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Marine conservation organizations team up to conduct Indonesia coral reefs assessment
Three leading marine conservation organizations will complete an extensive survey next week along the west coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia, to determine the impact of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami on the region's coral reefs.   view more (2005-10-13)

When it comes to forest soil, wildfires pack 1-2 punch
For decades, scientists and resource managers have known that wildfires affect forest soils, evidenced, in part, by the erosion that often occurs after a fire kills vegetation and disrupts soil structure.   view more (2008-10-17)

"Live fast, die young" applies to forests, too.
Forests provide humans with economically important and often irreplaceable products and services, and affect global climate by acting as sources and sinks of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. Yet the possible responses of forests to ongoing environmental changes are poorly understood. In the most... view more (2005-04-19)

Current Policies will Fail to Improve UK Skills and Productivity
Current Government skills and innovation policies will not succeed in making Britain a high performance economy capable of holding its own in the future globalising world. This is the main conclusion of a new ESRC-funded report into skills and innovation in modern workplaces. While the case for... view more (2003-05-15)

Overfishing puts Southern California kelp forest ecosystems at risk, report scientists
Kelp forest ecosystems that span the West Coast -- from Alaska to Mexico's Baja Peninsula -- are at greater risk from overfishing than from the effects of run-off from fertilizers or sewage on the shore.   view more (2006-05-26)

Funding for biomedical research doubles in last decade
From 1994 to 2003, total funding for biomedical research in the U.S. doubled to $94.3 billion, with industry providing 57 percent of the funding and the National Institutes of Health providing 28 percent, according to a study in the September 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical research.   view more (2005-09-21)

Using satellite observations to study photosynthetic trends in northern circumpolar high latitudes
Using time series analyses of a 22-year record of satellite observations across the northern circumpolar high latitudes, scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center are assessing trends in vegetation photosynthetic activity.   view more (2006-05-18)

Parasites Outweigh Predators in Pacific Coast Estuaries
In a study of parasites living in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, researchers have determined that biomass of these parasites exceeds that of top predators, in some cases by more than 20 times.   view more (2008-07-24)

Modelling To Develop European Sand Dredging Guidelines
Computer predictions of the effects of commercial sea-sand dredging on coastal erosion, produced by an international team headed by Dr Alan Davies of the University of Wales, Bangor`s School of Ocean Sciences, will play a key role in developing new European Guidelines for siting commercial sand... view more (2002-08-07)

Are wolves the pronghorn's best friend?
As western states debate removing the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act, a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society cautions that doing so may result in an unintended decline in another species: the pronghorn, a uniquely North American animal that resembles an African... view more (2008-03-04)

Measurement of the extent of pest damage to rice crops in tropical Asia to establish control priorities
Although rice is the world's primary food crop, studies on pest and disease injury are rare and there is surprisingly little detailed knowledge on the problem. It is essential to know the harmfulness of the agents that affect the crops - bacteria, viruses, fungi, weeds or insects - if control... view more (2000-05-17)

Colombian Frog Believed Extinct Found Alive
Researchers exploring a Colombian mountain range found surviving members of a species of Harlequin frog believed extinct due to a killer fungus wiping out amphibian populations in Central and South America.   view more (2006-05-19)

Low-level heat wrap therapy safely reduces low back pain and improves mobility in the workplace
The use of continuous low-level heat wrap therapy (CLHT) significantly reduces acute low back pain and related disability and improves occupational performance of employees in physically demanding jobs suffering from acute low back pain.   view more (2006-01-23)

Freeze-dried mats of microbes awaken in Antarctic streambed, says U. of Colorado study
An experiment in a dry Antarctic stream channel has shown that a carpet of freeze-dried microbes that lay dormant for two decades sprang to life one day after water was diverted into it, said a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher.   view more (2005-08-10)

The petroleum umbrella
Several companies are extracting black gold - petroleum - from the North Sea. But scientists are questioning this activity and asking if this activity has environmental consequences. By law, these companies are obliged to carry out annual analyses.   view more (2005-04-04)

Ancient bison teeth provide window on past Great Plains climate, vegetation
A University of Washington researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America's breadbasket, the Great Plains.   view more (2006-08-08)

Scientists Debate Wisdom of Plan to Save Venice From Flooding
WASHINGTON - The Italian government recently decided to move forward with planning for the construction of underwater, mobile floodgates to mitigate flooding in Venice, situated on islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. The soundness of the plan is discussed by several scientists in the May 14... view more (2002-05-08)

Biodiversity and resilience of coral reefs
With over 3000 fish species, Indo-Pacific coral reefs represent one of the most diverse ecosystems on the globe. It is easy to assume that the loss of one or two species from these systems would have little impact. However, in an article in the April issue of Ecology Letters, Bellwood and... view more (2003-04-08)

AGU Journal European Highlights - 21 June 2002
American Geophysical Union AGU Journal European Highlights - 21 June 2002 ***** The following highlights are from Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) and the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres (JGR-D). The research papers related to these Highlights will be printed in the next paper issues... view more (2002-06-21)

Smokers clock up almost 8 additional days of sick leave every year
Smokers take an average of almost eight days more of sick leave every year than their non-smoking colleagues, suggested research published in Tobacco Control.   view more (2007-03-29)

Coral reef fish harbor an unexpectedly high biodiversity of parasites
IRD researchers showed that Epinephilus maculates, a fairly abundant species of grouper off New Caledonia, was parasitized by 12 species of microscopic monogenean worms.   view more (2007-09-06)

Declining sharks
The transformation of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems by humans is well known, but only recently have the impacts of anthropogenic forces in the open ocean been recognized. In particular, intense exploitation by industrial fisheries is rapidly changing oceanic ecosystems by drastically reducing... view more (2004-02-05)

Woods Hole Research Center scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
Though the dense humid forests of Central Africa have been regarded as among the most pristine on Earth, the expansion of industrial logging and the accompanying proliferation of road density are threatening the future of this important ecosystem.   view more (2007-06-11)

New method for measuring biodiversity
German and Sri Lankan researchers have developed a new method for measuring the impacts of species on local biodiversity. It makes it possible to determine whether a certain species promotes or suppresses species diversity.   view more (2008-02-19)

New 150 Million-Year-Old Crab Species Discovered
Researchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania. Previously unexamined, these ancient crabs from the Prosopidae family existed more than 150 million years ago during the Jurassic... view more (2007-10-18)
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