Science news articles about 'midwestern united states'

... investigating the molds and other allergens present in homes following the 1993 flood in the Midwestern United States. Molds (and mildew, a type of mold) are fungi, which reproduce by releasing ...

... tracts of prehistoric rain forest that were ravaged by global warming more than 300 million years ago have been found preserved underground in the midwestern United States, according to scientists.

... in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that ...

In small towns in the Midwestern United States, people who eat out often at buffets and cafeterias and who perceive their community to be unpleasant for physical activity are more likely to be obese. ...

A recent study conducted in the Midwestern United States examined the effects of harsh wet conditions on both cultivated and uncultivated soils, vastly advancing the knowledge ...

... 14 to 18 who lived and went to school in racially heterogeneous parts of the midwestern United States. Based on the adolescents' responses to questions about racial group membership, the researchers ...

... help predict Midwest droughts The midwestern United States often experiences dry seasons, ... polar auroral filaments is significant, the authors state, because no coherent structures have previously ...

... and policies have reduced nitrogen surpluses substantially in northern Europe. In the Midwestern United States, over-fertilization was the norm from the 1970s until the mid-1990s. During that ...

The strikingly banded rocks scattered across the upper Midwestern United States and elsewhere throughout the world are actually ambassadors from the past, offering clues to the environment of the ...