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National Science Foundation (press release)
Dead Ahead: Less Rainfall for Drought-Sensitive Southern Hemisphere Regions?
National Science Foundation (press release)
Geoscientist Curt Stager of Paul Smith's College in Paul Smiths, NY, and colleagues found that rainfall in South Africa during the last 1400 years was affected by temperature--with more rain falling during cool periods and less during warm ones.
Warmer Climate To Deprive South Africa of WaterLiveScience.com

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This colloquium surveyed the state of the art of empirical social science research in science communication and focused on research in psychology, decision science, mass communication, risk communication, health communication, political science, sociology, and related fields on the communication dynamics surrounding issues in science, engineering, technology, and medicine with five distinct goals:

* To improve understanding of relations between the scientific community and the public
* To assess the scientific basis for effective communication about science
* To strengthen ties among and between communication scientists
* To promote greater integration of the disciplines and approaches pertaining to effective communication
* To foster an institutional commitment to evidence-based communication science

Washington Electric Co-op annual meeting set for May 24
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This year's featured speaker will be noted Vermont climate scientist Dr. Alan Betts. He will speak at approximately 7:30 pm on the topic: Climate Change–What's in Store for Vermont?. Following Dr. Betts, there will be a brief presentation about the ...

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North Country Public Radio
Natural Selections: Ice Age mammals
North Country Public Radio
Giant beaver, 'possums, bear, sloths and other creatures joined the more familair wooly mammoth in the land bridge migration. Dr Curt Stager and Martha Foley look at the question, "Why so big?" The giant ground sloth in this diarama from the Iowa ...

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PSC professor: Dry regions most vulnerable to global warming
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
As part of the study, which was supported by the National Science Foundation, Curt Stager and colleagues found that rainfall in South Africa over the last 1400 years was affected by temperature, with more rain falling during cool periods and less ...

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Three track athletes advance to NCAA championships
Central Michigan Life
In the 400m hurdles, freshman Bridget Doughty ran a career-best 59:92, while senior Stephanie Hurley ran a career-best 101:33. Freshman Milica Kulidzan finished second place in the javelin with a distance of 151-03. Kulidzan's performance earned her ...

Paul Smith's Prof Links Climate Change, Drought in Southern Hemisphere
ReadMedia (press release)
Paul Smith's College professor Curt Stager and Jay White (right) collecting a sediment core from a South African lake. PAUL SMITHS, NY (05/15/2012)(readMedia)-- Warming climate may mean less rainfall for drought-sensitive regions of the Southern ...

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Women Finish 9th at MAC Championships
Central Michigan University Chippewas
Senior Stephanie Hurley also improved on her Friday career-best with a fifth-place time of 1:01.33 in her final MAC Championships, and sophomore Megan Heffner finished eighth in 1:04.21. Sophomore Krista Parks finished fifth in the 5000m run in ...

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Chippewas Solid in Day Two of MAC Championships
Central Michigan University Chippewas
She will be joined in the finals by senior Stephanie Hurley (career-best 1:01.89, seventh) and sophomore Megan Heffner (1:03.15, eighth). Senior distance runner Maddie Ribant finished seventh in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 11:20.03 to earn the ...

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Vermont Software Developers' Alliance announces Bentley Award winners
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The vtSDA would like to thank all of the donors that supported the program, especially the Vermont EPSCoR program which provided over half of the additional funding. A complete list of the donors and all twenty-one applications can be found on the ...

Basketball’s Harlem Wizards and Ambassadors in a Legal Wrangle  The New York Times

MAC Championships Preview: Sprinters and Hurdlers
Central Michigan University Chippewas
In the 400m hurdles, senior Stephanie Hurley – converted from a 400m dash runner to a 400m hurdler just this season – and sophomore Megan Heffner will try to add more points in the Chippewas' championship effort. The sprinters and hurdlers at CMU are ...

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MAC Championships Preview: Sprinters and Hurdlers
Central Michigan University Chippewas
In the 400m hurdles, senior Stephanie Hurley – converted from a 400m dash runner to a 400m hurdler just this season – and sophomore Megan Heffner will try to add more points in the Chippewas' championship effort. The sprinters and hurdlers at CMU are ...

Same-Sex Marriage Backed by Half of Americans  LiveScience.com

Global climate change, especially the phenomena of global warming, is expected
to increase the intensity of land-falling hurricanes. Societal adaptation is needed to reduce vulnerability from increasingly intense hurricanes. This study quantifies the adaptation effects of potentially policy driven caps on housing densities and agricultural cover in coastal (and adjacent inland) areas vulnerable to hurricane damages in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal regions of the U.S. Time series regressions, especially Prais-Winston and Autoregressive
Moving Average (ARMA) models, are estimated to forecast the economic impacts of
hurricanes of varying intensity, given that various patterns of land use emerge in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal states of the U.S. The Prais-Winston and ARMA models use observed time series data from 1900 to 2005 for inflation adjusted hurricane damages and socio-economic and land-use data in the coastal or inland regions where hurricanes caused those damages. The results from this study provide evidence that increases in housing density and agricultural cover cause significant rise in the de-trended inflation-adjusted damages. Further, higher intensity and frequency of land-falling hurricanes also
significantly increase the economic damages. The evidence from this study implies that a medium to long term land use adaptation in the form of capping housing density and agricultural cover in the coastal (and adjacent inland) states can significantly reduce economic damages from intense hurricanes. Future studies must compare the benefits of such land use adaptation policies against the costs of development controls implied in housing density caps and agricultural land cover reductions.

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Cows, corn and cash: Lake Champlain water quality studies net frustration
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asks Chris Koliba of UVM's EPSCoR, citing predictions for increased rainfall in the Lake Champlain region. “The nature of the problem is complex. We need more money to study this. We'll need focus groups, modeling sessions and conferences about this.

Biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change, pollution  William and Mary News

Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution, and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new ...

Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change, pollution
U of M News Service (press release)
Authors of the Nature paper, in addition to Hooper, Cardinale and Duffy, are: E. Carol Adair of the University of Vermont and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis; Jarrett E.K. Byrnes of the National Center for Ecological Analysis ...

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Biodiversity loss from species extinctions may rival pollution and climate change impacts
The Earth Times
They were E. Carol Adair from the University of Vermont and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara; Kristen Matulich, from the University of California Irvine; Bruce Hungate, from Northern Arizona University; Jarrett E ...

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Biodiversity loss from species extinction a 'top driver of global ...  The Earth Times