…a key word. One major reason to formalize the flows and relations within a plant into equations and computer code founded on sound data is to assess numerically the power…
…12 percent). Somewhat surprisingly, the study also found that race was a stronger explanatory variable than socioeconomic status. In other words, relatively affluent minority communities were more likely to host…
…Concurrently, worldwide NO3-nitrogen from high temperature combustion in car motors and power plants has risen 10-fold to about 20 Tg. Farmers increase crop yields with 100 to 200 kg nitrogen…
The IIASA blog 9 Sept 2015 includes a 500-word interview with Jesse Ausubel about his recent essay Nature Rebounds and his experiences as a young researcher at the Institute near…
…in total representing the rest of the approximately 10,000 species of world birds. According to Clements’ Birds of the World (including updates through 2006), there are 9,919 recognized species. The…
…genes, there are 2,629 COI sequences from 1,071 species (2.6% world) and 2,268 12S/16S sequences from 1,041 species (2.6% world). Thus it appears that only about 1/40th of world’s spiders…
…familiar trio, one that has dominated the study of history. George Marshall supremely understood this trio. General Marshall served as Chief of Staff of the US Army during World War…
…Union (AOU) (North and South America), British Ornithologists’ Union (Britain), International Ornithological Congress (IOC) (world), and International Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (world), plus many nations maintain their own lists; handbooks…
…are assigned a “basic cause” through the use of the “Rules for the Selection of Basic Cause” stated in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Geneva: World…
…distribution and abundance of marine life. Sea life holds great interest for the public in the USA and around the world. Aquariums and exhibitions on marine life in natural history…