News articles tagged with 'drought'
Satellites show effect of 2010 drought on Amazon forests
— 30 Mar 2011 16:16 | EnvironmentA new study has revealed widespread reductions in the greenness of Amazon forests caused by the last year's record-breaking drought…
Flood-tolerant rice plants can also survive drought, say UC Riverside scientists
— 3 Mar 2011 13:41 | BiologyRice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and…
New study illustrates shifting biomes in Alaska
— 21 Feb 2011 17:27 | EnvironmentA new study released today in the EarlyView of Ecology Letters addresses forest productivity trends in Alaska, highlighting a shift in biomes caused by a warming climate. The findings,…
2 severe Amazon droughts in 5 years alarms scientists
— 4 Feb 2011 16:22 | EnvironmentNew research shows that the 2010 Amazon drought may have been even more devastating to the region's rainforests than the unusual 2005 drought, which was previously billed as a one-in-100…
More frequent drought likely in eastern Africa
— 29 Jan 2011 18:37 | EnvironmentThe increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research…
Hot with decades of drought: Expectations for the Southwest
— 14 Dec 2010 20:00 | EnvironmentAn unprecedented combination of heat plus decades of drought could be in store for the Southwest sometime this century, suggests new research from a University of Arizona-led team…
A river ran through it
— 16 Oct 2010 10:21 | EnvironmentRivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life forms from single-celled…
River ran through it
— 15 Oct 2010 11:56 | EnvironmentRivers and streams supply the lifeblood of ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life forms in rivers and streams…
Growing drought-tolerant crops inching forward
— 26 Aug 2010 07:58 | EnvironmentA collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, has used the tools of structural biology to understand how a synthetic chemical…
Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance
— 24 Aug 2010 10:21 | BiologyIn a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of…