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Science Daily
April 26, 2018
"There are a lot of ecosystems, like the Zumwalt Prairie, that no matter what we do, they are not restorable to what they were 250 years ago," Kennedy said. "Although often described erroneously as 'degraded,' some of these non-restorable sites can provide suitable habitat for novel ecosystem utilizers.
Popular Science
April 26, 2018
He says that areas that are now opened for oil drilling must take into account the economic benefits of ecosystems that are relatively unaffected by oil drilling. These benefits must be compared to those profits brought in by oil found through offshore drilling. “Going to a clean beach is an ecosystem service,Ãâà...
North Texas Daily
April 26, 2018
Other suggestions include restoring infrastructure on both sides of the border, making it a safe and welcoming place for all. “Electronic security measures or other solutions that ensure the safety and protection of the southern border ecosystem while still maintaining a secure border” Dr. Bendarz said.
Missoula Current
April 26, 2018
More than one analogy was used Wednesday to describe the third annual Innovate UM conference held in downtown Missoula, be it planting the seeds of tomorrow or rowing with all oars in the same direction. Whatever your pleasure, leaders from a number of sectors, cities and nations agreed on this: It'sÃâà...
Accounting Today
April 26, 2018
Right Networks, a cloud hosting provider for firms that use QuickBooks Desktop, has opened an application ecosystem program, focused on apps vetted to meet the needs of accounting firms and small businesses. Right Networks provides integration with all 150 apps currently in the ecosystem.
Science Daily
April 25, 2018
"Forest elephants are the heart of these ecosystems -- without them, the system falls apart, and many other species are jeopardized," said the principal investigator of this research, Alfred Roca, a professor of animal sciences at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and College of Agricultural,Ãâà...
Modern Diplomacy
April 12, 2018
It is part of the northern Benguela large marine ecosystem — one of the most productive coastal ecosystems in the world — and supports valuable fisheries and mariculture industries. It is a highly dynamic environment: strong winds, seething currents, and underwater sulphur eruptions surround rich stocksÃâà...
Coinspeaker
April 12, 2018
Seeking to expand its prominent reach even further, Education Ecosystem continues to work towards implementation of a robust blockchain technology in order to create the world's largest decentralized project-learning network. Their next milestone is the integration of an official LEDU wallet. This step isÃâà...
CNBC
April 11, 2018
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten is expanding its reach with the goal of furthering its "ecosystem," the company's CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, told CNBC. Rakuten announced this week it had received approval from the Japanese government to enter the mobile network operator business. Eustance Huang.
WAtoday
April 11, 2018
Western Australia's wildlife and ecosystems are heading for a profound crash, and there's no comprehensive government blueprint in place to steer conservation and prevent major losses. Like Mr Magoo — who refuses to admit he has an extreme near-sightedness problem and blunders through lifeÃâà...
Phys.Org
April 11, 2018
Climate is increasingly controlling synchronous ecosystem behavior in which species populations rise and fall together, according to the National Science ... Our study found that extreme variability is synchronizing processes within and among ecosystems at a level not seen in the last 250 years.".
CCN
April 1, 2018
... that is still seeking adoption into the mainstream, an easy entry and communication system will go a long way towards the establishment. Existing storage systems (wallets) for cryptocurrencies and the setup of the currently available exchanges makes it a bit cumbersome to operate within the ecosystem.
NWAOnline
April 1, 2018
But some parts of my Arkansas ecosystem are missing. Until about 10 years ago I had a nice covey of quail, but slowly, without a quail being shot, they have disappeared. The yard's two ponds, open areas around the treeline, and the abundance of grasses with seed are excellent quail habitat. Yet I knowÃâà...
IPWatchdog.com
April 1, 2018
Creating an Ecosystem that Encourages Disruptive Innovation Without strong patent rights the incentive for risk-taking entities and the investors who support them is simply not present. The risk-reward calculus tilts too far toward risk for investors when patent rights are weak, as they are now in America.
Seattle Times
March 31, 2018
Kevin Wall of New Hampshire Audubon will display several live raptors at the Thursday night event while he discusses the adaptations that have helped establish the birds as some of the state's top predators. The discussion will include information about the role such birds play in the state's ecosystem,Ãâà...
Science Daily
March 30, 2018
User-financed ecosystem service programs can compensate landowners to voluntarily participate in environmental improvement efforts. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have found in a nationwide survey that members of the public are more willing to pay for improved water quality thanÃâà...
The Morning Sun
March 30, 2018
Grants support cataloging invertebrates, searching for human impact on ecosystem ... The other $226,000 will help search for signs of human impact on ecosystem functions, such as diminished fish reproduction or poorer floodwater retention, nutrient cycling and the filtering of toxic substances, Uzarski saidÃâà...
