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Impacts conference on climate change effects
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Droughts. Floods. Health risks. Crop failures. Climate change impacts of today and tomorrow appear in the public debate with a raft of buzz words. But the science behind our understanding of climate change impacts is both much broader and much more fragmentary. To provide robust information for decision makers, we need a quantitative synthesis of impacts -- including consistent estimates of uncertainties.
How sustainable is Switzerland?
(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) The vision of a society in which each inhabitant of the earth manages to consume only 2,000 watts has already been around for 15 years. During this time, there has been a steady increase in environmental awareness. Technology has become more efficient and sustainable lifestyle is popular. However, as a study by Empa and ETH Zurich shows, Mr. and Mrs. Swiss are still a long way from achieving this.
A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists
(Global Water System Project) A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable."
Monkey teeth help reveal Neanderthal weaning
(University of California - Davis) Studies on monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis have helped US and Australian researchers calculate when a Neanderthal infant was weaned.
PNNL staff recognized for scientific accomplishments, moving technologies into the marketplace
(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory honored more than 165 staff for their creation, development and commercialization of intellectual property at PNNL's annual Intellectual Property Commercialization Recognition & Rewards Program banquet.
Reforestation study shows trade-offs between water, carbon and timber
(Arizona State University) More than 13,000 ships per year transit the Panama Canal each year. Each time a ship passes through, more than 55 million gallons of water are used. The advent of large "super" cargo ships has demanded expansion of the canal, leaving the authority to consider how meet increased demand for water. One proposed measure is the reforestation of the watershed, which has been studied by ASU scientists Silvio Simonit and Charles Perrings to aid planners.
Syracuse University professor argues Earth's mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates
(Syracuse University) New findings by a team of researchers, including Robert Moucha, assistant professor of Earth Sciences in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, reveal that the US shoreline -- from Virginia to Florida -- has been uplifted by more than 210 feet, meaning less ice melted than expected. This is big news for scientists who use the coastline to predict future sea-level rise.
Scientists offer first definitive proof of bacteria-feeding behavior in green algae
(American Museum of Natural History) Researchers have captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells. This acquisition is thought to be a critical first step in the evolution of photosynthetic algae and land plants, which, in turn, contributed to the increase in oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere and ocean and provided one of the conditions necessary for animal evolution.
Scientists announce top 10 new species
(Arizona State University) An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. A global committee of taxonomists -- scientists responsible for species exploration and classification -- announced its list of top 10 species from 2012 today, May 23.
Researchers identify new target to boost plant resistance to insects and pathogens
(Cell Press) Plants have evolved unique and sophisticated immune systems to defend themselves against insects and pathogens. Plant hormones called jasmonates play an important role in this defense, but jasmonates have been found to also be important for plant growth. Now, researchers have discovered a gene in the jasmonate pathway that controls plant defenses but does not play a detectable role in plant development. These findings could be applied to improve crop resistance in agriculture.
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Droughts. Floods. Health risks. Crop failures. Climate change impacts of today and tomorrow appear in the public debate with a raft of buzz words. But the science behind our understanding of climate change impacts is both much broader and much more fragmentary. To provide robust information for decision makers, we need a quantitative synthesis of impacts -- including consistent estimates of uncertainties.
How sustainable is Switzerland?
(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) The vision of a society in which each inhabitant of the earth manages to consume only 2,000 watts has already been around for 15 years. During this time, there has been a steady increase in environmental awareness. Technology has become more efficient and sustainable lifestyle is popular. However, as a study by Empa and ETH Zurich shows, Mr. and Mrs. Swiss are still a long way from achieving this.
A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists
(Global Water System Project) A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable."
Monkey teeth help reveal Neanderthal weaning
(University of California - Davis) Studies on monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis have helped US and Australian researchers calculate when a Neanderthal infant was weaned.
PNNL staff recognized for scientific accomplishments, moving technologies into the marketplace
(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory honored more than 165 staff for their creation, development and commercialization of intellectual property at PNNL's annual Intellectual Property Commercialization Recognition & Rewards Program banquet.
Reforestation study shows trade-offs between water, carbon and timber
(Arizona State University) More than 13,000 ships per year transit the Panama Canal each year. Each time a ship passes through, more than 55 million gallons of water are used. The advent of large "super" cargo ships has demanded expansion of the canal, leaving the authority to consider how meet increased demand for water. One proposed measure is the reforestation of the watershed, which has been studied by ASU scientists Silvio Simonit and Charles Perrings to aid planners.
Syracuse University professor argues Earth's mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates
(Syracuse University) New findings by a team of researchers, including Robert Moucha, assistant professor of Earth Sciences in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, reveal that the US shoreline -- from Virginia to Florida -- has been uplifted by more than 210 feet, meaning less ice melted than expected. This is big news for scientists who use the coastline to predict future sea-level rise.
Scientists offer first definitive proof of bacteria-feeding behavior in green algae
(American Museum of Natural History) Researchers have captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells. This acquisition is thought to be a critical first step in the evolution of photosynthetic algae and land plants, which, in turn, contributed to the increase in oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere and ocean and provided one of the conditions necessary for animal evolution.
Scientists announce top 10 new species
(Arizona State University) An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. A global committee of taxonomists -- scientists responsible for species exploration and classification -- announced its list of top 10 species from 2012 today, May 23.
Researchers identify new target to boost plant resistance to insects and pathogens
(Cell Press) Plants have evolved unique and sophisticated immune systems to defend themselves against insects and pathogens. Plant hormones called jasmonates play an important role in this defense, but jasmonates have been found to also be important for plant growth. Now, researchers have discovered a gene in the jasmonate pathway that controls plant defenses but does not play a detectable role in plant development. These findings could be applied to improve crop resistance in agriculture.
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