© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Vinitkumar Singh, Ronald J. Kendall, Kater Hake, and Seshadri Ramkumar, Crude Oil Sorption by Raw Cotton, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 52 (18): 6277–6281, DOI: 10.1021/ie4005942 (08 May 2013) Citation — to press release John Davis, Low-Grade Cotton Brings Top Value in Oil Spill Cleanup, Texas Tech [...]
Categories: Agriculture,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Science
Tagged: crude oil, Crude Oil Sorption by Raw Cotton, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, John Davis, Kater Hake, Low Grade Cotton Brings Top Value in Oil Spill Cleanup, low-micronaire cotton, magic biodegradable oil spill cures, Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, oil spill, Ronald J. Kendall, Seshadri Ramkumar, synthetic sorbents, Texas Tech, TIEHH, Vinitkumar Singh
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- 20 May 2013 – 12:18
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Citation — to study David B. Rowley, Alessandro M. Forte, Robert Moucha, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Nathan A. Simmons, and Stephen P. Grand, Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago, Science Express, DOI: 10.1126/science.1229180 (16 May 2013) Citation — to press release Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, World’s biggest ice [...]
Categories: Climate,Climate change,Environment,Geology,Glaciology,Oceanography,Planetary science,Science
Tagged: a comment regarding the difficulty of obtaining measuring perspective, Alessandro M. Forte, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR, David B. Rowley, dramatic sea level rise, Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago, global sea level heights, Jerry X. Mitrovica, mantle convection simulations, marine flooding, mid Pliocene, Nathan A. Simmons, pliocene, Pliocene global sea level heights, regional stratigraphic relations, Robert Moucha, sea level change, Sedimentary rocks, stability of Antarctic ice sheets, Stephen P. Grand, Virginia through Florida, when having nothing unmoving to stand on, World’s biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed
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- 18 May 2013 – 13:42
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Ira Leifer, Daniel Culling, Oliver Schneising, Paige Farrell, Michael Buchwitz, and John P. Burrows, Transcontinental methane measurements: Part 2. Mobile surface investigation of fossil fuel industrial fugitive emissions, Atmospheric Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.018 (in press, early online publication, 11 May 2013) Citation — to press release George Foulsham, UC [...]
Categories: Atmosphere,Climate change,Environment,Global warming,Science
Tagged: Atmospheric Environment, Central Valley, Daniel Culling, Envisat, gas and oil, gas chromatograph, George Foulsham, Ira Leifer, John P. Burrows, Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, Paige Farrell, refineries, Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography, SCIAMACHY, Transcontinental methane measurements Part 2. Mobile surface investigation of fossil fuel industrial fugitive emissions, UC Santa Barbara Scientist Studies Methane Levels in Cross Continent Drive, wetlands
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- 16 May 2013 – 11:28
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Citation — to study David J. Nowak, Eric J. Greenfield, Robert E. Hoehn, and Elizabeth Lapoint, Carbon storage and sequestration by trees in urban and community areas of the United States, Environmental Pollution 178: 229–236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.019 (July 2013) Citation — to Forest Service press release Press Office, US urban trees store carbon, provide billions in [...]
Categories: Climate change,Environment,Forests,Science
Tagged: American English, carbon storage, Carbon storage and sequestration by trees in urban and community areas of the United States, David J. Nowak, Elizabeth Lapoint, Eric J. Greenfield, kilograms, metric ton, Robert E Hoehn, Tom Tidwell, ton, tonne, urban trees, US Forest Service, US urban trees store carbon provide billions in economic value
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- 8 May 2013 – 13:27
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to press release Asociación RUVID, The University of Alicante invents a system to clean seaweed from beaches, AlphaGalileo Foundation (03 May 2013) Moving bulky things around has obvious costs, and sometimes it’s better to get most of the processing done on site From the press release: A research group [...]
Categories: Energy,Engineering,Environment
Tagged: algae, Asociación RUVID, bales, biofuel, hoppers, Irene Sentana Gadea, landfills, pellets, residual salt, rubbish trucks, salt polluter, sand, seaweed, solar energy, solar powered, Spain, The University of Alicante invents a system to clean seaweed from beaches
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- 6 May 2013 – 12:26
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study G. Besnard, F. Anthelme, and D. Baali-Cherifc, The Laperrine’s olive tree (Oleaceae): a wild genetic resource of the cultivated olive and a model-species for studying the biogeography of the Saharan Mountains, Acta Botanica Gallica 159 (3): 319-328, DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2012.724281 (26 November 2012) Citation — to press release [...]
Categories: Biology,Climate,Climate change,Conservation,Environment,Evolution,Genetics,Global warming,Horticulture,Science
Tagged: a D. Baali-Cherifc, Algeria, cuspidata, erosion of genetic diversity, F. Anthelme, G. Besnard, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Laperrine’s olive tree, Maghreb, Mediterranean olive, Niger, northern Sudan, Olea europaea, Sahara, Sahara olive tree a genetic heritage to be preserved, The Laperrines olive tree Oleaceae a wild genetic resource of the cultivated olive and a model species for studying the biogeography of the Saharan Mountains
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- 3 May 2013 – 17:11
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to studies Laura A. Burkle, John C. Marlin, and Tiffany M. Knight, Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function, Science 339 (6127): 1611-1614 (29 March 2013) Lucas A. Garibaldi, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Rachael Winfree, Marcelo A. Aizen, Riccardo Bommarco, Saul A. Cunningham, Claire Kremen, Luísa G. [...]
