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Identifying Ancient Droughts in China
March 8, 2012 — Drought events are largely unknown in Earth's history, because reconstruction of ancient hydrological conditions remains difficult due to lack of proxy. New research uses a microbial lipid proxy of ... > full story -
Classic Maya Civilization Collapse Related to Modest Rainfall Reductions, Research Suggests
February 23, 2012 — The disintegration of the Maya Civilization may have been related to relatively modest reductions in rainfall, according to new research. Rather modest rainfall reductions between times when the ... > full story -
Time of Year Important in Projections of Climate Change Effects on Ecosystems
February 15, 2012 — Based on more than 25 years of data, ecologists looked at how droughts and heat waves affect grass growth during different months of the ... > full story -
Climate Change May Increase Risk of Water Shortages in Hundreds of US Counties by 2050
February 15, 2012 — More than one in three counties in the US could face a "high" or "extreme" risk of water shortages due to climate change by the middle of the 21st century, according to a new study. The report ... > full story -
Grasslands Soils Offer Some Insurance Against Climate Change
January 29, 2012 — The earth beneath our feet plays an important role in carbon storage – a key factor in climate change – and new research shows that in times of drought some types of soil perform better ... > full story -
Barley Adapts to Climate Change
January 25, 2012 — The upsurge in droughts is one of the main consequences of climate change, and affects crops in particular. However, a biologist has confirmed that in the case of barley at least, climate change ... > full story -
NASA Sees Repeating La Niña Hitting Its Peak
January 19, 2012 — La Niña, "the diva of drought," is peaking, increasing the odds that the Pacific Northwest will have more stormy weather this winter and spring, while the southwestern and southern United ... > full story -
Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a New Wave of Invasive Species
January 4, 2012 — A recent analysis suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and heat-tolerant landscaping plants from Africa and the Middle East. This ... > full story -
Major Step Forward Towards Drought Tolerance in Crops
December 19, 2011 — When a plant encounters drought, it does its best to cope with this stress by activating a set of protein molecules called receptors. Plant cell biologists have discovered how to rewire this cellular ... > full story -
Developing Crops That Can Cope With Sudden Changes in the Weather
December 13, 2011 — Crops that can cope with sudden fluctuations in the weather could be developed, thanks to fresh discoveries about the survival mechanisms of ... > full story
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