British Antarctic Survey wins environment award
...nmental Protocol. The clean up took place near the remote BAS summer field station at Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. The 500k clean up was part of a partnering agreement between BAS and British Construction Company AWG Construction Services. In total over 50 tonnes of waste incl...Explanation offered for Antarctica's 'blood falls'
...ping out from the face of a glacier in Antarcticas remote Taylor Valley is probably the last remnant of an ancient salt-water lake. The lake probably formed as much as 5 million years ago when the sea levels were higher and the ocean reached far inland. Ohio State University scientists reported their conclu...Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies to meet Nov. 2-6 in Denver
...y Technology and agriculture, including GIS, GPS, remote sensing Science Education how schools promote science in the classroom For a searchable listing of the 2,500+ papers, click on the "What's Happening" link on the Annual Meeting Web site at www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/anmeet . The schedule is searchable...$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...d the world will use the Internet to control their remote deep-sea experiments using an array of scientific instruments. "I am very grateful for the leadership shown by both the CFI and the Government of B.C. in making NEPTUNE a reality," said UVic President Dr. David Turpin. "UVic's participation in NEPTUN...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... "The data support the concept that infections at remote locations can modulate atherosclerotic events distantly." (A. Jain, E.L. Batista, Jr., C. Serhan, G.L. Stahl, T.E. Van Dyke. 2003. Role for periodontitis in the progression of lipid deposition in an animal model. Infection and Immunity, 71. 10: 60...USC awarded multi-million dollar engineering research center by National Science Foundation
...a human, but the idea of doing so is not nearly as remote as it once seemed. The concept behind the new USC center is to use discoveries in one area of science to accelerate research in another. For example, Berger said, his research may also apply to the retinal prosthesis and BION projects. "This is ...Smallest whirlpools can pack stunningly strong force
... minute sample. That could mean a sick person in a remote location could receive a diagnosis in hours rather than waiting for days or weeks for samples to be sent to laboratories. Chiu notes that there are large, high-powered commercial and government centrifuges that can achieve acceleration of several hu...Forest preservation work turns to Carolina hemlock
...tened forest stands, often driving and hiking into remote regions. These seeds are then grown off site often in another country entirely where the stands can be protected and their genetic characteristics are examined and documented. Seeds from those plots can in turn be used to reintroduce trees into the...Extraordinary Number of unique species discovered in Caribbean
...as development in the region reaches even the most remote islands and keys. "Anyone who remembers the building of an airstrip that eliminated a dozen of Bermuda's marine species in the 1940s knows that humans can easily wipe out large numbers of creatures in a single careless act," said Kent Carpenter, pro....... I was very surprised how much our patients enjoy remote video interactions via the robot. According to K... has the potential to fill this vacuum by enabling remote medical experts to 'virtually' consult with caregivers, patients, residents and family members at th...New research challenges prevailing theory of microbial biodiversity
..., trekked around the globe - by helicopter in some remote areas - to collect samples of a microbe called Sulfolobus islandicus, which thrives in the extreme environments of geothermal hot springs and volcanic vents. Sulfolobus microbes belong to the domain archaea - discovered in the 1970s - and can withsta...Satellites will join search for source of Ebola virus
...bodies. "By comparison with known infected sites, remote sensing will help determine other suspect sites," ...ly our system depends on ground-gathered data, but remote sensing could be a useful addition," said Jean-Pierre Meert of WHO. "Local maps are often 30 years o...Warming temperatures put tufted puffin at risk
... change. So we might think about tufted puffins on remote windswept islands the next time we stand before the thermostat or gas pump."...UN development work guided from space
...evelopment efforts in some of the poorest and most remote parts of the globe are being guided by images from...n Retiere of UNOSAT. "It's often true that maps of remote areas are outdated and unreliable so that led us to take an interest in the potential of EO data." ...Wildlife markets and disease transmission
...ns. Cross-species diseases do still occur in these remote rural towns, but some resistance to local diseases has developed over the ages and many local, religious, and cultural rules on the handling and consumption of animals developed to protect people from these illnesses. But in today's global marketplac...Lead-based paint is poisoning albatross chicks at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
...it would take to deal with it. Because it's such a remote site and any equipment has to be sent out on barges, we really need to have a good idea ahead of time what the scope of the operation will have to be." Smith said the situation on Midway underscores the potential for environmental and public health h...Lead poisoning still threatens albatross chicks on Midway Atoll
...fforts at this decommissioned military base in the remote northern Pacific, Laysan albatross chicks are still being exposed to lethal doses of lead. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has found that baby "gooney birds" are eating lead-based paint chips from buildings arou...Satellites to focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites
...ironment for Gorilla) to use satellite data to map remote mountain parks in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democrati...agery can help secure our planet, Steffan Kuntz of remote sensing company Infoterra outlined ESA's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) joint...Neandertal facial length issue settled
...stral (having traits similar to those present in a remote ancestor) or derived (traits that have undergone a recent change). "Basically, the issue is whether the 'big' Neandertal face is simply something they inherited from their ancestors, or whether it is something that is uniquely derived for them -- som......ed. Zhong's pumping device can also be operated by remote control, working where human hands cannot -- or sh...e them back in the lab. What we want to do is make remote controllable portable chip devices that sit in the field." Making lab equipment smaller and more eff...