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Adaptation Secrets of the 'Desert Bacterium'
September 6, 2011 — Scientists have analyzed the genome of the bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310, also known as the "desert bacterium". Decoding of the genome revealed the presence of kaiC, a gene with a ... > full story -
Investments in Pastoralism Offer Best Hope for Combating Droughts in Africa's Drylands
August 23, 2011 — As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a new study of the response to Kenya's last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments aimed at increasing ... > full story -
Sexually Extravagant Male Birds Age More Rapidly, but Try to Hide It
August 4, 2011 — For male houbara bustards sexual extravagance is the key to attracting mates in some of the world's harshest desert environments. However, new research reveals that males who perform the most ... > full story -
Rising Carbon Dioxide Could Reverse Drying Effects of Higher Temperatures on Rangelands
August 3, 2011 — Rising carbon dioxide levels can reverse the drying effects of predicted higher temperatures on semi-arid rangelands, according to a new study by a team of US Department of Agriculture and university ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Tracks Severity of African Drought
August 1, 2011 — Northeast Africa continues to reel from the effects of the worst drought to strike the region in ... > full story -
Getting Ready for ALMA’s First Scientific Observations
July 28, 2011 — The first European antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached new heights, having been transported to the observatory’s Array Operations Site (AOS) on 27 ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Gene Sheds Light on the Evolution of Life on Earth
July 25, 2011 — A chance discovery of a genetic mutation in wild barley that grows in Israel's Judean Desert has led to an international study deciphering evolution of life on ... > full story -
Some Desert Birds Less Affected by Wildfires and Climate Change
July 19, 2011 — A new study has found that some bird species in the desert southwest are less affected, and in some cases positively influenced, by widespread fire through their habitat. In fact, the researchers say ... > full story -
The Tallest Tree in All the Land
July 18, 2011 — Knowing how tall trees can grow in any given region can give ecologists a wealth of information, from the potential density of a forest and size of its tree canopy to the amount of carbon stored in ... > full story -
Rockin' Tortoises: A 150-Year-Old New Species
June 28, 2011 — Researchers investigated a desert tortoise from the United States Southwest and northwestern Mexico. What was thought to be a simple problem in species identification turned out to be a very complex ... > full story
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