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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With hurricane season officially here and the devastating impacts of Sandy still fresh in mind, authorities from around the country will meet in Myrtle Beach this August for a highly focused symposium on protecting our citizens and coastal infrastructure from the potential damages associated with the rising tides. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130529/LA22573LOGO) Facing the Rising Tide: Coastal Protection Symposium will...
NASA A new dataset called Bedmap2 gives a clearer picture of Antarctica from the ice surface down to the bedrock below. Bedmap2 is a significant improvement on the previous collection of Antarctic data—known as Bedmap—that was produced more than 10 years ago. The product was a result of work led by the British Antarctic Survey, where researchers compiled decades worth of geophysical measurements, such as surface elevation measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation...
Arctic Protection Can Now Be Incorporated into CSR and Sustainability Plans EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SCS Global Services (SCS), an internationally recognized third-party certification body verifying environmental claims, greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and carbon offset projects, celebrated World Environmental Day by launching its new Arctic Climate Neutral certification initiative. This groundbreaking program establishes a new beachhead in the worldwide...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The new species Tityus (Atreus) crassicauda is described as having a reddish-brown coloration with three longitudinal brown stripes separated by yellow patches. Classified as medium sized, the scorpion averages about 2 inches in length. In the Ecuadorian winter of 2012, researchers collected scorpions from mountains within the country’s Andean region. A male and female from those collections were determined to be a new species...
The Conservancy is highlighting the benefits of coral, mangrove, sea grass, and shellfish restoration to people and nature including reducing risk from natural disasters for coastal communities and benefits to local economies through tourism and additional fish production Arlington, VA (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 The Nature Conservancy, a leader in global marine restoration, is celebrating science in action with the first annual Restoration Week on June 3rd – June 8th...
With severe weather season underway, flooding will be a problem for many areas. A water restoration provider explains the steps to take in the immediate aftermath of flood damage. Cleveland OH (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 Restoration Local, one of the leading providers of water damage repair and restoration in the United States, is offering tips to property owners on the proper method for stabilizing their home or business in the wake of a water or flood problem. With severe weather season...
Company to release results of Snow Industry Benchmark Survey June 21 St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 HindSite Software has announced that they will release the results of their Snow Industry Benchmark Survey as part of a free State of the Snow Industry Luncheon, scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, June 21, 2013, at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. The luncheon coincides with the Snow and Ice Management Association’s 16th Annual Snow & Ice Symposium, to be...
Gradual economic recovery counterbalanced by uncertainty surrounding regulatory reform. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 Economic recovery brought stabilization to the global services marketplace in Q1 2013, with deal volume and size similar to 2012, according to a new research study by Everest Group, an advisory and research firm on global services. However, pending regulatory reform, particularly in the U.S., could have a significant impact on the extent of recovery in the global...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When thick ice covered the Arctic during the last ice age, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below the ice that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive the global ocean currents slowed or possibly even stopped. A new study reveals that the deep Arctic Ocean has been churning briskly for the last 35,000 years, through the chill of the last ice age and warmth of modern times. These findings, published in the journal...
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas, a potential contributor to global 'greenhouse effect' warming. The main focus of this most recent expedition was to investigate the geological origin of seafloor anomalies discovered during a 2007 marine-life survey on the Chatham Rise....
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The dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii), also known as the dusky wallaby, is a marsupial that can be found on the Kai and Aru islands, Papua New Guinea, and in the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion in Papua Province in Indonesia. It prefers a habitat in both arid and tropical savannahs, forests, shrublands, lowlands, and grasslands. This species was named after its discoverer, Cornelis de Bruijn, and was once commonly known as philander, or “friend of man,” and the Aru Island...
Desert greening is made up of any number of methods used to revitalize deserts. So far, only arid and semi-arid desert are meant when using this expression. The icy deserts and other types are considered to be unsuitable. The different methods include landscaping methods to reduce evaporation, erosion, consolidation of topsoil, temperature, sandstorms and more, permaculture in general, planting trees, regeneration of salty, polluted, or degenerated soils, floodwater retention and...
Mammoth Cave National Park is located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The park holds 52,830 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Many mummies and artifacts have been found in Mammoth Cave and surrounding caves to support this. It is thought that first man of European descent to visit the area was John Houchin or Francis Houchin. The legend says that one of the brothers was hunting a wounded bear that entered the cave to hide. The first documented discovery...
Coral reefs are submerged structures consisting of calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of small animals found in marine waters that enclose few nutrients. The majority of coral reefs are constructed from stony corals, which then consist of polyps that come together in groups. The polyps are like small sea anemones, to which they are very closely related. Unlike the sea anemones, coral polyps secrete hard carbonate exoskeletons which provide support and protections...
Mudflats, or otherwise known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is left behind by tides or rivers. They’re found in sheltered regions such as bayous, lagoons, estuaries, and bays. Mudflats might be seen geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, a result from the deposition of estuarine silts, marine animal detritus, and clays. The majority of the sediment in a mudflat is within the intertidal zone, therefore the flat is submerged and exposed about twice per day. In...
