Lost forest yields several new species
...ed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to a remote corner of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered unique forests which, so far, have been found to contain six animal species new to science: a bat, a rodent, two shrews, and two frogs. The forested regionincluding the Misotshi-Kabogo ...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...ngus has infected amphibians in pristine areas too remote for human activity. "Up until now, people though...rts to reintroduce mountain yellow-legged frogs in remote lakes in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and the John Muir Wilderness. The sites were ar...Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in Science
... trade, iconography and other culture from digs in remote areas across this arc were presented last month at... to Lawler. Archaeologists now have access to more remote locations and are expanding their studies. ...Scientists take next step in understanding potential target for ovarian cancer treatment
...ion, often after the disease has already spread to remote organs. Identification of an early warning signal and a new therapeutic agent for the disease should lead to improved survival rates....Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
... expand to the Indochina region of Indo-Burma; the remote Pacific island nations of Micronesia, tropical Polynesia, and Fiji in Polynesia-Micronesia; and the Western Ghats region of southern India. These biodiversity hotspots are among 34 regions identified by CI as containing a high percentage of specie...Satellite survey links tropical park fires with poverty and corruption
...ra Leone. Current integration of state-of-the-art remote sensing databases with Geographic Information Systems is allowing us to better evaluate the effectiveness of conservation efforts in tropical environments, Sanchez-Azofeifa said. While nearly all tropical countries have established parks to protect r...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...ater understanding of, and appreciation for, these remote environments, she said. Public talks by leading scientists and the photographer who has been on the deep-sea vent scene since the initial discovery, will be presented in both Spanish and English. "Vents in the deep sea-only accessible by submersib...Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life
...el Laurence M. Gould to reach their targets in the remote Weddell Sea, an arm of the Southern Atlantic Ocean that cuts into the Antarctic continent southeast of Cape Horn. The icebergs in the study were up to a dozen miles long and more than 120 feet high, with one extending nearly 1,000 feet into the depth...Prey not hard-wired to fear predators
...st changes in climate or disease may alter our big remote wild landscapes, but so do the actions of conservationists and public agencies by restoring ecosystems to bring native carnivores back to where they once thrived. said Dr. Berger. Bergers study, which looked at 19 areas including the Russian Far Ea...Innovative subsea separation technology wins 2007 EUREKA environmental award
...tate new oil field developments in deeper and more remote areas, an advantage for the future as most of the easy accessible oil has already been produced. CDS, which is now an FMC Technologies subsidiary, was a small company and this was an expensive project as we literally had to build a 1:1 scale separato...Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering
...t advantages over a sampling aircraft operated via remote control, Schmale explained. First, the autonomous UAVs maintain a very precise sampling path. We can establish a GPS waypoint in the center of an agricultural field, and the autonomous plane can circle around the waypoint at a set altitude, with abou...Woods Hole Research Center scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
... that the rainforests of Central Africa are not as remote as they once were.a bad thing for many of the spec...egion. His master's research focused on the use of remote sensing technologies to identify Matschie's tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea. He received h...Caribbean frog populations started with single, ancient voyage on South American raft
...lete because many of the species are restricted to remote and isolated mountain tops or other inaccessible areas. Some species included in the study are believed to be extinct because of habitat degradation and other causes. "This study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the evolutionary a...ESA's water mission instrument passes test program
...adopting a completely new approach in the field of remote sensing by employing a novel instrument called MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis). By capturing images of microwave radiation emitted from the surface of the Earth at a specific wavelength, this novel instrument is capable ...Caribbean frogs started with a single, ancient voyage on a raft from South America
...lete because many of the species are restricted to remote and isolated mountain tops or other inaccessible areas. Some species included in the study now are believed to be extinct because of habitat degradation and possibly other causes such as climate change. A recent global assessment of amphibians foun...Researchers find 24 species believed new to science in Suriname rainforest
...Suriname (June 4, 2007) Scientists exploring the remote highlands of eastern Suriname discovered 24 species believed to be new to science, including a frog with florescent purple markings and other amphibians, fish and insects. Presented in a report made public today, the findings from a 2005 expedition...Small-scale agricultural changes may help eradicate widespread disease
...nations around the world. Researchers working in remote farming villages in western China report that providing medicine to infected people and animals, along with modifying irrigation and waste treatment practices could reduce, or even eliminate, the long-term transmission of schistosomiasis. Schistoso...Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice
...nks in size. To that end, the project will utilize remote sensing satellite imagery on sea ice extent and concentration since 1978 to form a picture of polar bear habitat history as well as where this habitat most likely remain in the future under global warming projections. When combined with meteorologica...New research advances energy efficiency, safety and performance of public transit
...view bus health and location, in real time, from a remote location. A previous version of CIMS' technology, incorporated into the U.S. Marine Corps' Light Armored Vehicle, won the National Center for Advanced Technology's 2004 Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award. "This technology provides an addition...