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Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout in Hot Weather
March 29, 2013 — Plant scientists have identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather -- a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at ... > full story -
Is Global Warming Slowing Boston Marathon Winning Times?
March 29, 2013 — Researchers recently looked into whether the effects of climate change can be found in the winning times of Boston Marathon ... > full story -
Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea-Level Rise
March 29, 2013 — The majority of Americans express support for stronger coastal development codes, according to a new ... > full story -
Summer Melt Season Getting Longer on Antarctic Peninsula
March 27, 2013 — New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice ... > full story -
'Moderate' New England Red Tide Forecasted for 2013
March 25, 2013 — New England is expected to experience a "moderate" red tide this spring and summer, report scientists studying the toxic algae that cause blooms in the Gulf of Maine. The "red tide" is caused by an ... > full story -
Climate Models Are Not Good Enough, Researcher Argues
March 25, 2013 — Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 ... > full story -
Understanding the Continuous Corn Yield Penalty
March 21, 2013 — As escalating corn prices have encouraged many farmers to switch to growing corn continuously, they wonder why they have been seeing unusually high yield reductions over the past several ... > full story -
Ten Times More Hurricane Surges in Future, New Research Predicts
March 18, 2013 — How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, ... > full story -
When It Rains These Days, Does It Pour? Has the Weather Become Stormier as the Climate Warms?
March 17, 2013 — Scientists have shown that the signature of an increase in storminess could be extracted from precipitation data for the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. The scientists suspect the same ... > full story -
An Accurate Way of Predicting Landslides
March 13, 2013 — A landslide can seriously injure or even kill people. Now, a new early warning system will be the first to employ geological data in tandem with the latest weather forecasts to provide a concrete ... > full story
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