Don't drink the water: Texas A&M researcher conducting study of polluted Mexican lake
...rsity of Mexico, studied the lake for much of this summer and the factors that contribute to its pollution, including meteorological conditions, seasonal changes in the water flow, different layers of the lake from the bottom to the surface, water flowing into the lake, various pollutants and other factors....Snowy plover 'nursery' success earns Resource Stewardship Award
...the time it opened to the public in 1970 until the summer of 2001, the site produced no snowy plover chicks.... its good surfing and unspoiled landscapes. In the summer of 2001, a single snowy plover chick was seen near a recent dune restoration project, prompting the ...Prescribed burns can threaten pine Savannah amphibians
...enefit both the amphibians and the longleaf pines: summer fires have the ecological advantages of not interrupting amphibian breeding and of controlling hardwoods more effectively....UGA scientist to study effect of air quality on unborn babies
...womb? Naeher wants to answer this question. In the summer of 2002, Naeher studied the personal air pollution exposure of 45 pregnant women in Trujillo, Peru. His co-investigator was Manuel Aguilar Villalobos, director of the Asociacion de Aire Ambient in Lima, Peru. Based on this research, the American Chem...Earliest European modern humans found
...ginally found sitting by itself; the material this summer was found mixed up with bear bones," Trinkaus said...he time." The team plans to return to Romania next summer to continue the scientific analysis of the cave and its contents....Bones from French cave show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon hunted same prey
...ly 34 percent of the bones and teeth. However, as summer temperatures began to drop in Southwestern France, the reindeer numbers increased and became the prey of choice. By around 30,000 years ago, when Cro-Magnon moved into the region, reindeer accounted for 52 percent of the bones and teeth. And by arou...New technology helps fire managers anticipate smoke problems
...ncerns about clean air and healthy forests. "This summer we worked directly with incident command teams on several wildfires in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico. Now we're gearing up to help with the prescribed fire season. This is the first technology that allows everyone to see where planned f...New Colorado U. study shows increase in fungal metabolism under the snow
... microorganisms found in the cold soils during the summer months, said Schmidt. "Microbes produce many generations over the course of a year, and the winter microbes probably either go dormant or die during the summer," he said. Located just east of the Continental Divide at elevations from roughly 10,000......a fire is the latest in what has been a disastrous summer for French forests. In July four tourists were killed by another forest fire in the same area. The French Interior Ministry estimates 54,000 hectares of woodland have been destroyed nationwide this year, the worst record for 15 years. The CHRIS sen...Science picks: Leads, feeds and story seeds for August 2003
Dog days of summer got you down? Here are a host of summer science story ideas sure to refresh your slow summer stories like a tall, cold glass of sweet tea. T...Home visits from community health workers spur blood pressure reduction
...ssure doubled. Study results are published in the summer issue of the journal Ethnicity & Disease. "We've had excellent treatment for blood pressure for over 30 years," says David M. Levine, M.D., Sc.D., M.P.H., lead author of the paper and a professor of medicine, public health and nursing at Johns Hopki...Search beneath lawns provides insight into backyard biodiversity
Lawn mowing and maintenance can make homeowners' summer free time disappear, but what do these practices do to the tiny creatures that live beneath the lawn and help to process nutrients and organic materials? When most people think of animals living in their lawns, they think of grubs and weevils devour...UC Berkeley museum biologists to repeat 85-year-old Yosemite National Park wildlife survey
...d the Mojave Desert. While new data gathered this summer have not yet been thoroughly analyzed, a few surpr...y near the Tuolumne area at Glen Aulin. During the summer the team is comprised of between four and eight people, including park service biologists, who are s...Another global warming surprise: Grasslands may become wetter as temperatures rise
... water in the soil for other species like oaks and summer wildflowers to use. This doesn't mean climate change is good for California grasslands, but it reinforces the importance of paying attention to how plants and animals could modify its effects." Other discoveries "Mediterranean-type ecosystems throu...Stem cell death gives clue to brain cell survival
...GA; Sarah MacKinnon, a former participant in MCG's summer research programs for undergraduates who is now a graduate student at the University of Virginia; and Dr. Jeane Silva, Dr. Bieberich's research coordinator....Coping: Plant adaptability to stress discovered
...ION Most people who get too hot and thirsty this summer can quickly grab a cool drink. Not so for plants. Their roots keep them lingering in stressful situations - sometimes to death. Now a Texas A&M University researcher has identified a system in a mutant arabidopsis, a type of weed, that sign...APS awards more than $33,000 to its 2003 undergraduate research fellows
...te Research Fellows. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member. Now in its fourth year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical research. In 2003, 57 applicants vied for the 12 research positions. Each fellow ...Stay-at-home microbes: New study finds micro-organisms more complicated than we thought
...ents. Micro-organisms From Extreme Environments, a summer course taught by Grogan, involves UC students in laboratory work that "isolates" the archaea samples from hot springs samples and preserves the live cultures in vials stored in freezers. Culturing archaea can be difficult because of the extreme condi...First descriptions of Indiana bat maternity roosts in the southern US
...become pregnant until spring, when they migrate to summer tree roost sites. Forming maternity colonies of 20...ion with TTU's Harvey and Britzke, have spent long summer nights netting and tracking Indiana bats in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tenne...Looking for summer science stories? Coral to frogs to volcanoes. This...y, helping save lives, health and property. By the summer of 1992, when three closely spaced similar eruptions occurred at Crater Peak, scientists at the Alas...