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After Landslides, Soil Carbon Storage Recovers Rapidly
Because most forested areas are in mountainous regions, 40% of U.S. forests are in landslide hazard areas. Thus, the interaction between soil development and mass wasting is critical to understanding ...
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Read moreAfter mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
And when their populations crashed, emptying a land whose diversity of large animals equaled or surpassed Africa's wildlife-rich Serengeti plains then or now, an entirely novel ecosystem emerged ...
Earth Sciences | Read moreEPA's new green parking lot allows scientists to study permeable surfaces that may help the environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a study that will investigate ways to reduce pollution that can run off paved surfaces and improve how water filters back into the ground....
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreAlfalfa sprouts key to discovering how meandering rivers form and maintain
Sinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow and sediment conditions required to form a...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreIt’s Mosquito Time! 10 Tips to Be Out There and Manage Summertime Pests
Mosquito numbers have exploded this year in reaction to the wet spring and early summer in many parts of the country. Extreme wet weather creates areas that serve as nurseries for mosquito larvae. ...
Health and Medicine | Read moreEarly initiation of Arctic sea-ice formation
Significant sea ice formation occurred in the Arctic earlier than previously thought is the conclusion of a study published this week in Nature."The results are also especially exciting b...
Earth Sciences | Read moreStudents Make Biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oil
A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering. The Virginia Tech Bio-Fuels group is...
Power and Electrical Engineering | Read moreCementless hip implants are durable for at least 20 years
Clinical and radiological evidence showed that 96 percent of the 124 cementless metal components assessed remained securely fixed in place 20 years post surgery, according to a study published in the ...
Studies and Analyses | Read morePoison: It's What's for Dinner - Thanks to Packrat Genes
“It was either eat it or move out,” says biology Professor Denise Dearing, senior author of the study, published online Tuesday, April 7 in the journal Molecular Ecology.During the study, eigh...
Life Sciences | Read moreAvoid Inviting Termites to ‘Dinner’ at Your House
Termites are Mother Nature’s way of recycling dead wood, as well as aerating the soil and increasing its fertility. They are an import food source for other insects, spiders, reptiles, amphibians and ...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read moreImmune reaction to metal debris leads to early failure of joint implants
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have identified a key immunological defense reaction to the metals in joint replacement devices, leading to loosening of the components and early failure....
Health and Medicine | Read moreSome of Earth's Climate Troubles Should Face Burial at Sea
That is a significant amount of carbon, the process can be accomplished with existing technology and it can be done year after year, according to Stuart Strand, a University of Washington research pro...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreReplacing corn with perennial grasses improves carbon footprint of biofuels
The researchers analyzed data from dozens of studies to determine how planting new biofuel crops can influence the carbon content of the soil. Their findings appear in the journal Global Change Biolog...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew progress in soil ecology
Agricultural soils as well as mountain soils are implicated; they are veritable carbon sinks, which, under the impact of climate warming, could become sources greenhouse gas emissions. Near-infrared s...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreEarthworm activity can alter forests' carbon-carrying capabilities
The Purdue scientists, along with collaborators from the Smithsonian Institution and Johns Hopkins University, study the habits of earthworms originally brought to North America from Europe. They want...
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