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Tiny Dust Particles From Asian Deserts Common Over Western United States
December 13, 2007 — Dust from the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts in China and Mongolia is routinely present in the air over the western United States during spring months, a researcher has found. He found that in years ... > full story -
Cosmopolitan Microbes: Hitchhikers On Darwin's Dust
December 4, 2007 — Scientists have analyzed aerial dust samples collected by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel across continents without the need for planes or trains -- rather bacteria and fungi ... > full story -
Mars Express: Hummocky And Shallow Maunder Crater
October 16, 2007 — The High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA's Mars Express orbiter has obtained pictures of the Noachis Terra region on Mars, in particular, the striking Maunder ... > full story -
Why Are Some Groups Of Animals So Diverse?
September 19, 2007 — A new study on finger-sized Australian lizards sheds light on one of the most striking yet largely unexplained patterns in nature: why some groups of animals have evolved into hundreds, even ... > full story -
Migration of Early Humans From Africa Aided By Wet Weather
August 28, 2007 — The African origin of early modern humans 200,000--150,000 years ago is now well documented, with archaeological data suggesting that a major migration from tropical east Africa to the Levant took ... > full story -
Which Came First, The Moth Or The Cactus?
August 13, 2007 — It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket -- unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert, the moths have a rare, mutually dependent relationship with senita cacti, ... > full story -
Safer Shipping By Predicting Sand Wave Behavior
July 12, 2007 — Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand. They are ... > full story -
Desertification: UN Experts Prescribe Global Policy Overhaul To Avoid Looming Mass Migrations
June 27, 2007 — Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents "the greatest environmental challenge of our times" and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of ... > full story -
Studying Gene Expression Of Desert Fruit Flies
June 22, 2007 — Researchers will study the genetics of fruit flies in desert habitats to determine how they developed the ability to survive under stressful ... > full story -
Severity Of Desertification On World Stage
June 19, 2007 — Desertification puts the health and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk, according to the United Nations. Because dryland desertification can be remedied or ... > full story
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