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Geography grad student Rodrigo Bombardi was among the twenty-three early career and young scientists selected for recognition for their outstanding presentations at the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science Conference in Denver on Monday, October 24. According to its web site, “The daily competition for the best posters and papers presented by young researchers pulls from approximately 120 presentations each day....

On 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...

The 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...