Winners of AIBS Media Awards announced
...ut emerging issues, especially in natural resource management and in public health. Broadcast Journalism: DIANE TOOMEY, for "A Little Known Planet," which was broadcast on NPR's Living on Earth on December 12, 2003. The judges said that the story, which examines current attempts to discover and catalogue al...Researchers show parents give unattractive children less attention
...ren and shopping cart safety. With the approval of management at 14 different supermarkets, Harrell's team of researchers observed parents and their two to five-year-old children for 10 minutes each, noting if the child was buckled into the grocery-cart seat, and how often the child wandered more than 10 feet a...Northwest forest plan research and monitoring to be shared during 2-day conference
...m status and trends report, and explore policy and management implications surrounding the science findings. To register for the conference, contact the outreach education office at Oregon State University at 541-737-2329 or http://outreach.cof.orst.edu/nwforestplan/index.php Copies of the draft monitorin...Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
... areas absorb nitrogen from river waters. Nutrient management strategies have long focused on interventions in small streams, says Stanley. But flood plain restoration - through the selective removal of small dams and levees - could potentially become a large-scale nutrient-removing strategy. The work is also i...Nitrogen fertilization of soil puts rare plant species at risk, nationwide study determines
...help us identify species most at risk and point to management strategies to protect our ecosystems in face of these impacts." Suding's co-authors of the PNAS paper are Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington; Christopher Clark, University of Minnes...Remote imagery aids in detecting and managing plant disease
...Amarillo, Texas, "remote sensing" in plant disease management is the practice of gathering information about a crop's health without physically scouting the field. Typically, this occurs through images captured from aircraft or satellites, but there are also ground-based applications. "The ability to view image...Migration study finds that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
...thors, unless there is a major overhaul of ICCAT's management system, both populations could suffer declines, pa... bluefin tuna. "Our study indicates that there are management steps we could take today to ensure that giant bluefin tuna are swimming on the western side of the ...The state of river restoration in the US
...nks, dam removal, habitat improvement, storm water management and water quality management. They found that most projects involved stretches of streams less than a mile long and more than 85 percent were implemented in the Pacific Northwest, California or the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The authors also identifie...Restoring polluted rivers hindered by lack of coordination
...ay an increasingly prominent role in environmental management and policy decisions," their report said. However, the report's authors wrote that a comprehensive assessment of the success of this rehabilitation is impossible since available information remains "piecemeal." Specifically, the authors' analysis of ...Microbes yield secrets of survival
...y science and of environmental science, policy and management at UC Berkeley. Last year it became the first microbial community characterized at the genetic level through large-scale genome sequencing at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif. "This work illustrates the power of the genome seque...New NSF-AAAS report highlights 'learning communities,' other STEM educational strategies
...nway system as a natural laboratory to study water management and natural habitats. "Students in Introductory Biology examine, for instance, the difference in species diversity in disturbed and undisturbed areas in the greenways," explained CCLI investigators Jon Moore and Stephanie Fitchett. Golf-course ponds ...Fat's fate depends on its source
...genes are normally targeted by PPARa, a key energy management gene activated by fatty acids. "In short, all fatty acids are not created equal, at least in the liver," Semenkovich said. The findings suggest that products of fatty acid synthesis regulate glucose, lipid, and cholesterol metabolism by activating di...New research presents reserve selection using nonlinear species distribution models
...for conservation, either via protection or habitat management measures. In general, it would be most beneficial for nature if all remaining natural or semi-natural regions could be protected. However, conservation resources are limited and thus the question becomes, which land parcels do we choose to obtain hig...Plunge into warmer waters this summer with ESA's Mediterranean heat map
...e forecasts are essential for many aspects of risk management related to human activities in the ocean and along the seashore. This data promises to improve both oceanic and atmospheric forecasting, as well as our understanding of oceanic processes themselves." ESA has initiated Medspiration as the European co...Final results demonstrate Aranesp dosed every two weeks is comparable to Epoetin alfa dosed weekly
...os Angeles. "Less frequent dosing provides anemia management with less frequent injections, and for patients receiving chemotherapy every two or three weeks, less frequent office visits. Our data demonstrate that less frequent injections can be accomplished without a compromise in efficacy in terms of decrea...Scripps Nierenberg Prize awarded to nature filmmaker Sir David Attenborough
... In the 1960s-'70s, Attenborough moved into senior management positions at BBC, presiding over the introduction of color television in the UK, giving the go-ahead to air Monty Python's Flying Circus, and helping bring many historical, cultural and scientific documentaries to television. Among numerous honors ov...Deeply held values fuel debate over offshore wind power
...the sustainable use, conservation, protection, and management of the marine environment in a transparent and equitable fashion." Kempton, with Richard Garvine, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Physical Ocean Science and Engineering, Firestone, and other faculty at the University of Delaware hav...Managing maternal depression during pregnancy presents significant challenge to clinicians
...ndings reveal an additional challenge for clinical management of depression during pregnancy, Eydie Moses-Kolko, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and her colleagues write in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The FDA a...Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems
...e in the North Pacific Ocean. "Classical fisheries management theory using fixed production functions (fixed gro...rt to a current trend in fisheries toward adaptive management strategies. Fisheries harvest targets need to be flexible and precautionary. This result strengthen...Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from cough remedy, UF study finds
...clude pain medication, exercise, stretching, sleep management and psychological support. Though the UF study did not establish guidelines for using dextromethorphan clinically, it suggests the drug may eventually be an option for treating fibromyalgia and other conditions involving heightened pain sensitivity,...