Topic: Boston University

NASA Study reveals degradation of Amazon Forest due to Climate Change

January 22, 2013 |

Written by Alan Buis
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Pasadena, CA – An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study.

These results, together with observed recurrences of droughts every few years and associated damage to the forests in southern and western Amazonia in the past decade, suggest these rainforests may be showing the first signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change.

The megadrought in the Amazon rainforest during the summer of 2005 caused widespread damage and die-offs to trees, as depicted in this photo taken in Western Amazonia in Brazil. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Austin Peay Lady Govs Basketball play Binghamton at the Dunn Center, Sunday

November 17, 2012 |

Austin Peay Lady Govs (0-2, 0-0 OVC) vs. Binghamton (0-2, 0-0 American East)

Date: Sunday, November 18th 2012 | Tipoff: 2:00pm (CT)
Location: Clarksville, TN | Arena: Dunn Center (7,257)

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay women’s basketball team wraps up a two-game homestand when it welcomes Binghamton for a 2:00pm, Sunday contest at the Dunn Center.

It will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools and only the second time Austin Peay has played a member of the America East Conference – they defeated Boston University during the 2000-01 season.

Austin Peay Women’s Basketball. (Courtesy: Brittney Sparn/APSU Sports Information)

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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s radar shows the Moon’s Shackleton crater walls may hold patchy Ice

September 4, 2012 |

Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater.

Greenbelt, MD – Scientists using the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have estimated the maximum amount of ice likely to be found inside a permanently shadowed lunar crater located near the moon’s South Pole.

As much as five to ten percent of material, by weight, could be patchy ice, according to the team of researchers led by Bradley Thomson at Boston University’s Center for Remote Sensing, in Massachusetts.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been studying the moon since June 2009. (Credit: NASA)

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Nashville Predators sign Colin Wilson to Three Year Deal

July 24, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Colin Wilson to a three-year, $6 million contract.

The Greenwich, CT, native will make $1.5 million in 2012-13, $2 million in 2013-14 and $2.5 million in 2014-15. «Read the rest of this article»

Nashville Predators sign Brandon Yip to a One Year Deal

June 21, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Brandon Yip to a one-year contract worth $750,000.

Yip, 27 (4/25/85), was claimed on waivers by Nashville on January 19th, 2012. The Vancouver, B.C., native posted seven points (3g-4a) in 25 regular-season contests for the Predators and two points (1g-1a) while appearing in all 10 of the club’s 2012 playoff games. «Read the rest of this article»

Nashville Predators have lunch date with the Boston Bruins

By Hank Bonecutter | February 10, 2012 |

Boston, MA – The Nashville Predators are in need of a win, having lost two in a row, so how about a lunch date with the Boston Bruins?  That’s what’s on the Predators” menu for Saturday.

The Predators and Bruins face off Saturday at TD Garden in their only match-up of the 2011-12 season. This is the 17th all-time meeting, and eighth at the Garden, between the Predators and Bruins.  The teams have split their last six contests, with the home team winning each of those games. «Read the rest of this article»

Nashville Predators Claim Brandon Yip on Waivers

By Bill Larson | January 19, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club claimed forward Brandon Yip on waivers from the Colorado Avalanche and activated forward Jerred Smithson from injured reserve.

Yip, 26 (4/25/85), has 41 points (23g-18a) in 113 career NHL contests, all with Colorado, since the 2009-10 campaign. The Vancouver, B.C., native has been limited to 10 games in 2011-12 – going pointless – due to arm (missed 18 games from October 8th-November 15th) and groin (missed four games from December 13th-19th) injuries. «Read the rest of this article»

Lady Govs look to end losing streak at Buzz Classic

March 3, 2011 |

APSU Women’s Softball

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s softball team looks to end its recent losing streak this weekend as it participates in the 21-team Buzz Classic, hosted by Georgia Tech at the Twin Creeks Softball Complex in Woodstock, GA.

The Lady Govs (2-11) enter this weekend’s games having lost their last six contests, including all five games at the University of Mississippi Red and Blue Classic last weekend.

APSU Women's Softball. (Mateen Sidiq/Austin Peay)

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