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Thirty-Eight Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification
February 9, 2010 — Researchers have measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyses the environmental impact of human activities, and which ... > full story -
Disappearing Ducks?
February 1, 2010 — The loss of wetlands in the prairie pothole region of central North America due to a warmer and drier climate will negatively affect millions of waterfowl that depend on the region for food, shelter ... > full story -
Global Warming: 'Cooling' Forests Can Heat Too
January 21, 2010 — Forests can trap heat as well as carbon. Recent research shows that in one type of semi-arid forest, it may take years for the effects of carbon capture to override those of heat ... > full story -
How Much Ice Needed to Create Martian Land Formations?
December 30, 2009 — Some land formations on Mars suggest the presence of water ice. These features could have been created by viscous creep of ice below the surface in Martian permafrost. To determine how much ice would ... > full story -
Warming Climate Chills Sonoran Desert's Spring Flowers
December 16, 2009 — Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research. Although overall numbers of winter annuals have declined since 1982, ... > full story -
Ecosystem, Vegetation Affect Intensity of Urban Heat Island Effect
December 15, 2009 — Researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in ... > full story -
Lizard Changes Its Diet to Avoid Predators
December 2, 2009 — Scientists have shown that the presence of predators affects the behavior of Acanthodactylus beershebensis, a lizard species from the Negev Desert in Israel. According to the study, these reptiles ... > full story -
Bacterial 'Ropes' Tie Down Shifting Southwest
November 16, 2009 — Researchers have discovered that several species of microbes, at least one found prominently in the deserts of the Southwest, have evolved the trait of rope-building to lasso shifting soil ... > full story -
New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought
November 12, 2009 — Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall may look like months in advance. A researcher has now developed an innovative water management ... > full story -
Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows
November 6, 2009 — As the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today, say the ... > full story
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