Friday, November 20, 2009
Investments justified in sustainable building projects
In a recent issue of Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology discussed metrics they developed to help the building industry make better decisions when it comes to funding “green” projects.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Saving Lives and Reducing Property Damage Using Satellite Images
Detailed images provided by advanced radar satellites offer a new and important source of up-to-date information for emergency response teams and coastal monitoring crews after destructive storm events, such as hurricanes.
More and more satellites are using highly developed technology, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which provides timely images to help monitor the extent, depth, and frequency of flooding from a specific hurricane system, according to a new study published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Coastal Research.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Updating the Guidelines for assessing toxic substances
The current issue of Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, a journal published by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), features a special series of papers generated from the SETAC workshop “Science-Based Guidance and Framework for the Evaluation and Identification of PBTs and POPs.”
Friday, November 20, 2009
5000 Years of Seawater Therapy
Thalassotherapy, the systematic use of seawater for therapeutic purposes, is available for medicinal modality, and history, science, and economics bolster this fact, according to a new report published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Coastal Research.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Effective climate policy includes removing hidden subsidies
A study in the current issue of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment finds that off-budget subsidies contribute to more than 30% of the policy targets specified by the Kyoto Protocol for carbon dioxide emissions reduction by The Netherlands.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Are skiers and snowboarders prone to head injuries?
There is growing evidence that the risk of head injury and of loss of consciousness increases when a person is not wearing a helmet and falls while skiing or snowboarding, according to a new report published in the fall 2009 issue of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Canada’s northern latitudes predicted to be wetter, warmer
Northern Canada will see substantial increases in temperature and precipitation in the coming decades, according to a range of atmosphere–ocean global climate projections. Areas north of latitude 60° N, which include the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, could see temperature increases of approximately 6°C by the end of this century.
An article in the upcoming issue of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment is one of a series that reviews historical and instrumental climate changes as well as models that predict future changes in the northern latitudes of Canada. Companion articles will explore changes in other physical, biological, and human systems.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
New chemical pollutants? Research finds fluorochemicals in water samples
Another contaminant found in Canadian groundwater samples may join the list of environmental substances that could be harmful to humans and the environment, according to recent study results published in the September 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Are all alveolar bone reconstruction methods created equal?
Endosseous implants fare equally well after either distraction osteogenesis or autogenous bone grafting, according to a new report published in the September 2009 issue of Journal of Oral Implantology.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Why do children survive adrenal cortical carcinoma more often than adults?
The authors of a new study published in the journal of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology investigated the link (or in this case, disconnection) between usually malignant pathological features of ACC and survival in early childhood.
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