Drought Research News

Posted February 3, 2011:

• New Drought Record from Long-Lived Mexican Trees May Illuminate Fates of Past Civilizations

Posted January 28, 2011:

• More Frequent Drought Likely in Eastern Africa

Posted January 22, 2011:

• Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Gene Helps Plants Use Less Water Without Biomass Loss

Posted December 29, 2010:

• How Does Your Green Roof Garden Grow?

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Hot With Decades of Drought: Expectations for Southwestern United States

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Scientists Re-Sequence Six Corn Varieties, Find Some Genes Missing

Posted November 15, 2010:

• New Species of Carnivorous Plant Discovered in Cambodia

Posted November 12, 2010:

• Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Evolution of Self-Fertilization

Posted October 22, 2010:

• Another Winter of Extremes in Store for U.S. as La Niña Strengthens

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Drought May Threaten Much of Globe Within Decades, Analysis Predicts

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Nature and Humans Leaving Indelible Mark on Rivers, Harming the Intricate Food Webs They Support
• Scientists Prepare for Confined Field Trials of Life-Saving Drought-Tolerant Transgenic Maize

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Crop Failures Set to Increase Under Climate Change

Posted October 1, 2010:

• Ocean Conditions Likely to Reduce Colorado River Flows During This Winter's Drought

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Growing Drought-Resistant Plants: Research Could Offer Alternative to Genetically-Engineered Crops to Combat Global Food Shortages

Posted September 23, 2010:

• Wheat Researchers Combine Forces to Battle Major Disease

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Winter Drought Stress Can Delay Flowering, Prevent Fruit Loss in Orange Crops

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Novel Mechanism Protects Plants Against Freezing; Insights Could Add to Understanding of Drought Tolerance Also

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Growing Drought-Tolerant Crops Inching Forward

Posted August 23, 2010:

• Plants Give Up Some Deep Secrets of Drought Resistance

Posted August 20, 2010:

• Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth

Posted August 2, 2010:

• New Study Examines Effects of Drought in the Amazon

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Redwood Forest Ecosystem of Northern California Depends on Fog to Stay Hydrated During Rainless Summers

Posted June 30, 2010:

• New Heat-Tolerant Beans Released

Posted June 25, 2010:

• Prepare for Hotter and Drier Southwestern US, Climate Experts Urge

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Climate Changes in the Atlantic Can Affect Drought in Distant Regions

Posted June 9, 2010:

• A Cooler Pacific May Have Severely Affected Medieval Europe, North America

Posted May 25, 2010:

• 20th Century One of Driest in Nine Centuries for Northwest Africa

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Asia's Most Devastating Droughts Reconstructed

Posted April 15, 2010:

• Common Plant Growth Regulator Helps Creeping Bentgrass Weather Drought

Posted April 1, 2010:

• Bringing Dehydrated Plants 'Back to Life': Possible Key to Desiccation-Tolerant Plants

Posted March 29, 2010:

• Did Climate Influence Angkor's Collapse? Evidence Suggests Changing Environment Can Bring Down a Civilization

Posted March 11, 2010:

• New Study Debunks Myths About Vulnerability of Amazon Rain Forests to Drought

Posted February 20, 2010:

• Roots Key to Second Green Revolution

Posted February 15, 2010:

• New Maize Varieties to Boost Grain Production in West and Central Africa

Posted February 4, 2010:

• Moss Helps Chart the Conquest of Land by Plants

Posted February 1, 2010:

• Researchers Fight World Hunger by Mapping the Soybean Genome

Posted January 29, 2010:

• Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey

Posted January 19, 2010:

• Mixed Water Portfolio Helps Thirsty Cities

Posted December 30, 2009:

• Major Australian Droughts Traced to Different Causes

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Climate Change Does Not Always Lead to Conflict

Posted December 14, 2009:

• California's Troubled Waters: Satellite-Based Findings Reveal Significant Groundwater Loss in Central Valley

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Time of Day Matters to Thirsty Trees

Posted November 18, 2009:

• How Crops Survive Drought

Posted November 12, 2009:

• New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Drought Resistance Explained: Protein Structure Reveals How Plants Respond To Water Shortages

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Scientists Reveals Secrets Of Drought Resistance

Posted October 16, 2009:

• Climate Change Threatens Rice Production

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