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Droughts Are Pushing Trees to the Limit
September 11, 2012 — Southwestern droughts made more severe by warming temperatures are pushing plants up against extremely stressful growing conditions, a new study has found, identifying an increasingly water-thirsty ... > full story -
Public Urged to Take Precautions Against West Nile Virus
September 10, 2012 — West Nile virus (WNV) has become endemic in North America with cases in 2012 exceeding that of any other year. Health care professionals and the public need to be on alert for WNV, medical ... > full story -
Forest Mortality and Climate Change: The Big Picture
September 9, 2012 — Over the past two decades, extensive forest death triggered by hot and dry climatic conditions has been documented on every continent except Antarctica. Forest mortality due to drought and heat ... > full story -
Surviving Drought: Discovery May Help Protect Crops from Stressors
August 30, 2012 — New findings of a key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help save crops from stress and help address human ... > full story -
No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water
August 30, 2012 — A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to new ... > full story -
What's Behind Rising Food Prices, Beyond the U.S. Drought
August 29, 2012 — Although many U.S. consumers were alarmed to see news reports this summer of droughts leaving shriveled crops dying in the fields, a professor of food marketing warns other factors will have a ... > full story -
Probiotics Supercharge Plants' Immunity to Disease
August 27, 2012 — Pathogens can slip through leaf pores and begin infecting a plant. However, new research shows that this invasion is halted when a beneficial bacterium is present in the soil where the plant is ... > full story -
Summer Weather Could Mean Fall Colors Pop in Northeast U.S.
August 27, 2012 — The summer’s dry weather, combined with recent cool nights, could combine for a colorful fall foliage season in the Northeast, says a ... > full story -
Good News from the Bad Drought: Gulf 'Dead Zone' Smallest in Years
August 24, 2012 — The worst drought to hit the United States in at least 50 years does have one benefit: It has created the smallest "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico in years, say ... > full story -
Forest Razing by Ancient Maya Worsened Droughts, Says Study
August 21, 2012 — Prolonged drought is thought to have played a role in the collapse of the Classic Maya empire, but a recent study adds a new twist: The Maya may have made the droughts worse by clearing away forests ... > full story
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