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Pacific Remains Locked In Three-Year-Old Pattern
June 29, 2001 — While change may be on the way, the Pacific is still dominated by the strong, larger-than- El Niño/La Niña pattern called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), according to the latest ... > full story -
Biologists Discover Protein's Impact On Plant-Water Balance
June 15, 2001 — Researchers at Penn State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that a protein in plant guard cells impacts how well a plant holds water. Eventual application of the ... > full story -
Enhanced Model Better Assesses Impact Of Climate Variability
June 5, 2001 — By adding topographic features to their hydrologic model, researchers at the University of Illinois can better assess the impact of climate variability and global warming on terrestrial systems such ... > full story -
Changes In Sun’s Intensity Tied To Recurrent Droughts In Maya Region
May 18, 2001 — The Maya were talented astronomers, religiously intense in their observations of the sun, moon and planets. Now, new research shows something in the heavens may have influenced their culture and ... > full story -
Droughts Aggravated By Dust In The Wind
May 15, 2001 — Windblown desert dust can choke rain clouds, cutting rainfall hundreds of miles away. This new discovery, made with the help of NASA satellites, suggests that droughts over arid regions, such as ... > full story -
Household Ant Invasions Are Determined By Weather, Not Pesticide Use, New Study Finds
April 27, 2001 — Using bug spray, bait and other household pesticides to prevent ant invasions is futile, according to a new study by Stanford researchers to be published in the journal American Midland ... > full story -
NASA Demonstrates How Earth's Global Heat Engine Drives Plant Growth
April 12, 2001 — Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the first long-term global data set that demonstrates the connection between changing patterns of sea surface temperature and ... > full story -
Rockefeller Researchers Identify Defense System In Plants; Protein Found To Confer Resistance To Drought
April 3, 2001 — Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered that an experimental plant may harbor an additional line of defense against drought, once it has left the safety of its seed. The work ... > full story -
Deep Green Spawns Deep Gene And Deep Time To Continue Work Toward A Complete Tree Of Life For The Green Plants
February 20, 2001 — The highly successful Deep Green project to construct a "tree of life" for the green plants has ended, but it has seeded new projects to strengthen the branches and root the tree more firmly ... > full story -
Scientists Make Rain In Mexico
January 23, 2001 — Producing more rain by seeding clouds may no longer be wishful thinking. After many failed attempts by scientists to duplicate cloud-seeding experiments, a team from the National Center ... > full story
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