News tagged with summer
Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across US (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Spurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows. The ratio of record highs ...
Seasonality of mortality: Summer vacation link?
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Mortality rates in several Mediterranean countries decline in September, due in part to environmental factors but possibly linked to summer vacations, suggests a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
New study reveals unexpected relationship between climate warming and advancing treelines
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A new study reveals that treelines are not responding to climate warming as expected. The research, the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between climate warming and treeline advance, is published in ...
Summer heat increases risk of amniotic fluid level deficiency, study reveals
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Colleges expand summer sessions
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Summer session -- once a relatively small piece of the academic calendar -- is now a full-blown term for most colleges and universities, with more offerings, more students and more of an expectation that you can't graduate ...
Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet helps summer travelers beat jet lag
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
Study shows summer jobs may help prevent suicidal tendencies in at-risk teens
Mar 25, 2009 |
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A University of Iowa study found that when a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to seriously consider doing so. But at-risk teens are less likely to be suicidal if they hold summer jobs.
Climate change means bigger medical, council and property bills
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Climate change concerns like melting icecaps, increased desertification, loss of coral reefs and the extinction of species like polar bears can seem a distant concern in our everyday lives. Little attention, however, has ...
Study projects weakened monsoon season in South Asia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The South Asian summer monsoon - critical to agriculture in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan - could be weakened and delayed due to rising temperatures in the future, according to a recent ...
Plants take a hike as temperatures rise
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Plants are flowering at higher elevations in Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains as summer temperatures rise, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
Pupils' performances deteriorate during summer holiday
Jan 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Twente, Netherlands, recently demonstrated that differences in pupils’ levels arise largely during holiday periods. They investigated pupils’ progress in the field of reading ...
Dry spells spelled trouble in ancient China: Weakening of summer monsoons to blame
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese history is replete with the rise and fall of dynasties, but researchers now have identified a natural phenomenon that may have been the last straw for some of them: a weakening of ...
Clock-shifts affect risk of heart attack
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Adjusting the clocks to summer time on the last Sunday in March increases the risk of myocardial infarction in the following week. In return, putting the clocks back in the autumn reduces the risk, albeit to a lesser extent. ...
Summer Storms Could Mean More Dead Zones
Jul 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's summertime and people are flocking to the coasts around the country. But when summer storms arrive, it's not only beach-goers who are affected; the rains can also have an impact on living ...
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