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  Moss Helps Chart the Conquest of Land by Plants

  February 4, 2010 — Clues to how the first land plants managed to avoid drying out might be provided by bryophytes, a group that includes the mosses, many of which retain remarkable drought tolerance. Some mosses can ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Genetics
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  Researchers Fight World Hunger by Mapping the Soybean Genome

  February 1, 2010 — A team of researchers recently completed a study identifying 1.1 million base pairs of DNA in the soybean genome, including more than 90 distinct traits that affect plant development, productive ... > full story
• Early Climate
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  Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey

  January 29, 2010 — By analyzing sediments up to 4,000 years old, an environmental scientist is hoping to provide a tool to help predict future climate change. Ancient records of what was happening with climate ... > full story
• Water
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  Mixed Water Portfolio Helps Thirsty Cities

  January 19, 2010 — Computer simulations for drought-prone areas reveal that when urban water planners combine three approaches of buying water -- permanent rights, options and leases -- the city avoids surplus water ... > full story
• Drought Research
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  Major Australian Droughts Traced to Different Causes

  December 30, 2009 — Southeastern Australia has been subject to several severe, long-term droughts during the past century, including the "Federation" drought (1895-1900), the "World War II" drought (1937-1945), and the ... > full story
• World Development
  Resource Shortage
  Climate
  Early Climate
  Conflict
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  Climate Change Does Not Always Lead to Conflict

  December 15, 2009 — Bronze age farmers adapted to drought. The climate change that took place in Mesopotamia around 2000 BC did not lead to war, but in fact led to the development of a new shared identity. Although ... > full story
• Water
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  Recycling and Waste
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  California's Troubled Waters: Satellite-Based Findings Reveal Significant Groundwater Loss in Central Valley

  December 14, 2009 — New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region -- the Central Valley -- and its major mountain water source -- the Sierra Nevada -- ... > full story
• Trees
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  Forest
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  Severe Weather
   
  

  Time of Day Matters to Thirsty Trees

  November 23, 2009 — The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Molecular Biology
  Drought
  Drought Research
  Botany
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  How Crops Survive Drought

  November 18, 2009 — Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can survive difficult environmental conditions like ... > full story
• Water
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  Environmental Issues
  Weather
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  New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought

  November 12, 2009 — Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall may look like months in advance. A researcher has now developed an innovative water management ... > full story

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