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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:20:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Media Teleconference and Webcast for Reporters: Latest Research on Oregon's Oceanic "Dead Zones" and How Climate Change May Be Promoting Them
Yet another ecological scourge may earn a place on the ever-lengthening list of problems associated with climate change: the formation of some types of so-called "dead zones"--marine expanses covering hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles that become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life forms.
Armed with new analyses of Oregon's 2009 dead zone season, Jack Barth of Oregon State University will explain how climate change may be promoting the ...
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:22:53 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Expeditions in Computing Continue to Break New Ground
Expeditions in Computing Continue to Break New Ground
Energy-efficient computers optimally designed for custom applications. New tools to make air travel safer and healthcare interventions more effective. Robotic 'bees' that lend a helping hand in search and rescue operations.
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) established three new Expeditions in Computing in August of this year. Funded at $2 million per year for five years, these projects represent some of the ...
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:24:04 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.
The researchers' findings are published in the October 5, 2009, early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Jon Smith, a scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey, and Stephen Hasiotis, a geologist at the University of Kansas, have demonstrated ...
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:24:44 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Ancient China's Sand Dunes Reveal Unexpected Dryness During Heavy Monsoon Rains
Ancient China's Sand Dunes Reveal Unexpected Dryness During Heavy Monsoon Rains
The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia. But the sandy dunefields that mark the desert margin between greener pastures to the south and the Gobi Desert to the north are a rich source of information about past climates in Asia, says University of Wisconsin-Madison geographer Joseph Mason.
Wetter periods allow vegetation to take root on and stabilize sand ...
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