel To U.S.
...997, at the Cheeka Peak Observatory onWashington's northwest coast showed pollutant levels elevated substantially fromwhat is typically found in marine air that has been cleansed as it crosses thePacific. Several other instances of direct airflow from Asia during March andApril 1997 also showed higher levels o...Did Fur Trappers Trigger Landscape Changes?
...eams andwetlands stretching from a semi-rural area northwest of the city to heavilypopulated inner cityneighborhoods. Her findings could help public officials plan future developmentsthat minimizeecological damage. "The purpose of this study is to help people become aware ofand understandthe environment within...USGS Scientists Learn Lessons From Captive Released Manatees
... month-old calf from theWithlacoochee River on the northwest coast of Florida and reared in captivityat SeaWorld Orlando. He was radio-tagged by USGS Florida Caribbean ScienceCenter biologists and released from captivity April 22, 1998, into CrystalRiver, Fla., near where he was found as a newborn calf in 19...Genetic Clue Found To The Leading Cause Of Blindness In The United States
...5 years ago," said Oster, who lives in arural area northwest of Portland. "I was trying to type a paper, and it justtook tremendous effort to see the letters. The spot would move wherever I wastrying to read." Now, Oster is unable to drive at night and she struggles toread music when playing the violin, one of...Two Environmental Articles: Deformed Frogs & Dioxin In Old Soil
...d in 1881from an agricultural experimental station northwest of London has allowed ascientific look back before the modern chemical industry existed. Jones wasparticularly interested in polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs), which today are released into the atmosphere in ultratrace amount......ast. Southern counties in Michigan and portions of northwest Ohio also reportedthe beetles' presence last year. The problem does not exist or is minimalwest of the Illinois River and in the southern third of Illinois. The logical conclusion is that the problem eventually will spread tothe Atlantic coast. "G...