Auburn University officials got their first glimmer of hope Friday
26 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
Auburn University officials got their first glimmer of hope Friday since they received word that that school’s beloved live oak trees had been poisoned with a massive dose of the virulent herbicide Spike 80DF.
A task force made up of horticulturists, agronomists and engineers had determined that the area directly adjacent to the trees does not show high concentrations of the dangerous toxin, Auburn spokeswoman Deedie Dowdle said.
“We were very concerned that the herbicide would spread. This particular one has been known to kill everything in a very large area, up to an acre,” Dowdle said.
Dowdle said that new, clean soil mixed with activated charcoal was installed around the trees. The charcoal’s purpose is to try to pull away any remaining herbicide in the soil, she said.
Workers began removing the highly contaminated dirt earlier in the week, after conducting extensive tests to see just how far the poison traveled through the grounds. As a precaution, the workers were also removing several areas outside beds around the trees that have shown elevated levels.
Report: 75% of coral reefs threatened
26 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
Human activity and climate change have left about 75% of the world’s coral reefs threatened, putting the livelihoods of many countries that depend on the ocean ecosystems at risk, according to a report released this week.
Local threats such as overfishing, coastal development, and watershed- and marine-based pollution are responsible for the immediate and direct threat to more than 60% of the world’s reefs. Add to that thermal stress from rising ocean temperatures and the number of threatened reefs jumps to 75%, the World Resources Institute found in the report, titled “Reefs at Risk,” released Wednesday.
“This report serves as a wake-up call for policy-makers, business leaders, ocean managers, and others about the urgent need for greater protection for coral reefs,” said Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “As the report makes clear, local and global threats, including climate change, are already having significant impacts on coral reefs, putting the future of these beautiful and valuable ecosystems at risk.”
MacBook Pro new year 2011, Core i5 and i7, Thunderbolt, a video card AMD Radeon, and FaceTime HD
25 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
And then they open themselves to a new order for the Macbook Pro 2011, during the time of writing, Pra to 5 pm for 30 minutes to go to apple.com press will have something waiting for a long time.
That is you The New Macbook Pro models have improved a lot out of specification within. But look no change at all. Overall, it is considered Neu analysts predict all the guess lots of other mistakes, too much to us to see that you are offline the new model will have nothing to do …..
CPU: force extremely satisfied with the Intel Core i5 and i7.
Put the full No quarter for the new CPU and it is certainly a new chip set from Intel by the family of Sandy Bridge generation Apple The New Macbook Pro took using the 2.3GHz dual-core Core i5 and 2.7GHz dual-core Core i7 in Model 13 “In the heavyweights, 15 ” and 17 “turned to the Quad-Core CPU level both out.
The Space Shuttle Discovery launched
25 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
The Space Shuttle Discovery launched late Thursday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the start of its 39th and final flight.
“This was a pretty successful day,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for space operations. “It was just an amazing event.”
The six-member crew will deliver a storage module, a science rig and spare parts to the international space station during its 11-day mission.
Originally scheduled for November, Discovery’s launch had been delayed in order to make repairs to the external tank’s support beams.
