Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through the region in recent weeks are the least of their problems. "Reefs are tough," observes Clive Wilkinson, a biologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. "You can hammer them with cyclones, and they'll bounce right back. What they can't bounce back from is chronic, constant stress." The kind of stress, in other words, that is being applied by humans...
...what has brought about the epidemics of "bleaching" that have turned coral reefs white across the Pacific Ocean and parts of the Caribbean? Scientists have known for some time that various kinds of stress can cause corals to expel their zooxanthellae. Since it is the zooxanthellae that give coral colonies their rich coloration, their loss causes entire reefs to turn white. The stress that caused the recent bleachings, scientists say, was a seasonal spike in seawater temperatures. But other sources of stress, such as overfishing and nutrient overload, may have made the corals and their symbiotic friends unusually sensitive...
...Diego. They showed that giving DHEA to middle-age men and women elevated levels of yet another hormone, called insulin-like growth factor, which stimulates cell growth and cell division. Most of the subjects taking the hormone reported they felt more energetic, happier and better able to cope with stress. But neither finding, as Yen himself acknowledges, proves that aging has been reversed...
...would not be "an ideal of youth and beauty, but a commitment of hard work" that would stress the importance of education, says Turner, who herself works with Boston Partners in Education...
...says meeting the other winners at a Glamour organized gala event in New York City last month has helped her face the stress of starting another school year...