Categories: Agriculture,Agronomy,Entomology,Environment,Horticulture,Science
Tagged: Alexandra M. Klein, Andrea Holzschuh, Blandina F. Viana, Brad Howlett, Breno M. Freitas, Brian A. Nault, Carlos H. Vergara, Catrin Westphal, cavity-nesters, Christina M. Kennedy, Christof Schüepp, Claire Kremen, Claytonia virginica, Colleen L. Seymour, Daniel Cariveau, domestic honey bees, Faye Benjamin, Gideon Pisanty, Global Plight of Pollinators, Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi, Hisatomo Taki, Ignasi Bartomeus, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Iris Motzke, Jaboury Ghazoul, Jan H. Dudenhöffer, Jason M. Tylianakis, Jessica Petersen, John C. Marlin, Juliana Hipólito, Kristin M. Krewenka, Laura A. Burkle, Lawrence D. Harder, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Maj Rundlöf, Marcelo A. Aizen, Margaret M. Mayfield, Mark Otieno, Natacha P. Chacoff, Neal Williams, Ohad Afik, parasites, Plant Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years Loss of Species, Rachael Winfree, Riccardo Bommarco, Romina Rader, Rufus Isaacs, Sarah Greenleaf, Saul A. Cunningham, Simon G. Potts, Smitha Krishnan, specialists, species that participated in weak historic interactions, Steven K. Javorek, Taylor H. Ricketts, Teja Tscharntke, Theodore Munyuli, Thomas C. Wanger, Tiffany M. Knight, Virginie Boreux, wild insect pollinators, Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance, Yael Mandelik
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- 29 April 2013 – 14:22
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Oliver J. Brady, Jane P. Messina, Andrew W. Farlow, Catherine L. Moyes, John M. Drake, John S. Brownstein, Anne G. Hoen, Osman Sankoh, Monica F. Myers, Dylan B. George, Thomas Jaenisch, G. R. William Wint, Cameron P. Simmons, Thomas W. Scott, Jeremy [...]
Categories: Environment,Infectious disease,Public Health,Science
Tagged: Aedes mosquitoes, Andrew W. Farlow, Anne G. Hoen, breakbone fever, Cameron P. Simmons, Catherine L. Moyes, dengue, Dylan B. George, G. R. William Wint, global distribution and burden of dengue, International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment, Jane P. Messina, Jen Middleton, Jeremy J. Farrar, John M. Drake, John S. Brownstein, Management and Surveillance, Monica F. Myers, Oliver J. Brady, Osman Sankoh, Peter W. Gething, Samir Bhatt, Simon I. Hay, Thomas Jaenisch, Thomas W. Scott, Wellcome Trust
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- 8 April 2013 – 10:16
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study L. G. Thompson, E. Mosley-Thompson, M. E. Davis, V. S. Zagorodnov, I. M. Howat, V. N. Mikhalenko, and P. N. Lin, Annually Resolved Ice Core Records of Tropical Climate Variability Over the Past ~1800 Years, Science Express, DOI: 10.1126/science.1234210 (04 April 2013) Citation — to press release [...]
Categories: Climate,Climate change,Environment,Glaciology,Planetary science,Science,Science Journalism
Tagged: 800-year-old “Rosetta Stone” for Tropical Ice Cores — Find Offers the Most Complete Picture of Earth’s Low-Latitude Climate History to Date, altiplano, Amazon Basin, Annually Resolved Ice Core Records of Tropical Climate Variability, Byrd Polar Research Center, climate data, Discovery of 1, El Niño, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Himalayas, I. M. Howat, Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group, Indonesia, Lonnie Thompson, M. E. Davis, misogyny, Mount Kilimanjaro, New Guinea, P. N. Lin, Pam Frost Gorder, Papua, Peru, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Tibet, V. N. Mikhalenko, V. S. Zagorodnov
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- 5 April 2013 – 16:05
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© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to press release Tom Robinette, UC Research Examines Ancient Puebloans and the Myth of Maize, University of Cincinnati (02 April 2013) Busting a myth that no one with a functioning brain would have believed? Tom Robinette reports from the University of Cincinnati that: Nikki Berkebile, a graduate student in [...]
Categories: Agriculture,Archaeology,Conservation,Environment,Science
Tagged: 1070-1090, 11th Century, Anasazi, cactus, chenopodim, globemallow, juniper berries, maize, MU 125, Nikki Berkebile, piinyon nuts, Puebloans, purslane, Tom Robinette, UC Research Examines Ancient Puebloans and the Myth of Maize, Upper Basin
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- 3 April 2013 – 10:28
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Tectonic modeling casts (apparently legitimate) doubt on previous assessments of dramatic sea level rise, allegedly due to continental ice sheet melting — a comment regarding the difficulty of obtaining measuring perspective, when having nothing unmoving to stand on 0
Citation — to study David B. Rowley, Alessandro M. Forte, Robert Moucha, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Nathan A. Simmons, and Stephen P. Grand, Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago, Science Express, DOI: 10.1126/science.1229180 (16 May 2013) Citation — to press release Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, World’s biggest ice [...]
Categories: Climate,Climate change,Environment,Geology,Glaciology,Oceanography,Planetary science,Science
Tagged: a comment regarding the difficulty of obtaining measuring perspective, Alessandro M. Forte, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR, David B. Rowley, dramatic sea level rise, Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago, global sea level heights, Jerry X. Mitrovica, mantle convection simulations, marine flooding, mid Pliocene, Nathan A. Simmons, pliocene, Pliocene global sea level heights, regional stratigraphic relations, Robert Moucha, sea level change, Sedimentary rocks, stability of Antarctic ice sheets, Stephen P. Grand, Virginia through Florida, when having nothing unmoving to stand on, World’s biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed