Ski in Biological News

An essay proves that vegetation could recover in the ski resort of Sierra Nevada

This release is available in Spanish . The conditioning Works of Sierra Nevada's ski runs have destroyed a great amount of vegetable species. The researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have already managed to grow in the laboratory two native bushy species in order to suggest...

International experts collect alpine fungi in Beartooth Mountains of Montana

...ing." Alpine fungi may yield new industrial enzymes and some that make it easier to wash clothes in cold water, she said. Europeans stabilize their ski slopes by adding alpine fungi to the roots of plants. Cripps received a National Science Foundation grant in 2000 to study alpine fungi in the Rock...

bioMETRX Expands Engineering and Manufacturing Capabilities

...a, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- bioMETRX (OTC Bulletin Board: BMRX) and ski Engineering, jointly announced that they have formed a strategic business a...with globally recognized and trusted OEM clients," said Edward Chen, CEO of ski Engineering. "I look forward to working with this group of seasoned manager...

Ski tourism stressing capercaillie

... ski tourism is raising stress levels among capercailli...stria used a new technique to assess the impact of ski tourism on capercaillie. Working in the Southern B... birds droppings before and after the start of the ski season, and analysed them for levels of the breakd...

LSU scientist finds evidence of 'rain-making' bacteria

...tation. The concept of rain-making bacteria isnt far-fetched. Cloud seeding with silver iodide or dry ice has been done for more than 60 years. Many ski resorts use a commercially available freeze-dried preparation of ice-nucleating bacteria to make snow when the temperature is just a few degrees below...

Leaderless movement proves illusive

... Ask the FBI, and they will contend that a dangerous wave of ecoterrorism has swept North America in the past decade. ski resorts, new condominium developments and corporate logging headquarters have all been the target of arson attacks, pushing the damage tally of a shad...

Scientists use an 'ice lolly' to find polar bacteria in their own backyard

...not only ice-forming, it is also thought to be tolerant to cold and could therefore have advantages for snow-making in artificial environments such as ski centres and in waste-water purification. "Selecting for rare microbes that seem to stick to ice has been fun, but now the real work begins to find ...

Taking the piste out of Alpine vegetation

... Major changes need to be made to the way ski pistes are managed if delicate alpine plants are t...sdam in Germany examined plant species at 12 Swiss ski resorts. They found that, compared with off-piste plots, there were 11% fewer plant species on ski pistes, with woody plants and early-flowering spec...