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Beneficial plant 'spillover' effect seen from landscape corridors
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a North Carolina State University biologist and colleagues shows that using landscape corridors, the "superhighways" that connect isolated patches of habitat, to protect certain plants has a large ...
Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens.
Study: Wildlife need more complex travel plans
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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A new UC Davis study says that people trying to help nature by designing corridors for wildlife need to think more naturally.
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Gravitational Space Corridors Could Slash Space Travel Costs (w/ Video)
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying space travel possibilities have proposed that gravitational space corridors could be used by spacecraft, in much the same way as ships use ocean currents. Taking advantage ...
Amazon corridors far too narrow, warn scientists
Feb 18, 2008 |
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Protected forest strips buffering rivers and streams of the Amazon rainforest should be significantly wider than the current legal requirement, according to pioneering new research by scientists at the University of East ...
Rooted plants move mysteriously down greenways, scientists say
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Dec 03, 2008 |
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The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant. And yet, like a grounded teenager who knows where the car keys are hidden, it manages – if it has a reasonable chance ...
France's SNCF hopes to run high speed rail in US
Mar 20, 2009 |
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The United States is ready for a truly high-speed rail system and France's national railway SNCF would be "very interested" in operating a network, a senior executive said Thursday.
Wildlife Corridors Benefit Plant Biodiversity, Native Plants
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Sep 01, 2006 |
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Wildlife corridors appear to support not only wildlife but also plants —especially the oft-threatened native variety.
Innovative model connects circuit theory to wildlife corridors
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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Scientists at Northern Arizona University and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis have developed a model that uses circuit theory to predict gene flow across landscapes. Their approach could give managers ...
'Genetic corridors' are next step to saving tigers
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Feb 13, 2008 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Panthera Foundation announced plans to establish a 5,000 mile-long “genetic corridor” from Bhutan to Burma that would allow tiger populations to roam freely across ...
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak'
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.
Obama vows to fast track high speed rail
Apr 16, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obama Thursday called for a US high speed rail service to rival the express trains of France, Japan, Spain and China, highlighting a 13 billion dollar government funding boost.
NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Reseearchers from NIST, the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Housing Authority recently set controlled fires in an abandoned Chicago apartment building to test a new fire-fighting technique -- using ...
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