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• Scientists use crowd-sourcing to help map global CO2 emissions

  Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching a first-of-its kind online "game" to better understand the sources of global warming gases. By engaging "citizen scientists," the researchers hope to locate all the power plants around the world and quantify their carbon dioxide more

• Core facilities: Widening access to research instrumentation

  The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved funding for ten additional core facilities to make existing research instrumentation more easily and efficiently accessible to researchers. This decision was made by the DFG's Joint Committee. The projects will each r more

• Researchers pinpoint how trees play role in smog production

  After years of scientific uncertainty and speculation, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill show exactly how trees help create one of society's predominant environmental and health concerns: air pollution. It has long been known that trees produce and emit isoprene, an abun more

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• Characterizing Environments: Recent Discoveries Enabled by Metagenomic Analysis with the Genome Sequencer FLX System

  Metagenomics is the study of genomic content in a complex mixture of microorganisms. The two primary goals of this approach are to characterize the organisms present in a sample and identify what roles each organism has within a specific environment. Metagenomics samples are found nearly everywhere, including several microenvironments within the human body, soil samples, extreme environments such as deep mines, and the various layers within the ocean. Until recently, technical and economic constraints limited the depth of analysis necessary to obtain a representative picture of microbial and viral communities, their metabolic profiles, and their adaptation dynamics. Advancements in sequencing technologies, including the introduction of massively parallel pyrosequencing with the Genome Sequencer FLX System, have enabled a tremendous groundswell of research in the field of metagenomics. Dramatic improvements in throughput and the elimination of biased cloning steps have extended the field far beyond tradition more

Publications Climate Change

• [News & Analysis] Climate Change: Hansen's Retirement From NASA Spurs Look at His Legacy

  Is the prominent climate scientist a role model for younger researchers—or a polarizing figure whose tactics have proved counterproductive? more

• Forecasting fish distribution along stream networks: brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Europe

  Abstract Aim Species inhabiting fresh waters are severely affected by climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. Effective management and conservation plans require advances in the accuracy and reliability of species distribution forecasts. Here, we forecast distribution shifts of Salmo more

• Extinction risk in cloud forest fragments under climate change and habitat loss

  Abstract Aim To quantify the consequences of major threats to biodiversity, such as climate and land‐use change, it is important to use explicit measures of species persistence, such as extinction risk. The extinction risk of metapopulations can be approximated through simple models, providing more

Market studies Climate Change

• The Healthcare Packaging Market 2011-2021

  Healthcare packaging is one the key industries driving our civilisation. The report analyses industry trends occurring in the global healthcare packaging industry and anticipates the progression in the market over the next decade. The report also surveys recent market trends among major companies an more

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