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American Society of Human Genetics to host 60th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. - (American Society of Human Genetics) The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will gather in Washington, D.C., to present their latest research findings at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, from Tuesday, November 2, through Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Register to attend the ASHG 2010 meeting, which will provide press attendees with significant information about cutting-edge developments in human genetics and genomics research....
Feed Source: www.eurekalert.orgSaving a million acre-feet of water through conservation and efficiency in California - (Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security) A new Pacific Institute analysis identifies specific actions that can annually save a million acre-feet of water in California quickly and at lower economic and ecological cost than developing new supplies. Water conservation and efficiency improvements from urban and agricultural sectors are central components of any portfolio of solutions for California's water problems: the report identifies the water-savings and offers strategies for financing and implementing them. Addressing the state's persistent water supply challenges cannot wait....
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Irrigation's cooling effects may mask warming in some regions -- for now - (The Earth Institute at Columbia University) Expanded irrigation has made it possible to feed the world's growing billions -- and it may also temporarily be counteracting the effects of climate change in some regions, say scientists in a new study. But some sources of irrigation water are projected to dry up in coming decades and when they do, people may face the double whammy of food shortages and higher temperatures. A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research pinpoints where the trouble spots may be....
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NASA saw strong T-storms in quick-forming Hermine's center, warm water to power it - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Hermine formed very quickly yesterday in the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and northeastern Mexico and southeastern Texas are now bearing the brunt of the storm. Infrared imagery taken from NASA's AIRS instrument showed a quick organization of strong thunderstorms around Hermine's center of circulation and very warm Gulf waters that powered her up. ...
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Subseafloor observatories installed to run dynamic experiments - (National Science Foundation) Marine geologists have returned from two months at sea off British Columbia, Canada, where they installed two observatories in the ocean floor to run innovative experiments at the bottom of the sea....
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ASA, CSSA and SSSA present scholarships and fellowships - (American Society of Agronomy) The scholarships and fellowships will be presented at the 2010 annual meetings....
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CIMAS, NOAA research conduct innovative investigations to study Hurricane Earl - (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) As Hurricane Earl threatened the east coast of the US, hurricane scientists from NOAA Research's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and colleagues from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies conducted 18 hurricane hunter research flights, including the first ever flight by the unmanned NASA Global Hawk over a hurricane. ...
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Restoring coastal wetlands? Check the soil - (American Society of Agronomy) Researchers use soil moisture and salinity of porewater combined with other data to develop tools for restoring coastal wetlands....
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Potomac River: 10-fold increase in native submerged vegetation reflects improved water quality - (United States Geological Survey) The Potomac River is showing multiple benefits from restoration efforts. Reduced nutrients and improved water clarity have increased the abundance and diversity of submerged aquatic vegetation, according to an 18-year field study....
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GOCE gravity mission back in action - (European Space Agency) ESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected, thanks to the fervent efforts of a team of experts....
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The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago - (FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) A team made up of members of the University of Oviedo and the Complutense University of Madrid have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and the reindeer in the Iberian Peninsula to show that, although in small numbers, these big mammals, prehistoric indicators of cold climates, already lived in this territory some 150,000 years ago. ...
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Virginia Tech researchers contribute to turkey genome sequencing - (Virginia Tech) More than 90 percent of the domesticated turkey genome has been sequenced and assembled. Thousands of genes previously unknown to avian scientists have been described. Also of interest are the sequences of the sex chromosomes "Z" and "W," which were poorly covered in the past....
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A new center is attracting researchers worldwide - (University of Copenhagen) DNA researcher Professor Eske Willerslev and his team open their new Centre for Geogenetics, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. Even prior to its opening the centre has attracted great attention in scientific circles because of its unique focus on DNA research in connection with the mapping of human migration, extinct and lost human races and fauna, and in particular our understanding of climate and environmental changes in the past. ...
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Termites foretell climate change in Africa's savannas - (Carnegie Institution) Using sophisticated airborne imaging and structural analysis, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology mapped more than 40,000 termite mounds over 192 square miles in the African savanna. They found that their size and distribution is linked to vegetation and landscape patterns associated with annual rainfall. The results reveal how the savanna terrain has evolved and show how termite mounds can be used to predict ecological shifts from climate change....
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UN, partners urge new approach to reef protection - (United Nations University) Reef areas that support the well-being of over half the world's population are compromised by management practices that fail to recognize ecosystem interconnections, according to renowned experts who today published a practical guide for improving marine protection around the world....
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U of C scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth's climate to prevent dangerous global warming - (University of Calgary) Dr. David Keith suggests that two novel geoengineering approaches -- "levitating" engineered nano-particles, and the airborne release of sulphuric acid may be more effective than simply putting sulphur dioxide gas into the atmosphere.His results have been published in both the upcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a top-ranked international science journal, and the Geophysical Research Letters....
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New and unique tool eases the process of finding article reviewers - (Elsevier) Elsevier continues to support the peer review process by developing a tool to help journal editors find reviewers....
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Melting rate of ice caps in Greenland and Western Antarctica lower than expected - (Delft University of Technology) The Greenland and West Antarctic ice caps are melting at half the speed previously predicted. This finding has emerged from research by a joint US/Dutch team from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Delft University of Technology and SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research. The scientists have published their findings in the September issue of Nature Geoscience....
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Using buildings for flood protection - (Delft University of Technology) Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their "regular" functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg, this concept could be very useful for the Dutch cities along the River Rhine, for example. Stalenberg will defend her Ph.D. thesis on this subject on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at Delft University of Technology....
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Three-quarters of new solar systems worldwide were installed in the EU in 2009 - (European Commission Joint Research Centre) In 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe. Similarly to previous years, this shows the EU's dominance, where more than three quarters of the world's new solar systems were installed. By the end of 2009, Europe's cumulative installed PV electricity generation capacity (existing and newly installed) was 16 GW, about 70 percent of the world's total....
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Carbon mapping breakthrough - (Carnegie Institution) By integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues, have revealed the first high-resolution maps of carbon locked up in tropical forest vegetation and emitted by land-use practices. These new maps pave the way for accurate monitoring of carbon storage and emissions for the United Nations initiative on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation....
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DNA fingerprinting pioneer discovers role of key genetic catalyst for human diversity - (University of Leicester) One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur between different generations of people, is explained by new research published Sept. 5 by world-renowned scientist professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester....
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In a changing climate, erratic rainfall poses growing threat to rural poor, new report says - (Burness Communications) Against a backdrop of extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, a new report warns that increasingly erratic rainfall related to climate change will pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, especially in Africa and Asia, requiring increased investment in diverse forms of water storage as an effective remedy. ...
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Research shows continued decline of Oregon's largest glacier - (Oregon State University) An Oregon State University research program has returned to Collier Glacier for the first time in almost 20 years and found that the glacier has decreased more than 20 percent from its size in the late 1980s. The findings are consistent with glacial retreat all over the world and provide some of the critical data needed to help quantify the effects of global change on glacier retreat and associated sea level rise....
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Death of the 'doughnut' - (Michigan Technological University) In 1998, Charlie Kerfoot discovered a "doughnut" of phytoplankton circulating in Lake Michigan, helping to feed the lake's famous fishery. Just 12 years later, the doughnut is disappearing, and Kerfoot fears that the lake's ecosystem will crash, taking with it much of the fish biomass....
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