The Standard
March 24, 2018
A Pokot woman Damaris Chepkul quenches thirst from a water tap at Sangach area in West Pokot County. She said that most of them walk miles away, almost 10 kilometres looking for water, something they claimed is community negligence by the government. 23.03.2017. PHOTOS BY PETERÃâà...
TASS
March 24, 2018
The Roscongress Foundation sets out to develop a social platform, which would consolidate and engage all participants of the social ecosystem, promote the social agenda, and summarize and replicate the best practices. Representatives of business, leading public and Russian non-profit organizationsÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 24, 2018
This policy brief describes the use of ecosystem-based adaptation as a tool for strengthening flood resilience in Vietnam. EbA is a more inclusive approach that takes into consideration vulnerable groups, whose livelihoods directly depend on natural resources, and make it a possible means to strengthenÃâà...
The Merkle
March 24, 2018
A lot of people are aware of what the Kin project entails. The project is “governed” by the Kin Ecosystem Foundation, a nonprofit governance body. This entity is making an interesting change, as it is tapping Stellar to improve the functionality of Kin moving forward. Additionally, this choice will make digitalÃâà...
Estes Park Trail-Gazette
March 23, 2018
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Research Information
March 23, 2018
Changes in the scholarly research landscape, its inefficiencies and its evolution were hot topics at this year's inaugural Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) London event. A packed space saw Liz Allen, director of strategic initiatives at F1000, keynote on topics ranging from new ways to assign credit, howÃâà...
Mac Rumors
March 23, 2018
... after years of testing competing products and ecosystems, he has decided to fully embrace Apple's ecosystem given the simplicity and integration of apps, services, and hardware. It took me years to understand that the value I get from Apple's ecosystem far outweighs its shortcomings. While not infallibleÃâà...
Bankless Times
March 23, 2018
The Kin Ecosystem Foundation, an independent, nonprofit governance body for the cryptocurrency Kin, this week announced it will use Stellar to improve Kin's functionality and accessibility for digital services. Kin transactions will now take place side-by-side on Stellar and Ethereum, unlocking fasterÃâà...
TechCrunch
March 23, 2018
Through interviews with 100 leaders of the technology ecosystem and an analysis of venture capital funding for the region, the organization has concluded (with the help of the Boston Consulting Group) that the promise of a regional rival to Northern California's silicon valley won't be fulfilled without theÃâà...
The Financial Brand
March 22, 2018
With the introduction of open banking, there are signs that new banking ecosystems are set to thrive. Taking Hardin's notion, collaboration in the open banking future could benefit everyone in the ecosystem – the traditional banks, fintech firms, big tech titans with expertise in delivering services at scale, andÃâà...
Ahram Online
March 18, 2018
An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each contributes to maintaining the overall ecosystem's health and productivity. Ecosystems such as forests, wetlands andÃâà...
AgriLife Today
March 18, 2018
GOLIAD–The Texas Water Resources Institute's Texas Riparian Stream and Ecosystem Education Program will host a free workshop from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25 in Goliad for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Mission, Aransas and Lower San Antonio watersheds. The morningÃâà...
The Merkle
March 18, 2018
An AI ecosystem based on blockchain is now being developed by a start-up named AI Crypto. The AI Crypto team is trying to use the blockchain technology in the field of AI research to solve never-ending problems in AI development, such as pointless use of GPU resources and oligopoly of data needed inÃâà...
AL.com
March 18, 2018
Smoke rising over Lake Martin near Dadeville this week was a sign of progress toward restoring the longleaf pine ecosystems that dominated once Alabama, and most of the Southeast. Alabama Power Company has been conducting controlled burns on its property surrounding Lake Martin, helping controlÃâà...
Bitcoin Magazine
March 17, 2018
Blockchain technology's immense potential, while well-documented, continues to get lost in the hype surrounding the increasing value of cryptocurrencies and the oft-astronomical raises of initial coin offerings (ICOs). Though it has ushered in one the most disruptive technologies in decades, the distributed ledger movementÃâà...
Science Daily
March 17, 2018
'By raising end user trust and advertiser transparency, all stakeholders of the advertising ecosystem stand to benefit.' Arturo Azcorra, director of IMDEA Networks Institute (Madrid, Spain),one of ten consortium members that have collaborated in the project, says about the results achieved, 'TYPES hasÃâà...
