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Livestock Interventions Can Protect Lives, Livelihoods
April 23, 2007 — Livestock are often a crucial livelihoods asset for communities in Africa, but livestock are vulnerable to drought. Researchers report that counterintuitive measures -- selling livestock -- tested in ... > full story -
Abrupt Climate Change Far More Common Than Previously Thought
April 7, 2007 — It came on quickly and then lasted nearly two decades, eventually killing more than one million people and affecting 50 million more. All of this makes the Sahel drought, which first struck West ... > full story -
Will Climate Change Kill The Amazon?
April 3, 2007 — Scientists showed key research of a profound impact of global warming. Although intact forests are fairly resistant to climate change, with partial deforestation the entire landscape could become ... > full story -
Discovery Of 'Master Switch' For Communication Between Chloroplast And Nuclei Of Plants
April 2, 2007 — In a study published in Science this week, Nevada scientists explain the process behind a revolutionary discovery in how signals are exchanged between the chloroplast and nucleus of ... > full story -
Tomatoes Grow Well In Diluted Seawater And Produce More Natural Antioxidants
March 19, 2007 — With critical water shortages looming in some parts of the world, scientists in Italy are reporting that diluted seawater can be used to grow tomatoes and actually results in fruit with significantly ... > full story -
U.S. Needs To Plan For Climate Change-Induced Summer Droughts
February 18, 2007 — The western United States has experienced increasing drought conditions in recent years -- and conditions may worsen if global climate change models are accurate -- yet the country is doing little to ... > full story -
NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts
February 13, 2007 — NASA scientists may have discovered how a warmer climate in the future could increase droughts in certain parts of the world, including the southwest United ... > full story -
Floods Cause Feeding And Breeding Frenzy In Australia
February 7, 2007 — Vast flocks of water birds from across Australia will soon start gathering for a long-awaited feeding and breeding frenzy sparked by flooding in western Queensland. The floods will produce a bird ... > full story -
Enhanced, Drought-Tolerant Maize To Give African Farmers Options, Even With Global Warming
January 29, 2007 — A vital research program that has already had significant impact on the lives of African farmers will accelerate its work for their benefit through the development and deployment of better drought ... > full story -
Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-Living Species
January 8, 2007 — Countering Charles Darwin's view that evolution occurs gradually, UC-Irvine scientists have discovered that plants with short life cycles can evolutionally adapt in just a few years to climate ... > full story
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