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Friday, May 9, 2008

Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact Air Quality As Far As Germany

Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than ...  > full story

Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide

The sands of the desert are an important and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide taken from the world's atmosphere. Sands like those ...  > full story

Large Source Of Nitrate, A Potential Water Contaminant, Found In Near-surface Desert Soils

Soils under desert pavement have an unusually high concentration of nitrate, a type of salt, close to the surface. Vulnerable to ...  > full story

Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water

An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now ...  > full story
 

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