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Could Planting Trees in the Desert Mitigate Climate Change?
As the world starts feeling
the effects of increasing
atmospheric carbon dioxide
and consequent global
temperature rise,
researchers are looking for
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Sub-Saharan Water: Not Just Fossil Water
The Sahara conceals large
quantities of water stored
at depth and inherited from
ancient times. A recent
study has just shown that
this groundwater is not
entirely fossil, but
... > full story
Deserts 'Greening' from Rising Carbon Dioxide: Green Foliage Boosted Across the World's Arid Regions
Increased levels of carbon
dioxide have helped boost
green foliage across the
world's arid regions over
the past 30 years through a
... > full story
Jump for Your Life: Bipedal Rodents Survive in the Desert With a Hop, a Skip and a Jump
Researchers have found that
bipedal desert rodents
manage to compete with their
quadrupedal counterparts by
using a diverse set of
... > full story
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Global Warming May Affect Soil Microbe Survival, With Unknown Consequences on Soil Fertility and Erosion
June 27, 2013 — Researchers have discovered for the first time that temperature determines where key soil microbes can thrive -- microbes that are critical to forming topsoil crusts in arid lands. And of concern, ... > full story -
Secrets of Biological Soil Crusts Uncovered
June 14, 2013 — 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 become ... > full story -
Effects of Interannual Climate Variability on Tropical Tree Cover: Satellite Data Reveal How Tropical Ecosystems May Respond to Climate Extremes
June 2, 2013 — Tree cover in the tropics will likely change in surprising ways as climate change increases the frequency of extreme rainfall events, according to a new ... > full story -
Elevated Carbon Dioxide Making Arid Regions Greener
May 31, 2013 — 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 part from the increasing concentration of ... > full story -
Decoding the Genome of the Camel
May 28, 2013 — 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 future scientific work ... > full story -
Sahara Olive Tree: Genetic Heritage to Be Preserved
May 3, 2013 — The Saharan cousin of Mediterranean olive trees remains largely unknown. However, this subspecies (called the Laperinne's olive tree) is of great interest for several reasons. Researchers have shown ... > full story -
How to Clean Seaweed from Beaches: Dry It and Use the Biomass for Energy
May 3, 2013 — Scientists have developed an algae removal and treatment system that turns this underused residue into a renewable source of energy: biomass. The process involves several stages of washing, drying ... > full story -
High Salt Levels in Saharan Groundwater Endanger Oases Farming
April 8, 2013 — For more than 40 years, snowmelt and runoff from Morocco's High Atlas Mountains has been dammed and redirected hundreds of kilometers to the south to irrigate oases farms in the arid, sub-Saharan ... > full story -
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Social Bees Mark Dangerous Flowers With Chemical Signals
March 14, 2013 — Scientists already knew that some social bee species warn their conspecifics when detecting the presence of a predator near their hive, which in turn causes an attack response to the possible ... > full story -
Study Predicts Lag in Summer Rains Over Parts of US and Mexico
March 11, 2013 — A delay in the summer monsoon rains that fall over the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico is expected in the coming decades according to a new study. The North American monsoon ... > full story
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