Reversible bone shrinkage documented in Galapagos iguanas
...anas eat algae along the tidal basins of the rocky shores of the Galapagos archipelago off Ecuador. The islands normally experience cold, nutrient-rich currents from both the west and south. During El Niño years, however, warm currents and heavy rains raise water temperatures. Less digestible brow...Off the shores of Duck, N.C., researchers will soon gather for an experimentaimed at improving wave forecasting. The experiment, namedSHOWEX, or Shoaling Waves Experiment, is part of a 5-year research initiativesponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The experim...Some Atlantic Coast Beaches Are Shrinking While Florida's Beaches Better Off Than Most
...ummer, they may be glad to knowmany of the state's shores are in little danger of washing away -- and someare even getting larger. Contrary to popular perception and the trend in most other states on theEast Coast, Florida's beaches generally are not falling victim to coastalerosion or steadily risi...Studies Document Ease Of Ecosystem Disruption
...on State University on the marine rocky intertidal shores of theOregon coast. One report, to be published Friday in the journal Science, indicatesthat some ecological impacts of global warming might be abrupt, significant, andgenerally underestimated - not just a slow shift of species from one regi...Managing For Deer, Moose, Elk, Wolves -- And People
...undabout forty kilometers (about 25 miles) off the shores of Lake Superior, thisisland's ecosystem provides a real-world microcosm, which Rolf Peterson fromMichigan Technological University explores as a test case for some of NPS'wildlife management policies. Peterson examines the effectiveness of naturalre...Destructive Algae Overtaking Mediterranean Waters
...Two years later, it was well established along the shores of the Spanish island of Majorca and, a year after that, along the coast of Sicily. By 1994, it was growing in the Croatian Adriatic. Like its tropical counterparts, the algae can spread asexually, regenerating a new plant from barely visible f......at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, along the shores of the Great Salt Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists report waterfowl mortality from botulism has reached nearly 100,000 birds. Most recently, approximately 5,600 birds are believed to have died from botulism at a National Wildlife Refu...