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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Secrets of Biological Soil Crusts Uncovered

Biologists have performed a molecular level analysis of desert biological soil crusts -- living ground cover formed by microbial communities -- to reveal how long-dormant cyanobacteria ...  > full story

Effects of Interannual Climate Variability on Tropical Tree Cover: Satellite Data Reveal How Tropical Ecosystems May Respond to Climate Extremes

Tree cover in the tropics will likely change in surprising ways as climate change increases the frequency of extreme ...  > full story

Elevated Carbon Dioxide Making Arid Regions Greener

Scientists have long suspected that a flourishing of green foliage around the globe, observed since the early 1980s in satellite data, springs at least in ...  > full story

Decoding the Genome of the Camel

By sequencing the genome of a Bactrian camel, researchers have made a significant contribution to population genetic research on camels. The study has laid the foundation for ...  > full story

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