Desert News

Posted April 13, 2005:

• Study Indicates Thirsty Plants Keep Deserts' Subsurface Dry

Posted January 31, 2005:

• Physicists Discover Temperature Key To Avalanche Movement

Posted January 25, 2005:

• Desertification Alters Regional Ecosystem Climate Interactions

Posted January 11, 2005:

• OSU Researchers Helping China Reduce Soil Erosion

Posted December 20, 2004:

• High-Flying Observatory Reveals Land Changing To Desert

Posted November 22, 2004:

• Not Finding Life? Dig Deeper.

Posted November 21, 2004:

• Space Sentinels Track Desertification On Mediterranean Shores

Posted November 8, 2004:

• Tumbleweeds Good For Uranium Clean-Up

Posted September 1, 2004:

• Analysis Fingers Causes Of Desertification

Posted August 10, 2004:

• Early Humans Adapted Well To Different Climates And Vegetation Types

Posted June 14, 2004:

• All Ecosystems Are Equally Productive Under Drought Conditions

Posted February 12, 2004:

• Bighorn Sheep Threatened By Climate Change

Posted January 14, 2004:

• Mars On Earth? Researchers Find Mars-Like Conditions In A South American Desert

Posted December 22, 2003:

• Desert Dust Enables Algae To Grow

Posted December 9, 2003:

• NCAR Model Shows Decrease In Global Dust By 2100

Posted October 12, 2003:

• New Study Ties African Drought To Ocean Temperatures

Posted August 7, 2003:

• NASA Working To Take The Guesswork Out Of Long-Term Drought Prediction

Posted May 9, 2003:

• Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up The Desert; Weizmann Institute Study Suggests That Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Might Cause Forests To Spread Into Dry Environments

Posted April 1, 2003:

• Vegetation Essential To Balancing Climate Models; Climate Change 6,000 Years Ago In Sahara Desert Explained By MIT Scientists

Posted February 13, 2003:

• Ground Temperature Aids In Measuring Water Levels

Posted December 17, 2002:

• Researchers Uncover Extreme Lake -- And 3000-Year-Old Microbes -- In Mars-Like Antarctic Environment

Posted May 27, 2002:

• Mountain Streams With Rhythm?

Posted May 17, 2002:

• Buffelgrass, An Invader Fueling Wildfires In The Sonoran Desert

Posted January 14, 2002:

• Pondering A Climate Conundrum In Antarctica; Unique, Distinct Cooling Trend Discovered On Earth's Southernmost Continent

Posted September 20, 2001:

• New Computer Model Tracks And Predicts Paths Of Earth's Dust

Posted July 16, 2001:

• Scripps Researchers Unveil The First Comprehensive Wildfire Forecast For The Western United States

Posted July 12, 2001:

• Soil Suggests Early Humans Lived In Forests Instead Of Grasslands

Posted June 15, 2001:

• Microbes And The Dust They Ride In On Pose Potential Health Risks

Posted May 15, 2001:

• Droughts Aggravated By Dust In The Wind

Posted February 5, 2001:

• Tallgrass Prairies May Provide Early Warning Of Climate Change

Posted January 25, 2001:

• Horizontal Strain Critical To Characterizing Aquifer Properties And To Understanding Land Subsidence

Posted December 1, 2000:

• Peru's Nasca Lines Point To Water Sources, Suggest UMass Researchers

Posted February 28, 2000:

• Urban Sprawl Reduces Annual Photosynthetic Production

Posted February 18, 2000:

• Fossil Plants' Ties To Ancient Carbon Redefined

Posted December 17, 1999:

• Researchers Seek Answers To Combat World’s Stressed Freshwater Supply

Posted November 18, 1999:

• To Survive Their Harsh Environment, Desert Bees Hedge Their Bets With A Wait-And-Wet Attitude, Cornell Researcher Discovers

Posted September 22, 1999:

• Newly Released Satellite Images Of Antarctica A Valuable Scientific Benchmark

Posted July 12, 1999:

• Sahara's Abrupt Desertification Started By Changes In Earth's Orbit, Accelerated By Atmospheric And Vegetation Feedbacks

Posted June 7, 1999:

• Jet Stream Studied In West African Drought

Posted May 17, 1999:

• Scientists Use Fossilized Emu Eggshells To Discern Changes In Vegetation, Provide Additional Evidence Of Human Impact On Australian Landscape

Posted March 11, 1999:

• Deserts Still Damaged 30 Years After Minimal Disturbance

Posted April 21, 1998:

• Purdue Herbarium -- A Noah's Ark

Posted January 7, 1998:

• New Study Shows Dinosaurs From Gobi Desert Site Killed In Sudden "Sand Slides" Falling From Dunes Study Also Reports First Dinosaur Tracks From Gobi

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