Understanding the Past and Predicting the Future by Looking Across Space and Time

In a new paper published this week (May 20) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and elsewhere validate a fundamental assumption at the very heart of a popular way to predict relationships between complex variables.

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GW Expert Available to Comment on Update of Toxic Substances Control Act

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Reforestation Study Shows Trade-Offs Between Water, Carbon and Timbe

More than 13,000 ships per year transit the Panama Canal each year. Each time a ship passes through, more than 55 million gallons of water are used. The advent of large “super” cargo ships has demanded expansion of the canal, leaving the authority to consider how meet increased demand for water. One proposed measure is the reforestation of the watershed, which has been studied by ASU scientists Silvio Simonit and Charles Perrings to aid planners.

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Expert: Climate Change an Unlikely Culprit in Oklahoma Tornado Disaster

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Thinking ‘Big’ May Not Be Best Approach to Saving Large-River Fish

Large-river specialist fishes — from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub — are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them if major tributaries identified in a University of Wisconsin-Madison study become a focus of conservation efforts.

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Atlantic Research Expedition Uncovers Vast Methane-Based Ecosystem

Scientists hope to learn more about how life thrives in these harsh environments

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Study Provides Better Understanding of Water’s Freezing Behavior at Nanoscale

The results of a new study led by George Washington University Professor Tianshu Li provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water’s behavior at the nanoscale.

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Nation Equipped to Grow Serious Pond Scum for Fuel

The nation’s land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, one-twelfth of the country’s yearly needs. For the best places to produce algae for fuel, think hot, humid and wet. Especially promising are the Gulf Coast and the Southeastern seaboard.

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Boise State University Geochemist Aids Development of Geologic Time Scale for Study of Earth’s History

The Geologic Time Scale 2012, or GTS2012, is the latest understanding of Earth’s history, and the means by which geoscientists around the world investigate the rock record.

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Amazon River Exhales Virtually All Carbon Taken Up by Rain Forest

A study published this week in Nature Geoscience shows that woody plant matter is almost completely digested by bacteria living in the Amazon River, and that this tough stuff plays a major part in fueling the river's breath.

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