News tagged with national parks
Montana State professor hopes to help high elevation pines grow
Thread-like fungi that grow in soils at high elevations may play an important role in restoring whitebark and limber pine forests in Canada. Montana State University professor Cathy Cripps is looking for ways to use fungi ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Kenya's national parks not free from wildlife declines
Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within the country's national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a study released ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Report: Bush admin's gas leases too close to parks
(AP) -- Bush administration officials pushed aside the National Park Service and sought to lease public lands for drilling on the borders of Utah's most famous redrock parks during their final days in power, a special report ...
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Geographic isolation drives the evolution of a hot springs microbe
Sulfolobus islandicus, a microbe that can live in boiling acid, is offering up its secrets to researchers hardy enough to capture it from the volcanic hot springs where it thrives. In a new study, researchers report that p ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Restrictions on boaters proposed to protect Everglades seagrass
Concerned that powerboats are tearing up seagrass in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park has proposed a range of possible restrictions on boaters to protect a vast, shallow estuary that supports sea turtles, fish and clouds ...
May 18, 2009 |
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Current level of oyster farming unlikely to have substantial impact on Drakes Estero ecosystem
A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of ...
May 05, 2009 |
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Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths
(AP) -- The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.
Apr 25, 2009 |
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Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife
(AP) -- Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2009 |
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Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves
(AP) -- The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to their ...
Apr 04, 2009 |
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Simulations, ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust
Computer simulations, paleomagnetism and plate motion histories described in today's issue of Science reveal how hotspots, centers of erupting magma that sit atop columns of hot mantle that were once though ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species
(AP) -- A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Team finds Yellowstone alga that detoxifies arsenic
Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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New footage shows rare rhinos in Indonesia
New infra-red footage released Thursday captures hitherto unseen images of elusive Javan rhinos, the most endangered mammal in the world with less than 60 individuals believed to remain alive.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientist uses sedimentary record to uncover planet's past
(PhysOrg.com) -- The wind barreled across the ice at Daily Lake as Montana State University paleoecologist Cathy Whitlock and three students used all their strength to pull a metal pipe out of the mucky lake ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Scientists examine effect of wolves' absence and see an ecosystem 'unraveling'
No trace remains of the wolves whose howls ricocheted for millennia down the lush valleys of the Olympic Peninsula. Settlers and trappers killed them all in little more than three decades.
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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