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First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Fighting CO2 With Fire

Photo courtesy United States Department of Homeland SecurityLarge old trees sequester a lifetime's worth of carbon, significantly offsetting our own carbon emissions. But when wildfires consume those , they release that stored carbon into the atmosphere. ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Mother Jones]

Entities: Wildfires, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Sales-tax hike needed in big way to avoid disaster

The Arizona RepublicThe Legislature is wrapping up a budget that slashes and burns state services at an unprecedented rate. And that's just the start unless voters approve a temporary sales-tax increase in the May 18 election.- K-12 education would lose ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by Arizona Republic]

Entities: Disaster, Northern Arizona University, Highway Patrol

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 2 Documents

University of Arizona

Arizona Regents Approve Steep Tuition Increases at Universities

Arizona's statewide Board of Regents approved sizable increases in tuition and fees at the state's three public universities for next year, but warned the institutions that the new revenue would not solve their money problems, The Arizona Republic reported. ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Chronicle of Higher Education]

Entities: Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

The Sound of Pest Control

Scientists around the world work tirelessly to develop new products and strategies to win the war against tree pests. Almost daily I receive press releases announcing the introduction of a new control product, but I recently read about a group of scientists ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Tree Services]

Entities: Beetle, Pest Control, Bark Beetle

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Kevin Burke

Flagstaff Establishes Train Horn Quiet Zone

FLAGSTAFF, AZ - On March 2, City of Flagstaff officials joined members of the community to celebrate the establishment of the long awaited train horn Quiet Zone throughout Flagstaff and to commemorate the sounding of the "Last Train Horn.""This is a long-awaited ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Prlog]

Entities: Operation Lifesaver, Kevin Burke, Public Information Officer, Northern Arizona University, Federal Railroad Administration

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Ann Kirkpatrick

Rep. Kirkpatrick Will Visit Prescott Valley, Highlight Job-Creating Investments in Local Economy Tuesday

PRESCOTT, AZ – Representative Ann Kirkpatrick has championed finding cost-effective ways to create jobs and grow our economy, and she will be highlighting two great examples of smart investment in our communities in Prescott Valley on Tuesday. She will ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick]

Entities: Ann Kirkpatrick, Yavapai College, Northern Arizona University

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Northern Arizona University

Alaskan Glacier Ice Loss Overestimated?

The melting of glaciers is well d, but when looking at the rate at which they have been retreating, a team of international researchers steps back and says not so fast.Previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Environmental News Network]

Entities: Northern Arizona University, Geographer, Geoscience

First Reported Mar 02 2010 - Updated Mar 02 2010 - 1 Documents

American Students Are Safe in Chile Following Earthquake

American students in Chile are safe following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the country on Saturday, according to numerous news-media reports.Although the earthquake's epicenter was 200 miles southwest of Santiago — a popular study-abroad destination ... [Published Mar 02 2010 by Chronicle of Higher Education]

Entities: Earthquake, Chile, Santiago

First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Not everyone likes the beetles' sound

Bark beetles have trashed millions of acres of forests on the West Coast over the last two decades. But researchers may have found a beetle-be-gone technology that uses the beetles' own sounds against them. Laurel Morales reports.More on Innovation, ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by Sound Money]

Entities: Beetle, Northern Arizona University, Bark Beetle, Rush Limbaugh, Morality

First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Expert: AZ Immigration Bill Will Hurt Crime Fight

PHOENIX, Ariz. - A wide-ranging immigration bill passed the Arizona Senate this week and is headed to the House of Representatives. It would require state and local officials to help identify and turn in illegal immigrants they encounter. A criminal justice ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by Public News Service]

Entities: Immigration, Crime, Racial Profiling, Arizona Senate, Northern Arizona University

First Reported Dec 10 2009 - Updated Dec 10 2009 - 1 Documents

U.S. to modernize volcano monitoring nets

Search All Our Sites - Powered By Bing File image. by Staff WritersReston, Va. (UPI) Dec 9, 2009The U. S. Geological Survey says it will allocate $7 million for research by 15 universities and state agencies into modernizing volcano monitoring networ ... [Published Dec 10 2009 by Terra Daily]

Entities: United States Geological Survey, John Eichelberger, Modernization

First Reported Dec 08 2009 - Updated Dec 09 2009 - 2 Documents

Fierce snowstorm knocks out power in West

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— A howling winter storm barreled through the West, hitting the mountain states with snow and fierce winds as it headed toward the country’s midsection on Tuesday. The far-reaching storm system stretched from California to Indiana, ... [Published Dec 08 2009 by Economy-Finance]

Entities: National Weather Service, La Crosse (Indiana, United States), Chuck Allen, Nevada Highway Patrol

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...more frequently, it's less severe and causes lower tree mortality,' said Matthew Hurteau of Northern Arizona University, the study's co-author. "Fire protects trees by clearing out the fuel that builds up in the forest."

Prescribed burns of forests release less carbon emissions: study [People's Daily Online - Mar 19 2010]

...to quantify the amount of CO2 that could potentially be reduced if prescribed burning was used widely and wildfires were reduced," Wiedinmyer says. "We didn't know if this was a big number or inconsequential."

Burn the Brush, Save Carbon Dioxide [Science Magazine - Mar 18 2010]

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Team Provides New Estimate Of Glacier Melt [Red Orbit - Mar 02 2010]

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Rush Limbaugh's Voice Tested To Kill Beetles [NewsBusters.org blogs - Feb 12 2010] A scientific study was recently performed to determine if Rush Limbaugh's voice would kill beetles:Beetles are destroying ponderosa, pinyon, lodgepole pines and ...
New study using satellite data: Alaskan glacier... [Watts Up With That? - Feb 07 2010] From a press release provided by Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, France: Improved estimate of glacier decline in Alaska. From the CNRS ...
Fierce snowstorm knocks out power in West [Economy-Finance - Dec 08 2009] FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— A howling winter storm barreled through the West, hitting the mountain states with snow and fierce winds as it headed toward the country’s midsection ...
ABC and NBC Acknowledge 'ClimateGate,' But Rema... [NewsBusters.org blogs - Dec 07 2009] More than two weeks after ClimateGate broke, ABC's World News finally got around to mentioning it on Sunday evening, but not to explore how the e-mails discredited ...

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