Cows and conservation: a round-up of speakers to discuss new ideas on ranching
... which continues to be a prominent land-use in the western United States, may have either neutral, positive, ... native woodland to return to the streams on their western South Dakota ranch. These practices include changing grazing methods, constructing sediment storage ...Conservation under the shade coffee canopy: ant-bird interactions in Panama croplands
...n and around the coffee plantations and forests of western Panama. Specifically, the scientists examined mix...llowing birds which were once considered common in western Panama were not observed at all during this study. While it is clear that the open sun coffee plan...Geological Society of America: Annual Meeting 2000
...UNY Stony Brook, Understanding the dynamics of the western United States using seismic, geologic, topographic, and geodetic data. PALEOCLIMATOLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA (T152) RSCC Room B1, Tues., Nov. 14, 8:00a.m.-12:00p.m. RSCC Rooms A2/A6, Tues., Nov. 14, 1:30p.m.-5:30p.m. Speakers inclu...Bio-X grant recipient explores link between molecular chaperones and serious diseases
...o know when to fold `em,`` says the famous country western song. Sound advice for playing poker - or making proteins. It turns out that nearly every molecule of protein produced in your body has to be folded into a specific, three-dimensional shape in order to function properly. Because it translates the...The fabled myrrh may fight cholesterol
... the gummy resin of the thorny mukul myrrh bush of western India that has made its way into American health-food stores. The bitter-tasting, fragrant myrrh is used in incense and perfumes in the Christian tradition, a form of sweet-scented myrrh was presented by the three wise men to the infant Jesus and ...November GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY highlights
...cross the northern Basin and Range Province of the western United States. This project, funded by the NSF Continental Dynamics Program, represents a significant technological advance by documenting that continuous recording of carefully installed GPS stations can provide precise measurements (with errors pos...Midwest geologists propose new view of ancient continental collisions
...t was a group of very small terrains much like the western Pacific today where island chains are moving toward mainland Asia. Bits and pieces attached over time." The strongest evidence for the "bits and pieces" approach comes from the Argentine Precordillera where bentonites have been recovered from doze...DNA research reveals a new whale species
...the southeastern Bering Sea to the Okhotsk Sea off western Russia. Some estimates put the total population from the western North Pacific in the high hundreds, but the actual population may be much lower. The population in ...Taking the long view: examining factors which influence Northern Spotted Owls
... to be one of the most complex and diverse in the western United States due to its unique blend of coniferous and hardwood trees. The area is logged, however, by timber companies, much like many other forests within the region. A total of ninety owl sites were examined. Climate data were also colle...Unprecedented fire season in southern Africa aids air quality, climate change research
...ceeds the scale of the fires seen this year in the western United States," says Robert Swap of the University...nter (Greenbelt, Md.). The heaviest burning was in western Zambia, southern Angola, northern Namibia, and northern Botswana. Some of the blazes had fire fronts...How do I love whales? Let me count the ways
...It only inhabits certain areas of the northern and western Pacific Ocean. Bowheads can still be hunted by the Inuits, but only a few each year can be killed and permits are strictly regulated. The Inuits have taken some of their oil industry revenue and funded environmental projects, several of them dealing ...DNA research reveals new bird species in Colorado
...ch is found in northern Colorado and throughout 11 western states and two Canadian provinces. But over the years, differences in body size and unique plumage and behaviors led scientists to question this kinship. Compiling the evidence needed to formally designate a new species is no easy task, said Dr. Jes...New study shows bison dont favor groomed roads in Yellowstone National Park
...g the shaggy beasts precise movements in the parks western section. Most of the travel is not taking place on groomed roads, said Dan Bjornlie, who finished his masters degree in ecology at MSU last spring. He currently works for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The project was instigated by the...Tax top of the food chain to aid environmental sustainability
...sumed (is not recoverable) by agriculture. In the western United States, the figure is about 85 percent. Worldwide, food crops are grown on 11 percent of the Earth's total fertile land area. Another 24 percent of the land is used as pasture to graze livestock for meat and milk products. Marginal land fo...Earlier water on Earth? Oldest rock suggests hospitable young planet
...th is based on a single, tiny grain of zircon from western Australia found and dated by Simon Wilde, of the S... of zirconium silicate or zircon found by Wilde in western Australia was embedded in a larger sample containing fragments of material from many different rocks...Oldest crystal reveals early Earth
...th is based on a single, tiny grain of zircon from western Australia found and dated by Simon A. Wilde, a pro... of zirconium silicate or zircon found by Wilde in western Australia was embedded in a larger sample containing fragments of material from many different rocks...Atmospheric chemistry key to global and local air pollution
...t corridor, and are preparing for flights over the western pacific from Hong Kong and Tokyo. Measures of hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals reflect the outflow of air carrying pollutants off China and other industrialized nations. The study over the North Atlantic flight corridor assessed the contribution of...Biologists uncover Darwins missing evidence for divergence of species in a warblers song
...e, short and repetitive. As you go north along the western side of Tibet, moving through central Asia, the so...omplex, but the structure is different than on the western side. Where the birds meet in Siberia, their songs are so different that they do not recognize each ...Scientists see early indications of lobster decline
...used successfully to predict the abundances of the western Australia rock lobster, says Steneck, with a 90% success rate over the past 20 years.......r recent study, which examined via submersible the western submarine flank of Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii. In this paper we show that subaerially erupted lavas can, and commonly do, cross the shoreline as coherent lava flows. These flows travel down the flanks of this volcano forming a solid ...