[1] We use geodetic velocities obtained with the Global Positioning System (GPS) to quantify tectonic deformation of the northwest Basin and Range province of the western United States. The results are based on GPS data collected in 1999 and 2003 across five new quasi-linear networks in northern Nevada, northeast California, and southeast Oregon. The velocities show 3 mm/yr westward movement of...

[1] The observed trends in extreme precipitation events, and those in annual and seasonal mean precipitation in China during 1961–2001 are analyzed. The results show that the annual mean precipitation increases significantly in southwest, northwest, and east China, and decreases significantly in central, north and northeast China. The increasing trends in east China occurred mainly in summer, w...

Temporal variability in the occurrence of the most extreme snowfall years, both those with abundant snowfall amounts and those lacking snowfall, was examined using a set of 440 quality-controlled, homogenous U.S. snowfall records. The frequencies with which winter-centered annual snowfall totals exceeded the 90th and 10th percentile thresholds at individual stations were calculated from 1900–01...

background: esophageal cancer is the second most common malignancy in iranian men and third most common in iranian women.the aim of this study is to discover the geographic distribution for age-standardized incidence rate of esophageal cancer among both genders in iran. methods: this ecological study used re-analysis medical records aggregated to provinces from the national cancer registry and ...

Evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical process for the climate system and water cycles. However, the spatiotemporal variations in terrestrial ET over Northeast China over the past three decades calculated from sparse meteorological point-based data remain large uncertain. In this paper, a recently proposed modified satellite-based Priestley–Taylor (MS–PT) algorithm was applied to estimate ET of ...

Determining whether a population is introduced or native to a region can be challenging due to inadequate taxonomy, the presence of cryptic lineages, and poor historical documentation. For taxa with resting stages that bloom episodically, determining origin can be especially challenging as an environmentally-triggered abrupt appearance of the taxa may be confused with an anthropogenic introduct...

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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 Northeast Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98112, USA. D...

A Global Framework for Best Management Practices for Fertilizer Use IPNI Fertilizer BMP and Nutrient Use Efficiency Working Group: Dr. Tom Bruulsema (Chair), Northeast North America Director Dr. Fang Chen, Southeast China Deputy Director Dr. Fernando García, Latin America Southern Cone Director Dr. Svetlana Ivanova, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Group Coordinator Dr. Shutian Li, Northwes...