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Staggering tree loss from 2005 Amazon storm

By Guest PostJuly 16, 20102 commentsEnvironment, NatureAmazon, carbon cycling, central amazon, ecologist, geophysical research letters, inpa, jeffrey chambers, manaus region, NASA, negrón-juárez, new orleans, niro higuchi, rainforest, satellite images, tropical, tulane university

WASHINGTON — A single, huge, violent storm that swept across the whole Amazon forest in 2005 killed half a billion trees, a new study shows.

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Chimpanzee Gangs Kill for Land, New Study Shows

By Guest PostJuly 8, 2010Natureanthropology, behavioral ecologist, chimpanzees, david watts, detroit zoological institute, ecologist, james n spuhler, jane goodall, john mitani, kibale national park, little rock, little rock zoo, ngogo, primate, sylvia amsler, uganda, wenner-gren foundation

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Bands of chimpanzees violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first definitive evidence for this long-suspected function of this behavior.

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Reseachers Predict Larger-than-average Gulf ‘Dead Zone’; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear

By Guest PostJuly 2, 2010Environment, Scienceaquatic, Atchafalaya, bacteria, center for sponsored coastal ocean, dead zone, deepwater horizon, donald scavia, ecologist, geological survey, graham sustainability institute, gulf hypoxic zone, gulf of mexico, hypoxia, hypoxia zone, hypoxia-fueling algae, lake Ontario, louisiana state university, louisiana universities marine consortium, matt Larsen, Mississippi, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, nitrogen, noaa, organic matter, oxygen-starved, river, school of natural resources and environment, university of michigan, US, usgs

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is expected to be larger than average, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a $659 million fishery.

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Staggering tree loss from 2005 Amazon storm

Chimpanzee Gangs Kill for Land, New Study Shows

Reseachers Predict Larger-than-average Gulf ‘Dead Zone’; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear