Tag Archives: Helps
Reforestation research in Latin America helps build better forests
ScienceDaily (May 17, 2011) — A tropical forest is easy to cut down, but getting it back is another story. In a special issue of the journal Forest Ecology and Management, leading researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and across Latin America offer new insights on reforestation based on 20 years of research.“Twenty years ago, … Continue reading
Server Technology Helps Large Printer Protect Data Center Power
Reliable data center power is an important element in the data center as failure can put the entire business and critical data in jeopardy. As a result, redundancy is an important focus to ensure that the data center can continue to function as expected at all times. Server Technology (News – Alert), a provider of data … Continue reading
US jobs survey helps limit stocks losses
LONDON (AP) — Upbeat U.S. jobs figures helped stock markets recover their poise Wednesday despite further oil price rises amid concerns that Libya’s crisis will keep its crude production in disarray.Stocks, which have been sliding for the past few days, particularly in Saudi Arabia, managed to stage something of a turnaround after payroll processor ADP … Continue reading
Plasticity of plants helps them adapt to climate change
ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2011) — An international study, with Spanish participation, has shown that the phenotypic plasticity of plants, which enables them to change their structure and function, helps them to adapt to environmental change. This research will make it easier to anticipate plants’ response to current climate change.The study, which has been published in … Continue reading
Trail helps heal Alaska Native hunting grounds
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — This is a trail to somewhere, especially in a vast, roadless corner of Alaska.For Bosco Olson and his neighbors, all–terrain vehicles are the ride of choice in negotiating the rough, boggy terrain near the village of Hooper Bay on the state’s western coast, where they hunt and fish, dig for clams … Continue reading
National Solar Trainers Helps Community Colleges Start New Solar Programs at the IREC Workforce Development Conference
The US conference on renewable energy education is being held in upstate NY. In it community college and university programs will learn about starting new solar and wind educational programs and much needed open, academic debate will occur on the issues facing this critical part of the industry.Among the leaders of the industry in attendance … Continue reading
Reducing one’s ‘nitrogen footprint’: New Web-based tool helps people make sustainable living choices
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2011) — People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual’s “nitrogen footprint.” The device was created by University of Virginia environmental scientist James N. Galloway; Allison Leach, a staff research assistant at U.Va.; … Continue reading
‘Hidden plumbing’ helps slow Greenland ice flow: Hotter summers may actually slow down flow of glaciers
ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2011) — Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers, according to new research.A letter published in Nature on 27 January explains how increased melting in warmer years causes the internal drainage system of the ice … Continue reading
New Recycling Center Helps the Environment and the Economy
Area Lawmaker Disagrees With Rell on Rail Service (Web Exclusive) State Rep. David Scribner (R-Brookfield), the ranking Republican on the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee, said he disagrees with a proposal in departing Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s transition budget to produce cost savings by closing the Metro North rail line that runs to Waterbury, New Canaan … Continue reading
Sterling e-Invoicing Helps Cost Savings on Cross Border Invoicing for Irish Dairy Board
By Calvin Azuri , TMCnet Contributor Sterling e-Invoicing has been implemented by Irish Dairy Board or IDB, a major international exporter of Irish dairy products. To reduce debtor days and administration costs, and improve order-to-cash processes, the solution has been implemented by IDB. Sterling e-Invoicing from Sterling Commerce (News – Alert), an AT&T company has been … Continue reading