Desert News

Posted November 17, 2009:

• New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects Of Drought
• Bacterial 'Ropes' Tie Down Shifting Southwest

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Nasca People Of Ancient Peru: Forest Clearances Sealed Civilization's Downfall

Posted October 12, 2009:

• Satellite Data Instrumental In Combating Desertification

Posted October 7, 2009:

• Sand Dunes Reveal Unexpected Dryness During Heavy Monsoon

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Panama Butterfly Migrations Linked To El Niño, Climate Change

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Researchers Go Underground To Reveal 850 New Species In Australian Outback

Posted September 4, 2009:

• Perennial Vegetation: An Indicator Of Desertification In Spain

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Sandfish Tucks Legs And 'Swims' Like A Snake Under Desert Sand

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Revised Understanding Of San Andreas Fault Geometry Near Desert Hot Springs
• Study On Birds And Streams Included In Federal Guidelines To Safeguard Waterways

Posted July 12, 2009:

• Declining Aral Sea: Satellite Images Highlight Dramatic Retreat

Posted July 5, 2009:

• World's First 'Self-Watering' Desert Plant: Desert Rhubarb
• Desert Dust Alters Ecology Of Colorado Alpine Meadows

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Drinking Water From Air Humidity

Posted May 28, 2009:

• Satellite Used To Unearth Innovation In Crop Forecasting

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Wind, Salt And Water Are Leading Indicators Of Land Degradation In Abu Dhabi Desert Lands

Posted April 3, 2009:

• Ecologists Question Effects Of Climate Change On Infectious Diseases
• Rising Sea Levels Will Lead To 'Relocation, Relocation, Relocation': Math Could Address Climate Change Population Concerns

Posted March 31, 2009:

• New Theory On Largest Known Mass Extinction In Earth's History

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Biodiversity Found In Unexpected Regions: More Than 200 Plant Species Found In Semi-Arid Rivers In South Eastern Spain

Posted March 11, 2009:

• Climate Change Means Bigger Medical, Council And Property Bills

Posted March 7, 2009:

• Desert Shrub, Guayule, May Be Fuel Of The Future

Posted March 4, 2009:

• Earth's Highest Known Microbial Systems Fueled By Volcanic Gases

Posted February 28, 2009:

• Desert Ants Smell Their Way Home

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Satellites Help Locate Water In Niger

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Earthquakes, El Ninos Fatal To Earliest Civilization In Americas

Posted January 8, 2009:

• Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas

Posted December 29, 2008:

• Climate Change Could Dramatically Affect Water Supplies

Posted December 23, 2008:

• Fix For Global Warming? Scientists Propose Covering Deserts With Reflective Sheeting

Posted November 27, 2008:

• Increased Irrigation In Wetland Linked To Reduction Of Tenebrionid Beetles

Posted November 14, 2008:

• 'Arid Aquaculture' Among Livelihoods Promoted To Relieve Worsening Pressure On World's Drylands

Posted October 20, 2008:

• Dinosaur Dance Floor: Numerous Tracks at Jurassic Oasis on Arizona-Utah Border

Posted October 14, 2008:

• How 'Sandfish' Swim: Could Help Materials Handling And Process Technology Specialists

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Beavers: Dam Good For Songbirds
• New Tool Helps Assess Risk Of Desertification

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Are Fires More Important Than Rain For The Savannah Ecosystem?

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Urbanization Reconfigures Surface Hydrology

Posted August 23, 2008:

• Drier, Warmer Springs In US Southwest Stem From Human-Caused Changes In Winds

Posted July 19, 2008:

• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Desert Plant May Hold Key To Surviving Food Shortage

Posted June 16, 2008:

• Untapped Energy From Oil Flare-Offs Can Be Used To Release Water Locked In Gypsum

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Fecal Microorganisms Inhabit Sandy Beaches Of Florida

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact Air Quality As Far As Germany

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Nanometer-Scale Complexity, Growth, And Diagenesis In Desert Varnish

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