Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade
...pollution, coral bleaching triggered by rising sea temperatures and over-fishing. In particular, the health of the reefs is being compromised by the live reef fish trade, a serious threat that has prompted scientists to call for tighter regulations on the exploitation of reef resources which are particularly i...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2006
... Mathematics Division reports gradually increasing temperatures will create a greater demand for air-conditioning provided by electrical energy, which will heighten the demand for coal to be burned at fossil fuel power plants. The numerical economics model includes data on building codes and census figures from e...Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
...er with the NCEAS. "If these animals functioned at temperatures of 35 or 40 degrees centigrade, it suggests that t...out 108 degrees. Researchers determined dinosaur temperatures -- long a subject of debate in biology -- by combining their understanding of relationships among bo...Math and fossils resolve a debate on dinosaur metabolism
... with body mass, and that large dinosaurs had body temperatures similar to those of modern birds and mammals, while smaller dinosaurs' temperatures were more like contemporary reptiles. These results suggest that the largest dinosaurs (but not the ...More large forest fires linked to climate change
...estern United States since the mid-1980s as spring temperatures increased, mountain snows melted earlier and summe...are strongly linked to higher March-through-August temperatures and are most pronounced for mid-elevation forests in the northern Rocky Mountains. The new findi...Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life
...on says. Mass bleaching occurs when unusually warm temperatures cause the coral to expel the colorful microscopic algae that provide the coral polyps with food. Many calcifying organisms--including marine plankton such as pteropods, a planktonic marine snail--are affected by the chemistry changes. Shelled ptero...Fruit flies aboard space shuttle subjects of UCF, UC Davis study on immunity and space
...the flies, one group will be subjected to the same temperatures and vibrations experienced during space flight. The other group will be kept in normal room conditions. The shuttle also will carry a small amount of a fungus known as "Beauveria bassiana," an approved organic pesticide that is not harmful to human...Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar resisting damage from climate change
... far resisted the damaging effects of warmer ocean temperatures attributed to global climate change, say scientists who recently studied the region. The survey of a previously unexplored region in March 2006 by scientists from Conservation International and its partners documented a much greater variety of life t...Scientists to employ Arctic ice and polar bears to protect diversity of world's crops
... Even with a complete loss of refrigeration, vault temperatures would never rise above -3.5 Celsius or about 27 de...n America. Scientists now project that record-warm temperatures last winter contributed to the increased findings of Asian soybean rust in four states in the early ...Tropical forest CO2 emissions tied to nutrient increases
...rs. According to the National Academy of Sciences, temperatures on Earth have risen by more than 1 degree F in the past century due to build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily CO2. According to the academy, the warming process has intensified in the past 20 years has been accompanied by retreati...Connections between neurons act as information filters in the brain
...erature. "Intuitively, I recorded at physiological temperatures instead of room temperature and that turned out to be the key," remembers Klyachko. "I found that synaptic transmission is highly temperature-dependent." From there it was only a small step to the discovery that the two major types of synapses, excit...NWO/Spinoza Prize for psychologist, immunologist, biologist and physicist
...esistance of some materials suddenly disappears at temperatures far above absolute zero. Absolute top The NWO/Spinoza Prize, also viewed as the "Dutch Nobel Prize," is awarded to Dutch researchers who rank among the world's top scientists. The laureates are internationally renowned, and know how to inspire youn...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2006
..., 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 the 8.15 R-value that was determined through identical testing on a conventional steel stud. The Insul-Stud was also found to demonstrate impro...UGA researchers propose new hypothesis on the evolution of hot springs microorganisms
...found that crenarchaeol was most commonly found at temperatures of about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. This is well above even the warmest sea surface temperatures during the Cretaceous period, leading them to conclude that the crenarchaeol and by extension the g...Same species responds differently to same warming, depending on location
... both air and water temperatures, by 2100 the body temperatures of California mussels -- found along thousands of ... area as another, the actual effect on mussel body temperatures can vary because of local climate. For example, in Washington, air temperature appears to be more im...Biodiversity key to sustainable biofuel according to University of Minn. researcher's findings
...on varied more than twofold and average daily high temperatures ranged from 21.5 C to 24.4 C. Stability was dependent on diversity and root mass. Roots store nutrients and buffer against climate variations. Prairie plants, which are perennials, have far more root mass than crops such as corn, which must be replan...Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species
...ational Academy of Sciences, scientists say higher temperatures near the equator speed up the metabolisms of the i...of this type of plankton with differences in ocean temperatures at different latitudes ranging from the tropics to the arctic. The results agreed closely with predi...North Pole's ancient past holds lessons for future global warming
...leocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), sea surface temperatures at the North Pole reached as high as 23 C, or arou...y been performed. We have a good sense that global temperatures just before the PETM were very high, much higher than today," Pagani said. "High global temperatures......ey industry. They used the instrument to check how temperatures used to carbonize various woods affects the composition of the resulting charcoal and barrel char that determines so much of whiskey's character. ARTICLE #3 "Chemical Structure of Wood Charcoal by Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis" DOW...... molecular biology experiments. Differences in the temperatures of molecules in two regions lead to the heat flow that drives Brownian motors. Therefore, the researchers propose, using some external force to drive a Brownian motor in reverse could cause heat to flow from a colder region to a warmer one, much as h...