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Energetic bottleneck factors in catastrophic winter seabird losses
Jul 17, 2009 |
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It's a terrible sight: hundreds of dead seabirds washed up on the seashore. These catastrophic events occur in the winter and are known as winter wrecks. No one knows why the birds perish, and it is almost impossible to study ...
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'String' theory offers insight into catastrophic failure
Aug 16, 2007 |
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What do a centuries old gambling puzzle, thread and catastrophic failure have in common" A simple experiment conducted by Kent State chemical physics professor Peter Palffy-Muhoray and graduate student Jake Fontana reveals ...
United States death map revealed
Dec 17, 2008 |
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A map of natural hazard mortality in the United States has been produced. The map, featured in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geographics, gives a county-level representation of the likelihood of dyi ...
Long-term recovery of reefs from bleaching requires local action to increase resilience
Feb 03, 2009 |
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In the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor Dr. Peter Glynn, and 2008 Pew Fellow for Marine Conservation and Assist ...
Study: Midwest not ready for a major quake
Feb 20, 2006 |
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A Washington University professor says Midwesterners rarely think about earthquake safety so towns along the New Madrid fault are not prepared.
Massive California fires consistent with climate change
Oct 24, 2007 |
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The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and they may be just a prelude to many more such events in the future ...
Valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests that ancient features on the surface of Mars called valley networks were carved by recurrent floods during a long period when the martian climate may have been much like ...
A new computer modeling program can help hospitals prepare for the worst
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A new and novel computer modeling platform developed through intensive, multidisciplinary collaboration at New York University can help hospitals and cities to be more prepared for catastrophic public health scenarios, according ...
Forest fire prevention efforts will lessen carbon sequestration, add to greenhouse warming
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be counterproductive to another important societal goal of sequestering carbon to help offset global warming, forestry ...
Researcher shows possible link between 1918 El Nino and flu pandemic
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Research conducted at Texas A&M University casts doubts on the notion that El Niño has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the relationship between El Niño and a severe flu ...
Extreme weather events can unleash a 'perfect storm' of infectious diseases, research study says
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Climatic conditions can alter normal host-pathogen relationships An international research team, including University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer, has found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as th ...
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