1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
... volcanic islands 2,000 miles east of the U.S. and west of Europe that comprise an above-sea portion of the mostly submerged Mid-Atlantic Ridge. To measure the energy generated by the extraordinarily intense turbulence more than a mile below the oceans surface, St. Laurent and crew used a custom-made in...Lost forest yields several new species
.... Kabobo)and nearby Marunga Massif is located just west of Lake Tanganyika and has been off limits to scientists since 1960 as a result of continued instability in the area. If we can find six new species in such a short period it makes you wonder what else is out there, said WCS researcher Dr. Andrew ...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...tes, the fungus has been spreading quickly, moving west to east across the Sierra Nevada at a pace of about a mile per year, according to the researchers. Tens of thousands of mountain yellow-legged frogs in hundreds of sites have virtually disappeared in the wake of the pathogen's emergence in the area. ...Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientis.... The glass sponge reefs on the continental shelf west of Grays Harbor appear to be thriving on specialized bacteria that consume methane gas that the UW s...Sea anemone genome provides new view of our multi-celled ancestors
...ws in the mud in brackish water along the east and west coasts of the United States and in the British Isles, and is becoming an increasingly important model system for the study of development, evolution, genomics, reproductive biology and ecology, thanks in large part to the urging of late marine biolog...World Wildlife Fund warns against iron dumping experiment near the Galapagos Islands
... (OTCBB: PLKT) to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to ...6 square mile area located approximately 350 miles west of the Galapagos Islands. Planktos, Inc. plans to dump the iron in international waters using vessel...Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life
... productive systems such as upwelling areas of the west coast of the U.S. or ice-edge communities in polar oceans. As diatoms are the preferred food for krill, we expect the changes in phytoplankton community composition to favor grazing as a key biological process involved in carbon sequestration around ...Wright State scientist receives grant to help clean up polluted American harbors
...n San Diego harbor, with follow-up work in another west or east coast harbor that is known to be contaminated, he said. The findings will be applicable to all the major harbors in the U.S., such as New York, Houston, Pearl Harbor and the Great Lakes. ...Researchers track snakes to study populations, behavior
...uis University are tracking timber rattlesnakes in west St. Louis County and neighboring Jefferson County to see how close to civilization the snakes are getting as humans developing subdivisions invade the snakes turf. The researchers are studying timber rattlesnakes and also copperheads in their Pitvi...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
...lo and sitatunga. Southern National Park, located west of the Nile, did not fare as well. Here the team observed a 90 percent loss of some key species since the 80s. According to Elkan, We saw no buffalo where in 1981 there were estimated to have been 60,000, and only one group of elephants was sighted w...Satellite images show destroyed and threatened villages in Darfur
... government of Zimbabwe had destroyed a settlement west of Harare and relocated thousands of residents as part of a political campaign against opponents. For the Eyes on Darfur project, Amnesty International researchers provide Bromley with the names of villages of interest, gathered from media repo...Fire ants are emerging nuisance for Virginians
...rn United States, including Puerto Rico and as far west as Texas and parts of California. The ants, which have a high reproduction rate, experienced dramatic growth during the housing boom of the 1950s, likely from sod and nursery plants being transported from production sites to areas under development f...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 16, 2007
...The Indian Advantage: Major drug companies in the west are expanding their research programs in India" This story will be available on May 21 at: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8521cover.html FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michael Bernstein ACS News Service Phone: 202-872-6042 Fax: ...Cornell lab confirms deadly fish virus spreading to new species
...e; gizzard shad die-offs from VHSV in Lake Ontario west of Rochester and in Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie also have been reported. This month the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made a presumptive identification of the virus for the first time in the Lake Winnebago chain of inland lakes about 25 m...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...as they travel from location to location along the west coast of North America. Transients, which also distinguish themselves by feeding primarily on other marine mammals such as seals, refrain from vocalizing while hunting so that prey will not be alerted to their presence. When they begin feeding, they...'Supermap' of avian flu yields new info on source/spread
...te, additional outbreaks have been reported as far west as Europe and Africa and as far east as Japan, Korea and Indonesia. In creating the supermap, researchers studied genetic data from 351 isolates of the virus. They were especially interested in discovering if certain hosts were carrying specific f...Fish growth changes enhanced by climate change
...nd long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent with shifts in wind systems...he apparent changes in growth rates. In the south west Pacific east of Tasmania sea surface temperatures have risen nearly two degrees, based on the result...AGU Journal Highlights -- April 16, 2007
... In the Pacific Ocean, water temperatures in the west cycle between warm and cold phases while eastern waters experience the opposite pattern. Called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the 2030-year cycle is superimposed on global warming and associated northern ice cover reductions. Noting that the...FSU leads botanical research into 21st century: Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project
... the East Gulf Coastal Plain. Stretching from just west of Gainesville in the Florida Panhandle to New Orleans and about 175 miles inland, the region is home to no fewer than 2,864 native plant species -- 125 of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The imaging project carries a special urgency for th......smaller size, and are restricted to the forests of west and Central Africa, An almost perfect juxtaposition exists in many areas between the distribution of elephants and of people, and in many areas elephants are lost as encroachment into the forest increases. The surveys were conducted under the auspi...