Danish expedition ship tracked by Envisat satellite
...efore continuing to Australia and Antarctica, then north along the west coast of South America to the Galapagos Islands, through the Panama Canal, the Caribbean and New York. The expedition concludes its circumnavigation of the globe with a voyage across the Atlantic and will return to Copenhagen in April ...Mussels evolve quickly to defend against invasive crabs
...ign of Freeman's study, Hemigrapsus is not present north of mid-coast Maine. "This set up a chance to look at populations that had been exposed to the predators for varying lengths of time," says Freeman. "We wanted to know, how is it that these mollusks can recognize a crab that is historically not pres...'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
...e problem has become an annual event. Ordinarily, north winds drive ocean currents that provide nutrients to the productive food webs and fisheries of the Pacific Northwest. These crucial currents can also carry naturally low oxygen waters shoreward, setting the stage for dead zone events. Changes in wind...Straus Family Creamery receives award for ecological practices
...ll Straus, who founded the dairy in 1941, 60 miles north of San Francisco, actively participated in conservation efforts. His wife, Ellen Straus was a founding member of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), the first agricultural land trust in the nation. MALT has enabled the preservation of working...Study documents marathon migrations of sooty shearwaters
...ear Antarctica during the austral summer, then zip north to feed in one of three areas of the North Pacific, taking advantage of high productivity throughout the year," Shaffer said. Sooty shearwaters are one of the most abundant bird species in the world, with a total population estimated at about 20 mi...USGS Science at Ecological Society of America
... Park of South Africa. The disease has been moving north and increasing in prevalence in the African buffalo population since the early 1960s. It also infects many other hoofed animals and predators such as lions, and the potential ecosystem effects of the disease remain unclear. The authors will describe ...Trees appear to respond slower to climate change than previously thought
...w is that there was a refuge in the ice-free areas north of the ice sheets, and spruce trees expanded within those areas as the climate warmed. It now seems clear that a glacial refuge existed, and the trees advanced from at least two directions." Based on the data, it also appears likely that the migrati...Mosquito spray increases toxicity of pyrethroids in creek, study finds
...r by the West Nile virus. An 85-square mile region north of the American River was treated on Aug. 8, 9 and 10, and a 104-square mile area south of the American River was treated Aug. 20, 21 and 22. Sediment and water samples were taken from the northern creeks on Aug. 12, about 34 hours after the third ...Marine 'dead zone' off Oregon is spreading
... dead crabs in pots at depths of about 45-90 feet, north of the Moclips River. Large numbers of dead Dungeness crab have been reported on the beach as far north as Kalaloch. Numerous species of bottom fish have been found dead on the beach south of the Quinault...Fulbright awards Senior Specialist grant to Carnegie's Marilyn Fogel
... ground is Svalbard, a Norwegian island in the far north with a geology that is analogous to some Martian geology. Fogel will lecture on astrobiology, an interdisciplinary field that probes the processes that led to life on this planet and explores whether it exists elsewhere. In her research, she lo...European airborne campaign simulates Sentinel imagery over land
...ommern in North-East Germany, approximately 150 km north of Berlin. The German Aerospace Centre's (DLR) E-SAR system was flown over the Demmin test site more than 14 times between the months of April and July. Weekly in-situ measurements were taken on the ground in selected fields throughout the same perio...Studies show that rockfish thrive with offshore platforms as their home base
... the region of Point Conception to Point Arguello, north of the Santa Barbara Channel and near Platform Irene. The results of a study of ocean currents, using high frequency radar, show that Platform Irene almost certainly increases the survival of young bocaccio in this region. The study was conducted twi...Better beetle sought for salt cedar control
...ear in the heavy salt cedar stands on private land north of Borger. The new site was selected because of its remote location and because itis not subject to other control methods, such as fire and chemicaltreatments, Carney said. A total of 25 egg masses have been released at three different sites,all...Creating a window on 'oceans in motion'
... 1,750 km, from Oregon through British Columbia to north of the Alaskan panhandle. POST has revealed the Pacific migration routes of young wild salmon from US and Canadian rivers. Knowing their usual travels along marine highways has far-reaching implications for authorities that need to determine when f...First surveys of Tanzanian mountains reveal 160+ animal species, including new & endemic
...Arc Mountain range in eastern Tanzania and located north of the city of Morogoro. Its forests are often covered in a blanket of mist during the night and help collect water for two nearby rivers which in turn provide water for several settlements and a town. As a crucial source of water and home to unique ...Global atmospheric carbon level may depend primarily on southernmost ocean
... and -- in contrast to past theories -- the waters north of this region do comparably little to regulate it...Marinov, the study's lead author. "While the water north of the line generally spreads nutrients throughout the world's oceans, the second, southward-flowing...New study finds multiple invasions increase green crab's Canadian range
... however, a rapid expansion around Cape Breton and north to Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands of Quebec had fish and wildlife managers concerned about impacts on local fisheries and native crabs. The DNA used to track this invasion suggests that these northern crabs constitute a new invasion fr...More than drought affecting wheat yields
...ff by producers, Allen said. They came from as far north as Nebraska and as far south as Dallas andthe Hill Country, Rush said, making this one of the most widespread yearsfor wheat streak mosaic damage. "Without question, wheat streak mosaic virus is the No. 1 pathogen ofwheat year in and year out," he ...Cincinnati surgeon leads first test of mobile robotic surgery
...lated patient and robot will be located five miles north of Dr. Broderick at the AeroVironment Flying Field. Dr. Broderick will sit behind the surgical robot control console and operate on the simulated patient using streaming video fed into the console from the UAV. In phase two of the experiment, Dr. Bro...National Academies advisory: Indian Point nuclear power plant
...Indian Point nuclear power plant, located 40 miles north of New York City, may be vulnerable to a terrorist attack as well, and some called for the plant to be shut down. Alternatives to the Indian Point energy center for meeting New York electric power needs, new from the National Academies' National Re...