NEXTpittsburgh
March 16, 2018
Last fall, the city's Office of Nighttime Economy joined forces with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and 91.3 WYEP to form the Pittsburgh Music Ecosystem Project. With guidance from Sound Music Cities founder Don Pitts, an Austin, Texas-based advisor, the group will study the city's after-dark musicÃâà...
GreenBiz
March 16, 2018
The economic value of coastal ecosystems is estimated at the scale of billions to trillions. Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes supply numerous critical ecosystem services, purifying water, protecting coasts and providing nursery areas for fish. On top of this, theyÃâà...
Economic Times
March 15, 2018
SoftBank is a friend, gives more impetus to the ecosystem: Niren Shah of Norwest Venture Partners. By. Rashmi Menon. , ET Bureau|. Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 11.19 AM IST ... Such players give additional impetus to the ecosystem. Moreover, it gives us an option to exit without just going to the M&A market or IPO market,”Ãâà...
Science Business
March 15, 2018
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Fujitsu have signed a 3-year collaboration agreement aimed to build up an ecosystem by preparing a necessary middleware stack and applications that could be used for a future world-class exascale supercomputer based in ARM processors.
YourStory.com
March 15, 2018
And if we aren't ready for it, then we have a problem at an individual, institutional, and collective ecosystem level,” says Khalid Saad, at the newly-instated Bahrain Fintech Bay in Manama Bahrain. Khalid is the CEO of Bahrain Fintech Bay, and his primary focus is on promoting the island country's financialÃâà...
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
March 15, 2018
JoyToken, a Blockchain-based platform and protocol located in London, is aiming to create a new gambling ecosystem which is designed to be more clever and trustworthy. The company says they have already secured deals with major networks operating more than 200 casinos.
Engadget
March 15, 2018
As its name suggests, the temperature sensor works in conjunction with the Nest Thermostat (and the Nest Thermostat E) to let you control the temperature in individual rooms. So if you set one in the bedroom, for example, you can then configure the Nest app to have it so that room is colder or warmer thanÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 14, 2018
Conservationists are warning that the industrial fishing of krill in Antarctica is threatening the future of its ecosystem. The tiny crustaceans are a source of food for whales, penguins and seals. Al Jazeera's Nick Clark reports in the final part of his series from Antarctica. Environment Ãâ÷ Antarctica. Have your say.
environmentalresearchweb
March 13, 2018
But how is this marine sprawl affecting marine ecosystems as a whole? Mariana Mayer-Pinto from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and her colleagues have assessed the wider impacts of marine sprawl by measuring aspects of ecosystem health such as productivity and filtration rates in one ofÃâà...
Phys.Org
March 13, 2018
The paper, published today in Nature Sustainability, is the first peer-reviewed, global assessment of "payments for ecosystem services" mechanisms. Leading the study were James Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA School of Law and the Bren School of theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 13, 2018
... which it said posed a serious threat to the Antarctic ecosystem. The report, published on Tuesday, comes amid growing concern about the impact of fishing and climate change on the Antarctic. A global campaign has been launched to create a network of ocean sanctuaries to protect the seas in the regionÃâà...
TechBullion
March 12, 2018
Have you ever gotten thousands of spam e-mails from companies you have never heard of? Well, this might be because someone somewhere referred to as a data broker has been able to get some of your data, package it as a product and sell it to different companies worldwide. But Opiria is providing aÃâà...
Insurance Business
March 12, 2018
Willis Towers Watson has announced the development of a global insurance facility aimed at building the resilience of ecosystems and the communities they support. The Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility (GERF) was launched Friday at the Economist's World Ocean Summit in Mexico by Willis TowersÃâà...
Aspen Times
March 12, 2018
In a recent letter to the editor, Barry Vaughan questions Delia Malone's March 5 editorial endorsing the reintroduction of the wolf to Colorado. Vaughan raises some interesting issues but his suggestion that proponents of wolf reintroduction are motivated by a need to ease some collective sense of guilt overÃâà...
Business Insurance
March 10, 2018
Willis Towers Watson P.L.C. has developed an insurance facility to finance and support the resilience of ecosystems. The Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility will initially focus on the protection of ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses in the Caribbean to support resilience of fishingÃâà...
PhoneDog
March 10, 2018
What grabbed my attention and got me curious was another seemingly obvious observation: These customers are investing themselves into an ecosystem of devices and software, which makes jumping ship to a competing option a far less tempting consideration. The ecosystems are one of the leadingÃâà...
Aviation Week
March 10, 2018
Garmin expanded Connext ecosystem to include FltPlan.com website and FltPlan Go app on Apple and Android mobile devices. THIS CONTENT REQUIRES SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS. You must have an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) account or subscribe to this Market Briefing to access "Garmin ExpandsÃâà...
