Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to Chinese conservationist
...gtze River by more than 3 million kilowatts. Small wonder that Nu means "ferocious" in Chinese. "Due to the inevitable devastation that the Nu River dams would inflict on the environment and culture, we strongly oppose them," said Debra Moskovits, Vice President of Environment and Conservation at The Field...Mysterious beach closures may be linked to contaminated groundwater, study finds
...and low tides is greatest. That finding led her to wonder if spring tides could exert enough force to pump polluted groundwater to the surface. Testing the waters To find out, Boehm and Paytan decided to conduct a chemical analysis of the water at Huntington Beach using a technique known as isotope tracin...Human periodontal ligament stem cells isolated for the first time
...ons, the search had come up empty, leaving some to wonder whether stem cells could be extracted from such a tiny bit of tissue known to contain a confusing mixture of cell types and subsets. About two years ago, Shi said he and his colleagues decided to take a stab at the problem. They obtained 25 newly ex...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...e potential "voids" also intrigues scientists, who wonder how much seawater can be subsumed. If large, or frequent, they could affect surrounding water temperatures and chemical composition, Dziak said. Finally, water migrating downward through the Earth may be enough to trigger the growth of bacteria at s...Dr. Patricia Limerick to speak at ESA annual meeting
...s in awakening their fellow citizens to a sense of wonder and appreciation of Western landscapes and creatures has only gained in importance and consequence. Limerick believes that the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial presents a prime opportunity for ecologists to enhance the voice and role of scientific findi...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
...ssible, but life without microbes is not. It's no wonder that ours has been called the planet of the microbes! Consequently, "the future of biological and planetary sciences lies in understanding the role microbes play in shaping this earth and its inhabitants," so says Moselio Schaechter of San Diego Sta...Save the rainforest - eat a tree
... But in recent decades, biologists have started to wonder if a new species can arise even when two groups live in close contact, such as trees living near each other but on different soils. How the study worked Fine and Mesones conducted the experiment from May 2001 to February 2003. ...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
...t departure from normal conditions and you have to wonder what's going on. This ocean system has changed, and we're paying attention." The issue is sufficiently important that OSU scientists from the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans and the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Scie...Infants sighs may 'reset' breathing regulation mechanism as well as help lungs develop
... getting in synch with their infants, many of them wonder "what's with these sighs?" Of course adults sigh; not as often as infants, though sometimes often enough to annoy others. But with an adult, you can ask if there's a problem. With newborns, it's hard to know if it's good or bad, partly because ...