News science 2008-04-19 Andanh.com

Roll up your sleeves: Earth Day is on the way Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:50 -0700
In Orange County and other parts of the country, the day is all about taking action.

A Guide to Earth Day 2008 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:01:41 -0700
Events, volunteer opportunities and a look at O.C. environmental issues

Fearsome fighter Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:26:46 -0700
Southern alligator lizards react violently to capture, but are fascinating to watch.

Movie about Great San Francisco quake in production Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:26:46 -0700
The film "1906" expected to be released next year.

UCI seeks children for clinical study on asthma Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:00:54 +0000
UC Irvine is seeking children for a clinical study on asthma, a disease that afflicts at least 6.5 million children under 18 nationwide. The study focuses on what affect, if any, exercise has on asthma. UCI says it needs both healthy boys and girls ages 6-18 for the study, and children in the same age range [...]

Two Chapman professors named Fulbright fellows Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:00:58 +0000
Chapman University computer scientist Atanas Radenski, an expert in “e-learning” and the arcane language of software, and historian Jennifer Keene, a leading authority on World War I, have been awarded coveted Fulbright scholar. Keene, who wrote the acclaimed book “Doughboys,” will travel to Australia to perform her second Fulbright fellowship in a decade. She earlier served in France. Chapman says Keene will travel [...]

Great San Francisco quake to be subject of movie Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:58:39 +0000
View our new Earthquake Central site The Great San Francisco earthquake – which occurred 102 years ago today, releasing energy felt all the way south to Orange County – will be the subject of a major motion picture scheduled for release sometime next year. The film is based on James Dellasandro’s book, “1906,” which blends fact and [...]

3.2 quake near Indio Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:57:05 +0000
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred 8 miles northeast of Indio, north of the Salton Sea, at 8:25 p.m., Thursday, April 17. Light shaking was felt as far away as Palm Springs. Earthquake Central

OC among nation’s top producers of greenhouse gases Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:00:44 +0000
Orange County ranks 47th among 3,141 counties nationwide in releasing the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (C02) into the atmosphere, says a new study by Purdue University. The county produced 4.71 million tons of C02 in 2002, the last year for which comprehensive data was available from the Environmental Protection Agency when Purdue began its study. [...]

Boeing-Huntington Beach wins launch contract Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:58:49 +0000
DigitalGlobe has chosen Boeing Launch Services of Huntington Beach to launch a WorldView Earth-imaging satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in mid-2009. The value of the launch contract was not released. The satellite will be sent into orbit with a Delta II rocket, the same vehicle that Boeing and its partners used last September to launch [...]

Watching wolves, moose _ and heat _ on Michigan island Sat, 19 April 2008 16:22:55 EDT
Ignoring our observation plane circling above the frozen Lake Superior wilderness, the eight gray wolves seemed as harmless as your beloved pooch cavorting with its pals in the yard. Trotting along Siskiwit Bay, they playfully nipped and pawed each other, pausing occasionally to roll in the snow.

Official: Soyuz capsule lands off target Sat, 19 April 2008 11:00:01 EDT
A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said.

'Tick Riders' guard US from deadly pest, one cow at a time Sat, 19 April 2008 17:07:11 EDT
Fred Garza has been patrolling a piece of the Rio Grande for 16 years, usually riding solo on horseback, sometimes venturing to areas where his radio and cell phone have limited range.

Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood Sat, 19 April 2008 08:53:16 EDT
Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but some of what they do know is unnerving.

Obama, Clinton woo coal vote in upcoming primaries Sat, 19 April 2008 08:04:55 EDT
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal.

18 states commit to take action on climate change Fri, 18 April 2008 22:00:34 EDT
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger predicted Friday that an international deadlock over how to deal with global warming will end once President Bush leaves office, while a leading expert warned of dire consequences if urgent action is not taken.

Book by metallurgists blames rivets for Titanic tragedy Fri, 18 April 2008 07:26:20 EDT
The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book.

Humane Society files emergency appeal for sea lions in Ore. Fri, 18 April 2008 20:40:46 EDT
An animal rights group isn't giving up on blocking the government and two states from harming California sea lions that are feasting on the spring chinook salmon run at a dam on the Columbia River.

March the warmest on record over world land surfaces Thu, 17 April 2008 22:44:28 EDT
Planet Earth continues to run a fever. Last month was the warmest March on record over land surfaces of the world and the second warmest overall worldwide. For the United States, however, it was just an average March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday.

Study finds mercury in birds near polluted rivers Thu, 17 April 2008 22:22:28 EDT
Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don't eat fish or other food from the water.

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