The Irminger Sea is one of the few places in the North Atlantic where dense water masses are formed through deep convection. In addition to atmospheric forcing, wintertime convection in the Irminger Sea interior can be impacted by the extent of restratification in the preceding years. In the Irminger Sea, the cold central basin is contrasted to the Irminger Current (IC) which carries warm and saline waters of subtropical origi...

The inwardly rectifying potassium current of the cardiomyocyte (I K1 ) is the main determinant of the resting potential. Ion channels Kir2.1, Kir2.2, and Kir2.3 form tetramers and are the molecular correlate of macroscopic I K1 current. Verapamil is an antiarrhythmic drug used to suppress atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Its primary mechanism of action is via blocking calcium channels. In addition, it has been demonstrated...

Prioritizing the management of invasive alien species (IAS) is of global importance and within Europe integral to the EU IAS regulation. To prioritize management effectively, the risks posed by IAS need to be assessed, but so too does the feasibility of their management. While the risk of IAS to the EU has been assessed, the feasibility of management has not. We assessed the feasibility of eradicating 60 new (not yet establish...

Summary A low‐diversity microbial community, dominated by the γ ‐proteobacterium H alomonas sulfidaeris , was detected in samples of warm saline formation porewater collected from the C ambrian Mt. S imon S andstone in the I llinois B asin of the N orth A merican M idcontinent (1.8 km/5872 ft burial depth, 50° C , pH 8, 181 bars pressure). These highly porous and permeable quartz arenite sandstones are directly analogous to re...

31Maps depicting spatial variation in wood properties are important for forest product industries as they aid decision making regarding raw material procurement, can assist in product categorization and help improve utilization. Loblolly pine is an important commercial species grown throughout the southern Unites States of America (USA). Wood Quality Consortium (WQC)—a joint collaboration between the University of Georgia, USD...

The United States needs many different types of forests: some managed for wood products plus other benefits, and some managed for nonconsumptive uses and benefits. The objective of reducing global greenhouse gases (GHG) requires increasing carbon storage in pools other than the atmosphere. Growing more forests and keeping forests as forests are only part of the solution, because focusing solely on the sequestration benefits of...