An Equal Opportunity Extinction? Cincinnati Geologists Find Global Impact from Permian Die
...ng global trendsinextinction." Ebersole looked for trends in two places. First, he split upthe fossil occurrences according to the geographic region inwhich they were found during the Permian. This allowed him todetermine whether one region was hit harder than another. Hisanalysis showed no clear difference...Christmas Bird Count: Another Holiday Tradition
...ogical Survey, where it is stored and analyzed for trends and patterns over time. The USGS now has a Christmas Bird Count home page on the Internet, showing full color maps of bird distribution in the U.S. and Canada for the past 30 years. Visit the site at: http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/bbs/cbc.html An...Stronger Evidence That Global Climate Change Can Reduce The Variety Of Life
...global climatic changes. They measured how trends in the biodiversity of fossilizedostracodes varie...e Ocean Drilling Program. By comparing the trends in biodiversity with global climate changeas determined from the chemistry of the shells, the author...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...he distribution, migratory pathways and population trends for North American birds," said Audubon President John Flicker. "This partnership is a perfect marriage of Cornell's high-tech computer capabilities, the Lab of Ornithology's citizen-science team and Audubon's thousands of volunteer birders collecti......and engineering communities about local impacts of trends in federal spending. Reports have been published on Alaska, California, Georgia, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest. The Association is the world's largest federation of scientists with more than 143,000 members and nearly 300 affiliated scient...Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline
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...wn region, the Midwest. Also, they are seeing new trends in the South. "There is something special about the Midwest," says Husar. "There is always a pool of ozone in the greater Ohio River Valley -- roughly from Illinois to western Pennsylvania -- and when the wind blows from the Midwest toward the east...Penn State Researchers Study Used Mushroom Compost
...multitude of methods will allow us to evaluate the trends incarbohydrates, proteins, lignin and other organic species as a function ofweathering," says Hatcher. Other analysis will investigate the soluble salt contents of the compostand the nitrogen content and composition. The leachate collected fr...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
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... and analysis, biomonitors andbioavailability, and trends and risks. The research will be presented hereApril 1 and 2 at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, world'slargest scientific society. Are There Viable Alternatives To TBT? Seventy percent of the world fleet of ships uses a TBT p...Anti-TBT Regulations Shift Environmental Burden To Other Countries
... and analysis, biomonitors andbioavailability, and trends and risks. The research will be presented hereApril 1 and 2 at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, world'slargest scientific society. ANTI-TBT REGULATIONS SHIFT ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES The TBT regulations that refl...Water Quality In Indiana's White River Basin Affected By Urban And Agricultural Activities
...zens with information about current conditions and trends in water quality and an assessment of the factors that affect water quality across the United States. The report, "Water Quality in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1992-1996," by Joseph M. Fenelon is published as U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1150....New Sunspot Cycle To Be Bigger Than Average
...re strong statistical associations linking current trends in climate (surface temperatures) to trends in solar activity, as outlined in another paper by Wilson for the Journal of Geophysical Rese...From The Home Front To The River Front, USGS Updates Water-Quality Information
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...zens with information about current conditions and trends in water quality and an assessment of the factors that affect water quality across the United States....Water Quality In Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Affected By Agricultural And Urban Activities
...zens with information about current conditions and trends in water quality and an assessment of the factors that affect water quality across the United States. Copies of the report, "Water Quality in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain, Georgia and Florida, 1992-96," by Marian P. Berndt, Hilda H. Hatzell, Chr...