Conservation offers financial rewards for cattle ranchers, study finds
... Department of Agriculture, as suburban sprawl and rising real estate values induce more and more ranchers to sell or subdivide their property. But according to a new study, cattle ranchers can actually increase their cash flow--and hold onto their property--by practicing sound conservation. Writing in th...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2006
...ry's Buildings Technology Center. During an era of rising energy and lumber costs, Engineering Technology Consultants of Marysville, Wash., tested the Insul-Stud at the ORNL user center in temperatures of 50 degrees F and 100 degrees F, determining an R-value of 12.5, which is a significant improvement over...Race to halt global amphibian crisis boosted by rediscovery of endangered Colombian frogs
...s the highest coastal mountain range in the world, rising from the shores of the Caribbean Sea to almost 19,000 feet. It contains extraordinary numbers of species found nowhere else across a multitude of isolated ecosystems. Protecting the new El Dorado Nature Reserve prevents destruction of valuable and ra...Infant bone growth and maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy influence future fracture risk
... In a second finding, the researchers showed that rising levels of calcium transporter predict higher infant bone density. "What we hypothesize is that the mother's vitamin D levels somehow influence the amount of calcium transporter in circulation," Harvey said. "And if calcium transporter levels are low,...North Pole's ancient past holds lessons for future global warming
...rctic during this time. "Many argue whether or not rising carbon dioxide concentrations will cause global warming. But, those of us who study Earth history know that there is a direct link between Earth's temperature and carbon dioxide," said Pagani. "The PETM represents the clearest evidence for carbon dio...US hearing health, better telephone speech
...ond whale blows a "net" of bubbles to encircle the rising school. As Orest Diachok of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD reports, during this process one or more of the whales emits long "trumpet" tones at several different frequencies, one of which resonates with, and is ...Ready, set, mutate and may the best microbe win
...ius, the Q199R was unable to further cope with the rising temperature, and a new round of mutations occurred. Five new varieties themselves mutant forms of Q199R vied for final domination of the fermentor. Three of the five were driven to extinction within a couple of days, and the final two fought it out...Diabetes hits 275 Australians each day as pandemic spreads
...provide the first definitive, clear picture of the rising tide of diabetes, obesity, hypertension (increased blood pressure) and chronic kidney disease. The statistics reveal that in Australia each year: Approximately 100,000 adults develop diabetes (275 people daily) More than 200,000 people progress fr...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
...ond whale blows a "net" of bubbles to encircle the rising school. As Orest Diachok of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ( orest.diachok@jhuapl.edu ) in Laurel, MD reports, during this process one or more of the whales emits long "trumpet" tones at several different frequencies, one of ...Nature vs Nintendo: Video games or national parks
...ie rentals, going out to movies, Internet use, and rising fuel prices explained almost 98 percent of the decline. "It's fairly stunning," he said, but cautions that correlation is not the same as causation. "This is no smoking gun," Pergams said. "We're showing statistically that the rise in use of these va...Tiny polyps gorge themselves to survive coral bleaching
... set of tanks, the water was heated, mimicking the rising temperatures leading to a bleaching event. After a month, fragments of the coral were gathered from all of the tanks and put through a series of tests measuring energy reserves, photosynthetic rates and growth rates of the coral. The results showed ...Mankind benefits from eating less meat
...at consumption used to be low, meat consumption is rising rapidly. To achieve real change - a transition - this trend must be reversed on a global scale. A protein transition has many additional advantages. A conservative estimation by the researchers found that because so much land would become available t...Hold your breath; Plants may absorb less carbon dioxide than we thought
...ably not be able to absorb as great a share of the rising atmospheric carbon dioxide as some models have pre...y to take advantage of the extra CO2 "food." Since rising atmospheric CO2 levels are the largest cause of global "greenhouse" warming, this raises the possibi...Global warming capable of sparking mass species extinctions
...nitude of global species that might be affected by rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere. "These species lose their last options if we allow climate change to continue unchecked," said Dr. Lara Hansen, Chief Climate Scientist at global conservation group World Wildlife Fund. "Keeping the natural wealth of ...State agency funds stem cell grants, UCLA institute gets largest amount
...ate and ICOC board member Jonathan Shestack. "The rising tide of knowledge from stem cell science will lift all those suffering with chronic conditions," Shestack said. "We look forward to brighter days ahead. Still it's important to know that this is just the beginning. Those of us who have cast our vote ...Nature can help reduce greenhouse gas, but only to a point
... the air into soils, and some researchers expected rising carbon dioxide to speed up this natural nitrogen p...at anticipated large increases in soil carbon with rising carbon dioxide. "The discovery implies that future carbon storage by land ecosystems may be smaller ...Studies explore the many complex linkages between smoking and cancer
...nds of cancer, including ovarian cancer. Given the rising number of women who are beginning to smoke in many countries and the high mortality for ovarian cancers, the findings give teenage girls and adult women yet another reason to avoid smoking or to quit, said Gram. Second-Hand Smoke Exposure and Sur...Salmon go veggie to save wild fish stocks
... is unsustainable in the long term. This is due to rising demands for these commodities for aquafeeds and other purposes in the face of finite or declining annual global fish catches. To provide a solution with respect to fish oil, a team of scientists from the University of British Columbia and the Departm...Liver cancer linked to cellular repair pathway
...ple with healthy livers. The cancer's incidence is rising in the United States, with an estimated 17,550 new...osed in 2005 and 15,420 deaths. One reason for the rising rates is the increasing prevalence of obesity, which raises the risk of liver cancer five- to six-fo......ea of ice sheet modelling and the implications for rising sea levels. As a result of his work, the ice sheet modeling will formally become part of the NCAR modeling system. "The fact that these climate models are getting it right is encouraging from a scientific standpoint, but quite worrisome when you thin...