Microfossils show promise in prospecting climate history
...coasts the sediments left behind by massive tidal surges that wash, tsunami-like over the land. The trick, of course, is to find places where surge-caused layers of coastal sedimentation are consistently preserved and then to identify distinguishing details in the hurricane-caused layers. One place where s...ASU geologists suggest Mars features are result of meteorite strikes, not of evaporated lakes
...z of Los Alamos National Laboratory, say that base surges resulting from massive explosions caused by meteor...tion of Mars in search for past life forms. Impact surges "present a simple alternative explanation involving deposition from a ground-hugging turbulent flow ...Pitt professor's article considers nature as a service provider
... is that three miles of wetlands will reduce storm surges by one foot, and that an acre of wetlands provides roughly $20,000 worth of services. But that same acre would sell for only $500. The gap between market value and social value is hugeif everything in the grocery store was free, we'd walk out with it...American College of Physicians: The healthcare response to pandemic influenza/avian flu
...al settings in order to decrease the likelihood of surges that would overwhelm hospital capacity. ACP supports strengthening public health emergency preparedness efforts through a number of practical recommendations. Press Briefing - Friday, April 7, 2006 from 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM A press briefing will be...Ecological effects of Gulf Coast hurricanes
...ogical consequences were also considerable: storm surges flooded coastal areas. Powerful winds felled fore...er from its delta plain. Wetlands help stem storm surges and diffuse powerful winds. Complementing Day's argument, Paul Keddy (Southeastern Louisiana Unive...Scientists crack rhino horn riddle
...elanin and calcium patches appear in yearly growth surges but the effects of temperature, diet and stress on the growth are still unknown. The results of the horn growth study may be of interest to conservation groups whose goal is to strengthen rhino populations and reduce the poaching of horn for the blac...Edge density key to controlling gypsy moth spread
...decrease edge populations and prevent the periodic surges of growth that expand the territory. Other invading species may also exhibit pulsed spreading. If researchers can determine that the Allee effect is in place, than this same plan of containment might aid in controlling a variety of pests....Satellite radar gauges water levels in Louisiana wetlands
...ding the role that wetlands play in quelling storm surges caused by large hurricanes. They examined data from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, taken from four selected sites around Louisiana from 1992-2002. Using an innovative data processing technique, called "retracking," they were able to remove signal er...New study to test statin-Parkinson's link
... if there is a link with statins, we could see big surges in the number of Parkinson's diagnoses in the next five years, because at that stage, statins will have been in common usage for more than a decade. Huang's new study will examine the statin link. A total of 16000 patients for whom 20 years of base...Case Western researcher, international team call for better global warming forecasting
...gineers to close off the Delaware River when tidal surges from hurricanes threatened the water systems of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Practices developed from that project have since been adopted worldwide. After earning his doctorate degree from Stanford University, he carried that passion fo...