News articles tagged with 'vegetation'
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…
Drier conditions projected to accelerate dust storms in the southwest
— 26 Feb 2011 17:06 | EnvironmentDrier conditions projected to result from climate change in the Southwest will likely reduce perennial vegetation cover and result in increased dust storm activity in the future, according…
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,…
'Greener' climate prediction shows plants slow warming
— 8 Dec 2010 18:50 | EnvironmentA new NASA computer modelling effort has found that additional growth of plants and trees in a world with doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would create a new negative feedback…
Fourfold increase in fires magnifies threat to Brazil's Cerrado
— 29 Oct 2010 13:12 | EnvironmentBrazil's crucial Cerrado region leads the tally of areas most damaged by a crippling drought in the country, with nearly 60,000 fire outbreaks recorded in the five months to September…
You don't have to go out into the woods anymore
— 12 Oct 2010 09:49 | Biology'You don't have to go out into the woods anymore,' says tick expert Brian F. Allan, PhD, who just completed a postdoctoral appointment at Washington University in St. Louis. 'The deer…
Land 'evapotranspiration' taking unexpected turn: Huge parts of world are drying up
— 11 Oct 2010 10:33 | EnvironmentThe soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers…
Genetically altered trees, plants could help counter global warming
— 1 Oct 2010 10:18 | EnvironmentForests of genetically altered trees and other plants could sequester several billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year and so help ameliorate global warming, according to…
Termites foretell climate change in Africa's savannas
— 8 Sep 2010 12:24 | EnvironmentUsing sophisticated airborne imaging and structural analysis, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology mapped more than 40,000 termite mounds over 192 square…
Carbon mapping breakthrough
— 7 Sep 2010 11:24 | EnvironmentBy integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues…