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Growing Drought-Tolerant Crops Inching Forward
August 25, 2010 — A team of scientists has used the tools of structural biology to understand how a synthetic chemical mimics abscisic acid (ABA), a key stress hormone that helps plants cope with adverse environmental ... > full story -
Plants Give Up Some Deep Secrets of Drought Resistance
August 23, 2010 — In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them ... > full story -
Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth
August 20, 2010 — Global plant productivity that once was on the rise with warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline because of regional drought, according to a new study of NASA ... > full story -
New Study Examines Effects of Drought in the Amazon
August 2, 2010 — Recent research surrounding the impact of drought in the Amazon has provided contradictory findings as to how tropical forests react to a drier and warmer climate. A new study examines the response ... > full story -
Redwood Forest Ecosystem of Northern California Depends on Fog to Stay Hydrated During Rainless Summers
July 8, 2010 — As the mercury rises outdoors, it's a fitting time to consider the effects of summertime droughts and global warming on ecosystems. Complex interactions among temperature, water cycling, and plant ... > full story -
New Heat-Tolerant Beans Released
June 30, 2010 — New bean germplasm lines containing heat, drought and disease tolerance are being released by agricultural ... > full story -
Prepare for Hotter and Drier Southwestern US, Climate Experts Urge
June 25, 2010 — Prominent climate experts are calling for a "no-regrets" strategy for planning for a hotter and drier western North America. Their advice: use water conservatively and continue developing ways to ... > full story -
Climate Changes in the Atlantic Can Affect Drought in Distant Regions
June 16, 2010 — Cyclical changes in atmospheric pressure and sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean affect drought in the Sahel region on the southern Sahara ... > full story -
A Cooler Pacific May Have Severely Affected Medieval Europe, North America
June 9, 2010 — A new study has found a connection between La Nina-like sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific and droughts in western Europe and in what later became the southwestern United States and ... > full story -
20th Century One of Driest in Nine Centuries for Northwest Africa
May 25, 2010 — Droughts in the late 20th century rival some of North Africa's major droughts of centuries past, reveals new research that peers back in time to the year 1179. The first multi-century drought ... > full story
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