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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 76-100 out of 252. << < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 > >>
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
 Proceedings of the National Acadamy of SciencesWarming temperatures cause aquatic animals to shrink the most Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers in a new study by scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Liverpool. Contact: Neha Okhandiar
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Proceedings of the National Acadamy of SciencesUMass Amherst climate modeler identifies trigger for Earth's last big freeze "This episode was the last time the Earth underwent a major cooling, so understanding exactly what caused it is very important for understanding how our modern-day climate might change in the future," says Condron of UMass Amherst's Climate System Research Center. Findings appear in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Contact: Janet Lathrop
Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Current BiologyWorld's rarest whale seen for the first time A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals -- a mother and her male calf -- were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A report in the Nov. 6 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offers the first complete description of the spade-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii), a species previously known only from a few bones. Contact: Elisabeth Lyons
Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
2012 GSA Annual Meeting & ExpositionGSA session to address Hurricane Sandy In response to the devastation caused last week by Hurricane Sandy, organizers of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting technical sessions on rapid sea-level rise and its impacts have created a break-out discussion panel consisting of geoscience experts. The idea is to relate early findings and discuss how the changes caused by Hurricane Sandy to the US East coast tie into the scientific papers already scheduled for presentation. Contact: Christa Stratton
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
2012 GSA Annual Meeting & ExpositionWhy seas are rising ahead of predictions Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good idea why. The last official IPCC report in 2007 projected a global sea level rise between 0.2 and 0.5 meters by the year 2100. But current sea-level rise measurements meet or exceed the high end of that range and suggest a rise of one meter or more by the end of the century. Contact: Christa Stratton
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
ScienceSitting still or going hunting: Which works better? If you're a microbe floating in the ocean, there's no single best strategy for getting food, MIT research shows. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Survival Stories: Learning from narratives about surviving disastersWhat natural disasters can teach us Learning about surviving disasters, a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has resulted in a unique bank of research data which provides insights into what makes an effective community response at this critical time. Community responses are key to helping children and young people who survive major natural disasters. Contact: Pressofffice
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Navy oceanographers delve deeper in wave data to improve forecasts The US Navy has one of the most active and vital operational oceanography programs in the world. With a greater understanding of wave mechanics, scientists can improve wave forecasts in oceans around the globe. Contact: Daniel Parry
Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Physics WorldPond skating insects reveal water-walking secrets This month's special issue of Physics World is devoted to animal physics, and includes science writer Stephen Ornes explanation of how pond skaters effortlessly skip across water leaving nothing but a small ripple in their wake. Contact: Michael Bishop
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
New study to examine ecological tipping points in hopes of preventing them Predation by otters keeps urchin populations in check, allowing kelp –– a favorite food of urchins –– to flourish. But what if otters were harvested to near extinction for their fur? The resulting overabundance of urchins would decimate the kelp forest, leaving little food or shelter for fish and invertebrates. And so it may go, as declines in these species are likely to affect others. Contact: Shelly Leachman
Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
Brazil joins global initiative for biodiversity data access Brazil has become the latest country to join the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), dedicated to promoting free and open access to biodiversity data. With this move, a large number of digital records documenting the country's exceptional variety of plants, animals and other organisms can be published through GBIF from Brazilian research institutions, museums, herbaria and observational networks. Contact: Sampreethi Aipanjiguly
Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
AstrobiologyCuriosity on Mars sits on rocks similar to those found in marshes in Mexico Millions of years ago fire and water forged the gypsum rocks locked in at Cuatro Cienegas, a Mexican valley similar to the Martian crater where NASA's Rover Curiosity roams. A team of researchers have now analyzed the bacterial communities that have survived in these inhospitable springs since the beginning of life on Earth. Contact: SINC
Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
Naturwissenschaften - The Science of NatureInfrared vision in a cichlid fish Biologists from the University of Bonn have discovered that the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus can see in the near infrared range; this was thought to be unlikely until now. Seeing in the infrared range is apparently helping fish to hunt in shallow African rivers. The results will be published in the journal "Naturwissenschaften" and are already available online now. Contact: Sebastian A. Baldauf
Public Release: 28-Oct-2012
Nature Climate ChangeUncertainty of future South Pacific Island rainfall explained With greenhouse warming, rainfall in the South Pacific islands will depend on two competing effects -- an increase due to overall warming and a decrease due to changes in atmospheric water transport -- according to a study published in the 28 October online issue of Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists. In the South Pacific these two effects sometimes cancel each other out, resulting in highly uncertain rainfall projections.
Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, International Pacific Research Center
Contact: Gisela Speidel
Public Release: 26-Oct-2012
Current BiologyHermit crabs socialize to evict their neighbors A UC Berkeley study of terrestrial hermit crabs in Costa Rica suggests that they socialize – unlike solitary marine hermit crabs – in order to steal shells from one another. Land crabs remodel and expand their shells, but to move up as they get larger, they must gather around other crabs to find someone to evict. Typically, crabs line up so that, once one crab is wrenched from its home, everyone can simultaneously acquire a larger abode.
UC Berkeley Miller Institute
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 26-Oct-2012
British Ecological Society partners with Wiley open access journal Ecology and Evolution John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced a new partnership between the British Ecological Society and the Wiley Open Access journal Ecology and Evolution. This latest partnership brings the number of high profile journals supporting the open access title to 16. 11 of these partner titles are ranked in the top 20 ecology journals by the Institute for Scientific Information. Contact: Ben Norman
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
PLOS ONEIndividual gene differences can be tested in zebrafish The zebrafish is a potential tool for testing one class of unique individual genetic differences found in humans, and may yield information helpful for the emerging field of personalized medicine, according to a team led by Penn State College of Medicine scientists. The differences, or mutations, in question create minor changes in amino acids -- the building blocks of DNA -- from person to person. Zebrafish can be used as a model to understand what biological effects result from these genetic mutations.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Matthew Solovey
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
ScienceSmall organisms could dramatically impact world's climate Warmer oceans in the future could significantly alter populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major impact on climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
ScienceSmall marine organisms' big changes could affect world climate In the future, warmer waters could significantly change ocean distribution of populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major effect on climate change.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid DynamicsAPS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics will include more than 2,000 compelling presentations from across the physical sciences, engineering, and medicine. The meeting will take place Nov. 18 - 20, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center near the historic Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, Calif. Contact: Charles E. Blue
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Smithsonian launches global marine biodiversity project with $10 million donation The Smithsonian announced today that it will launch a major long-term project to study coastal marine biodiversity and ecosystems around the globe. The project is made possible by a $10 million donation from Suzanne and Michael Tennenbaum, senior managing partner of Los Angeles-based Tennenbaum Capital Partners and philanthropist. The goal of the project--Smithsonian's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories--is to monitor the ocean's coastal ecosystems over a long period of time. Contact: Linda St.Thomas
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchTriclosan needs to be monitored Researchers from Germany and Slovakia have pointed out that the chemical triclosan is one of those particularly harmful substances for the ecological status of rivers that are still not sufficiently monitored.
European Commission/MODELKEY, German Research Foundation
Contact: Tilo Arnhold
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Developmental CellUsing planarian flatworms to understand organ regeneration Researchers report in the journal Developmental Cell that they have identified genes that control growth and regeneration of the intestine in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea. Contact: Phillip Newmark, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
Peer review option proposed for biodiversity data Data publishers should have the option of submitting their biodiversity datasets for peer review, according to a discussion paper commissioned by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. The proposal is among a set of recommendations made by Mark Costello and co-authors in the paper Quality assurance and Intellectual Property Rights in advancing biodiversity data publication, freely available for download through the GBIF Online Resource Centre. Contact: Sampreethi Aipanjiguly
Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
ScienceTraditional fisheries management approach jeopardizes marine ecosystems worldwide In a Perspectives article, "The Risks of Overfishing," published today in the journal Science, Dr. Ellen K. Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science and professor at Stony Brook University, cautions against continuing traditional fisheries management. Contact: Cindy Yeast
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