Lost forest yields several new species
...shi-Kabogo forests in his attempt to overthrow the regime of Joseph Mobutu, former president of the country (then called Zaire). Kabila succeeded in becoming president himself in 1996, the same year which plunged the region into a state of civil war. As a result, the region has been off limits to conservati......ng. These side effects of agriculture can lead to regime shiftsor tipping points which include desertificat...says that we need to better understand large scale regime shifts in order to develop policies that sustain, rather than degrade, the very systems upon which h...Salvage logging, replanting increased biscuit fire severity
...ay favor plant species more able to deal with that regime manzanita, ceanothus or tan oak that could displace conifer forests. Managers may have few options to reduce the risk of future high severity fire within areas that have experienced recent severe burns. Typical fuel treatments such as thinning ...Journal details how global warming will affect the world's fisheries
...g of the Gulf Stream. He finds that the management regime is much more important for development of the stock and the economics of the fishery than the temperature changes being considered. A paper by Christine Rockmann (Institute of Marine Resources & Ecosystems in The Netherlands) et al. also deals wit...Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia
...one the last strongholds of the former Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The survey was the first detailed study of the area since security restrictions were relaxed in the late 1990s. Our survey work to date has documented some of the highest freshwater biodiversity values in the entire Lower Mekong Basin,...AGU Journal Highlights -- April 16, 2007
...9 events resulted from the PDO switching to a cold regime in the east during the early 21st century. Further, the authors noted that the bloom's timing and magnitude, as well as species shifts associated with fluctuating ice margins coupled with gradual ecosystem changes associated with global warming, can ...Changing ocean conditions led to decline in Alaska's sea lion population
...vesting. The new study points instead to a climate regime shifta natural event in the oceans climatic cyclein the late 1970s that may be responsible for current regional population of about 40,000, compared with 235,000 in the 1970s. The publication, entitled Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller s...A safe folic acid boost from flour
...id supplement, and subsequently tested them with a regime of two slices per day of the specially-prepared breads. Hourly blood tests determined whether folic acid was fully metabolised, and how long it remained in the blood. Folic acid in bread at the 50micro-gram and 100micro-gram levels consumed twice w...What led to the Nigerian boycott of the polio vaccination campaign?
... Nigeria's transition from a northern-led military regime to a southern-led democracy may have contributed to the boycott. "These changes have resulted in political tensions between the south and north. These tensions might explain why the religious leaders in northern states who boycotted the polio immuni...Climate changes, Cod collapse have altered North Atlantic ecosystems
...t the collapse of cod, a bottom-up, climate driven regime shift would have taken place in the Northwest Atlantic during the 1990s," Greene said....The last wild hunt -- Deep-sea fisheries scrape bottom of the sea
...UN General Assembly reached an agreement for a new regime for the regulation of fisheries on the high seas. ...the US agreed to phase in a provisional management regime by 2008 for the deep-sea fisheries on seamounts north of Hawaii in the international waters of the N...European approval of HIV drug darunavir will provide a potent new option with Fuzeon
...consequences of maintaining a patient on a failing regime includes the emergence of drug resistance and the swift loss of much needed active treatments. Dr Malte Schutz, International Medical Leader at Roche, further commented: "We welcome the European approval of Tibotec's drug, darunavir/r, and underst...Changes in west coast marine ecosystems significant
...acterized by warm waters and weak upwelling. That regime ended abruptly in late 1998, and the California Current system entered a four-year period of cold ocean conditions, according to Bill Peterson, a NOAA oceanographer who works out of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore. The ecosystem ...Adaptation to global climate change is an essential response to a warming planet
...sider the missed opportunities of an international regime that for the past 15 years or more has focused enormous intellectual, political, diplomatic and fiscal resources on mitigation, while downplaying adaptation by presenting it in such narrow terms so as to be almost meaningless," they add. "Until adapt...It's enough to turn your neighbors green
...ould pay close heed to the costs and benefits that regime creates for the key players."...Research partnership to protect the Coorong
...ecological responses observed during planned water regime manipulations, in particular, the release of water from the Lower Lakes barrages to the Murray estuary. The information gathered will be used to develop improved models to predict ecological responses to future climate and water management scenarios....Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges
...y? Can an effective post-Kyoto climate change regime be designed? How will a changed monsoon climate impact further the social and economic development of Monsoon Asia? Speakers will include Dahe Qin of the China Meteorological Administration, Rik Leemans of Wageningen University and Oran Youn...Iraq's marshes show progress toward recovery
...p dikes and dams after the collapse of the Hussein regime in April 2003--and noted some reestablishment of native plants. Subsequent monitoring, done in collaboration with Iraqi scientists, estimated overall ecosystem health. Richardson and Hussain report that 39 percent of the former extent of the marshes ...How accommodating is our society to women who choose to breastfeed their babies?
... to work as a cause for ending their breastfeeding regime early. Even women who use a breast pump require 30 minutes of privacy each workday to expel breast milk. In the May issue of The Journal of Pediatrics, a commentary by Dr. Tonse Raju from the National Institutes of Health reflects on the continued ...Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says
...criteria for private producers. A standard testing regime would enable private producers such as Creekstone to market their beef as 'tested for BSE.'" Berlowitz cited news reports that the cost of such testing would add only6 to 10 cents to a pound of beef. His article further warns of poor oversight of ca...