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Climate change isolates Rocky Mountain butterflies
Biology /
Aug 13, 2007 |
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Expanding forests in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are slowly isolating groups of alpine butterflies from each other, which may lead to the extinction of the colourful insects in some areas, says a new study from the University ...
Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Accelerated snowmelt--precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains--changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to results ...
UAB professor's book promises solution for teaching evolution without conflict
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is author of a new book that claims it's possible to teach evolution without offending students who have strong religious convictions against ...
Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fictional secret agent Angus MacGyver knew that tough situations demand ingenuity. Jessica Lundquist takes a similar approach to studying snowfall. The University of Washington assistant professor ...
Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...
New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.
Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...
Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak
Oct 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.
Transhumance helps vulture conservation
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Segovia and the University of León have shown for the first time the close space-time relationship between the presence of the griffon vulture and transhumant sheep ...
Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...
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