University of California Geographers Marta Jankowska (UCSB/SDSU), David Lopez-Carr (UCSB), Chris Funk (UCSB), Greg Husak (UCSB), and Zoë Chafe (UCB Energy and Resources Group) have recently coauthored an article in Applied Geography (DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.009) titled “Climate change and human health: Spatial modeling of water availability, malnutrition, and livelihoods in Mali, Africa.” The article focuses on...
Read MoreOn October 26, 2011, the Royal Society announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently free to access online. The following article, “Royal Society journal archive made permanently free to access,” is a news release by the Royal Society: The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical...
Read MoreThe following is an October 26 News Release by the USGS: The appropriately named fungus Geomyces destructans is the cause of deadly white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, according to research published today in the journal Nature. The study by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners, conducted at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., provides the first direct evidence that the fungus G. destructans causes...
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