Posts Tagged ‘California’

Fukushima seafood is safe to eat

STONY BROOK (US) — Eating bluefin tuna and other marine animals contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima accident in Japan poses little risk to humans, experts say. Continue…

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Earth & Environment - May 31, 2013 9:57 - 0 Comments

California’s native fish face extinction

UC DAVIS (US) — Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely go extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue. (more…)

Earth & Environment - May 16, 2013 13:12 - 0 Comments

Massive Cascadia quake on the horizon?

U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Tiny fossils offer clues to a 1700 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest that was strong enough to cause a tsunami as far away as Japan. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 16, 2013 13:01 - 1 Comment

Nose swabs confirm H1N1 flu in seals

UC DAVIS (US) — A year after the human pandemic began, scientists found H1N1 (2009) infections in two free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast, and antibodies to the virus in 28 more. (more…)

Earth & Environment - May 16, 2013 10:37 - 1 Comment

Clawed frogs spread deadly amphibian fungus

STANFORD (US) — The African clawed frog, a species used around the world for biomedical research, is spreading an amphibian-killing fungus when they are released into the wild. (more…)

Science & Technology - Apr 2, 2013 12:24 - 0 Comments

To sprout lettuce year-round, ‘mute’ gene

UC DAVIS (US) — The discovery of a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather could lead to lettuce that can sprout all year, even at high temperatures. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2013 10:09 - 0 Comments

Birth defects linked to highway smog

STANFORD (US) — Women who breathe traffic pollution early in their pregnancy have a higher risk of having a baby with serious birth defects of the brain and spine, a new study reports. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 28, 2013 11:18 - 0 Comments

Low voter turn-out among California youth

UC DAVIS (US) — More than two-thirds of California’s eligible young adults failed to vote in the 2012 general election, new research shows. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Mar 26, 2013 12:48 - 0 Comments

Lost sea slug sighted in California waters

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A bright blue sea slug thought to be extinct in Southern California appears to be making a comeback. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Mar 19, 2013 14:05 - 0 Comments

Ancient tectonic plate still under California

BROWN (US) — The discovery of “fossil” slabs of the Farallon oceanic plate under California could lead to new questions about the geology of North America. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Mar 5, 2013 6:36 - 0 Comments

From Saharan dust comes California snow

CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Snow in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains can get its start as airborne dust particles that travel from deserts in Asia and Africa, scientists say. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Mar 4, 2013 11:12 - 0 Comments

Study: Fix California’s new permits for emissions

U. VIRGINIA (US) — California just launched the world’s first economy-wide “cap-and-trade” system for emissions. It could use some tweaks, say experts. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Feb 28, 2013 12:50 - 0 Comments

Lake Tahoe clearest in 10 years

UC DAVIS (US) — Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved in 2012 for the second year in a row, and its waters were the clearest in 10 years, a new study reports. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jan 11, 2013 9:57 - 0 Comments

Flushing ‘Nemo’ risks lionfish invasion

UC DAVIS (US) — People who get rid of pet fish via the toilet bowl or a local waterway could contribute to the threat of invasive species downstream, according to a new report. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jan 10, 2013 12:11 - 1 Comment

Why California harbors so many plant species

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — California’s plant life is remarkably diverse, thanks to low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, research shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 27, 2012 13:10 - 0 Comments

More young voters pass on party affiliation

UC DAVIS (US) — Young adults in California registered to vote in record numbers in 2012, especially online, but many did so with no party affiliation. (more…)

Rare, fast meteorite took roundabout path

UC DAVIS (US) — The minivan-size meteorite that exploded over California in April was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth.

Society & Culture - Dec 7, 2012 12:08 - 4 Comments

In California, ‘dismal picture’ for women CEOs

UC DAVIS (US) — Women fill fewer than 10 percent of the top executive jobs in the 400 largest companies headquartered in California. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Nov 28, 2012 15:27 - 0 Comments

Pine forest microbes need ‘fog drip’ to thrive

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — By linking foggy conditions to microbes in the forest floor’s soil, scientists show the impact of low-altitude clouds on the carbon cycle. (more…)

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