Desert News

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Severe Drought, Other Changes Can Cause Permanent Ecosystem Disruption
• Cloud Formation: Insoluble Dust Particles Can Form Cloud Droplets That Affect Global and Regional Climate

Posted October 12, 2011:

• New Saudi Arabias of Solar Energy: Himalaya Mountains, Andes, Antarctica

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Taking the Heat: Asian Elephants Simply 'Ride Out' High Daytime Heat Load

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Tree Frogs Chill out to Collect Precious Water

Posted September 15, 2011:

• NASA Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on Earth

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Adaptation Secrets of the 'Desert Bacterium'

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Investments in Pastoralism Offer Best Hope for Combating Droughts in Africa's Drylands

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Sexually Extravagant Male Birds Age More Rapidly, but Try to Hide It

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Rising Carbon Dioxide Could Reverse Drying Effects of Higher Temperatures on Rangelands

Posted August 1, 2011:

• NASA Satellite Tracks Severity of African Drought

Posted July 28, 2011:

• Getting Ready for ALMA’s First Scientific Observations

Posted July 25, 2011:

• Newly Discovered Gene Sheds Light on the Evolution of Life on Earth

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Some Desert Birds Less Affected by Wildfires and Climate Change

Posted July 18, 2011:

• The Tallest Tree in All the Land

Posted June 28, 2011:

• Rockin' Tortoises: A 150-Year-Old New Species

Posted June 22, 2011:

• 'Super Sand' for Better Purification of Drinking Water
• Electrical Water Detection

Posted June 21, 2011:

• New Data Reveals How Storms Are Triggered in the Sahel

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Battle Scars Found on an Ancient Sea Monster

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Earth's Dust and Plankton from Space: New Views from Envisat Satellite

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Sand Drift in Norway Caused by Sea-Level Changes and Human Activity

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Drier Conditions Projected to Accelerate Dust Storms in the Southwest

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Jatropha: Green Biodiesel from African Tree

Posted February 3, 2011:

• Rare Insect Fossil Reveals 100 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Agave Fuels Excitement as a Bioenergy Crop

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Earth Is Twice as Dusty as in 19th Century, Research Shows

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Hidden Literary References Discovered in the Mona Lisa

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Dust Shatters Like Glass: Several Times More Dust Particles in Atmosphere Than Previously Thought

Posted November 24, 2010:

• Can Cacti 'Escape' Underground in High Temperatures? How a Certain Species Will Potentially Handle Global Warming

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Cost Effectiveness of Ecological Restoration Demonstrated

Posted November 12, 2010:

• Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia

Posted November 10, 2010:

• A Love Game: Fish Courtship More Complex Than Thought

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Do Holes Make Moles? Surprising First Ancestor of Bizarre Marsupial Moles

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Family Ties Bind Desert Lizards in Social Groups

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Discovered in Mediterranean

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Plants That Move: How a New Zealand Species Disperses Seeds in a High Alpine, Wet Environment

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Dual Nature of Dew: Researcher Measures the Effect of Dew on Desert Plants

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Windborne Desert Dust Falls on High Peaks, Dampens Colorado River Runoff

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Satellites Search for 770m Tons of Dust in the Air

Posted September 10, 2010:

• Amateur Astronomers Open Potential Lab in Outer Space for Planetary Scientists, Researcher Says

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Increased Destruction of Bird Populations Are Predicted With Rise in Global Temperatures

Posted July 6, 2010:

• Changing Climate Could Alter Meadows' Ecosystems, Says Researcher
• Team Devises Technique to Predict Dust Storms With Infrared Satellite

Posted June 29, 2010:

• Desert Bats Reveal the Secret of Their Survival

Posted May 28, 2010:

• In Deserts, Which Dunes Are the Most Stable?

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Researchers Isolate Microalgal Strain That Could Reduce Cholesterol

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Calculating Crop and Ethanol Yields and Irrigation Needs in Four Easy Steps

Posted March 23, 2010:

• New Dinosaur from Utah's Red Rocks

Posted February 17, 2010:

• New Assay Helps Track Termites and Other Insects

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