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  Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide

  April 1, 2008 — The sands of the desert are an important and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide taken from the world's atmosphere. Sands like those in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana are full of cyanobacteria. ... > full story
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Desert
  Soil Types
  Botany
  Insects (including Butterflies)
   

  Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems

  March 27, 2008 — A tiny beetle is wreaking catastrophic action on the deteriorating Chihuahuan ... > full story
• Forest
  Trees
  Rainforests
  Nature
  Botany
  Exotic Species
   

  Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes

  March 27, 2008 — Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible -- restoring a tropical ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Microbes and More
  Mammals
  Wild Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
   

  Antibiotic Resistance in Wild American Bison Compared With That of Farm Cattle

  March 26, 2008 — The first ever study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in free-living American bison finds resistance rates, while relatively low, are still higher than expected. Currently, over 50% of antibiotic use ... > full story
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  Coral Reefs
  Fisheries
  Sea Life
  Ecology
   
  

  Rabbit Fish To The Rescue Of The Reef

  March 19, 2008 — While rabbits continue to ravage Australia's native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction. The reason, say scientists, is the same in both cases ... > full story
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Ecosystems
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Soil Types
   
  

  New Paradigm On Ecosystem Ecology Proposed

  February 14, 2008 — Predators have considerably more influence than plants over how an ecosystem functions, according to a Yale study in Science. Ecosystem ecologists have long held that plants and their interaction ... > full story
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  New Species
  Nature
  Ecosystems
  Endangered Plants
   

  Fossil Fuels And Nitrogen Fertilizers May Be Slowly Reducing The Number Of Plant Species Globally, Study Says

  February 7, 2008 — The number of plant species worldwide may be dwindling from the effects of chronic low levels of nitrogen on terrestrial ecosystems, according to a University of Minnesota study. Loss of biodiversity ... > full story
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Air Pollution
  Geography
  Marine Biology
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Trigger Huge Plankton Blooms In Eastern Atlantic

  February 6, 2008 — Scientists are at sea studying the Saharan dust that blows off the coast of Africa - triggering huge plankton blooms in the eastern Atlantic. Saharan dust is rich in nitrogen, iron and phosphorus and ... > full story
• Ecology
  Ecosystems
  Ecology Research
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Conservation Strategies Must Shift With Global Environmental Change, Ecologists Urge

  January 31, 2008 — Traditional ecosystems in which communities of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result, historical ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Veterinary Medicine
  Mating and Breeding
  Seeds
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Developing Better Forage For Feeding Hungry Cattle Year Round

  January 26, 2008 — A herd of hungry cattle isn't a pretty sight. So scientists are developing forage grasses that provide nutritious forage to livestock in the southern Great Plains, US, throughout the year. A key goal ... > full story

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