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Salmon Farms Kill Wild Fish, Study Shows (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:29
| New research confirms that sea lice from fish farms kill wild salmon. Up to 95 percent of the wild juvenile salmon that migrate past fish farms die as a result of sea lice infestation from the farms. The results of the research have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. |
Study Of Toxins In Houston Air Warrants New Standards (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 09:00:29
| A new report recommends immediate action to reduce the levels of four toxic air pollutants in Houston. The study proposes new air quality standards based on the toxicology of the four pollutants: benzene, 1, 3-butadiene, formaldehyde and diesel particulate matter. For example, the report found that the 2004 annual average concentration of 1, 3-butadiene in Houston was four parts per billion (ppb) -- about 20 times greater than Los Angeles, the city with the second-highest measured levels. |
New Study Explains Why Hotter Is Better For Insects (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 12:00:37
| Organisms have been able to adapt to environments ranging from cold polar oceans to hot thermal vents. However, University of Washington researchers have discovered a limit to the powerful forces of natural selection, at least when it comes to the adaptation of insects to cold temperatures. |
Chilly Bugs' Unique Gene Regulation Gives Them Survival Advantage At Bottom Of The World (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 12:00:37
| The larvae of Antarctic midges never stop producing special proteins that minimize environmental stress, allowing them to withstand a range of intense environmental conditions in one of the world's harshest environments. Scientists found that adult midges (Belgica antarctica) lose their ability to continually express these protective heat-shock proteins. |
Alaskan Storm Cracks Giant Iceberg To Pieces In Faraway Antarctica (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 12:00:37
| A severe storm that occurred in the Gulf of Alaska in October 2005 generated an ocean swell that six days later broke apart a giant iceberg floating near the coast of Antarctica, more than 8,300 miles away. A team of scientists led by Professors Douglas MacAyeal at the University of Chicago and Emile Okal at Northwestern University present evidence connecting the two events in the October issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters. |
Record Ozone Loss During 2006 Over South Pole (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 12:00:37
| Ozone measurements made by ESA's Envisat satellite have revealed the ozone loss of 40 million tons on 2 October 2006 has exceeded the record ozone loss of about 39 million tons for 2000. |
New Wood-plastic Composites To Boost Industry, Help Use Waste Products (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 10-03-2006 at 03:00:26
| Wood science researchers in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University have developed new wood-plastic composites that are stronger and less expensive than any similar products now available -- a major breakthrough for this growing industry. |
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