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Scientists find 'drastic' weather-related Atlantic shiftsGeneva (AFP) Jan 4, 2011 Scientists have found evidence of a "drastic" shift since the 1970s in north Atlantic Ocean currents that usually influence weather in the northern hemisphere, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday. The team of biochemists and oceanographers from Switzerland, Canada and the United States detected changes in deep sea Atlantic corals that indicated the declining influence of the cold northern Labrador Current. They said in the US National Academy of Science journal PNAS that the change "since the earl ... read more |
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 Hybrid String Blossom Thinner Tested In Peach Orchards Peach producers have traditionally relied heavily on hand thinning, a necessary but costly and labor-intensive field practice. Impacted by increasing labor costs and a limited workforce, peach and o ... more | .. |
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  Australian floods spread to 40 towns, threaten Barrier Reef Australia's disastrous floods have spread to 40 towns and are threatening the world-famous Great Barrier Reef as tonnes of sludge pour into the sea, officials and scientists said Wednesday. ... more |
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 New Research Contains Solutions To Common Pear Disease Diseases caused by a species of fungus called Phytophthora syringae are responsible for significant economic losses on a wide range of plants, including pear. In the Pacific Northwest region of the ... more | .. |
  Indoor Plant Intervention: New Answers For Health Care Design Could a plant "intervention" improve the well-being of patients in a difficult rehab process? Scientists from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Sweden's Uppsala University investigated t ... more | .. |
 How Does Your Green Roof Garden Grow Growing plants on rooftops is an old concept that has evolved from simple sod roofing to roof gardens and new, lightweight "extensive green roofs". Modern green roofs have environmental and social b ... more | .. |
 Willow Cut-Stem Growers Surveyed Woody ornamental plants with colorful or unusually shaped stems, buds, flowers, or fruits represent a growing specialty niche in cut flower production markets. These unique plants can be good prospe ... more |
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 Doctors Should Be Required To Disclose Sleep Deprived Status While regulations have been put in place to restrict the work hours of doctors in training, no such regulations exist for fully trained physicians. An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicin ... more | .. |
  Predicting Tree Failures And Estimating Damage From Diseased Trees Landscape trees, valued for their aesthetic nature and their environmental benefits, are becomingly increasingly valuable in urban environments. A single mature tree can add considerable value ... more | .. |
 Uncovering The Neurobiological Basis Of General Anesthesia The use of general anesthesia is a routine part of surgical operations at hospitals and medical facilities around the world, but the precise biological mechanisms that underlie anesthetic drugs' eff ... more | .. |
 Can Bedding Plants Thrive With Recyled Water To conserve dwindling water resources, municipalities are encouraging the use of "recycled water", municipal wastewater that has been extensively treated and deemed safe to reuse for irrigation and ... more |
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 High Nitrogen Fertilizers Tested On Post-Transplant Ornamentals The nutrition and fertilization needs of container-grown ornamental plants during production are well-documented, but there is limited research about the plants' fertilizer requirements following tr ... more | .. |
 Bulb Dipping Controls Easter Lily Growth In a recent issue of HortTechnology, Purdue University researchers Christopher J. Currey and Roberto G. Lopez reported on a study of the effects of a technique called "bulb dipping" on Easter lily. ... more | .. |
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  GOES Look Back At 2010 The GOES series of satellites keep an eye on the weather happening over the continental U.S. and eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and had a busy time with wild weather in 2010. GOES-13 has captur ... more | .. |
 Tidal Flats And Channels, Long Island, Bahamas The islands of the Bahamas are situated on large depositional platforms-the Great and Little Bahama Banks-composed mainly of carbonate sediments ringed by reefs. The islands are the only parts of th ... more | .. |
  Greece to build fence to stop migrants Greece aims to build an 8-mile border fence and boost its coast guard to stem illegal immigration via neighboring Turkey. ... more | .. |
 Cyclone Tasha Adds To Severe Flooding Over Eastern Australia Cyclone Tasha recently made landfall just south of Cairns along the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia during the early morning hours on Christmas Day. The storm, which had formed just o ... more |
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  Looking At Beavers' Role In River Restoration When engineers restore rivers, one Kansas State University professor hopes they'll keep a smaller engineer in mind: the North American beaver. Beavers are often called ecosystem engineers beca ... more | .. |
 Flood-hit Aussies evacuate tough farming town by boat Defiant Australians took to boats Tuesday to salvage belongings and help neighbours in flood-hit Rockhampton as rising brown waters lapped at homes, shops and pubs. ... more | .. |
 Broken Glass Yields Clues To Climate Change Results of a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences find that microscopic particles of dust can break apart in patterns that are similar to the fragment patte ... more | .. |
 Turfgrass Fertility, Pesticide Programs Compared Traditional turfgrass management programs rely heavily on the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. In response to increased public scrutiny and legislation, organic and biological alternativ ... more |
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