Drought News

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Industrialization Of China Increases Fragility Of Global Food Supply

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Satellites Help Locate Water In Niger

Posted January 8, 2009:

• Droughts And Floods: Extent Of Damage To Vegetation Depends On Sequence Of Events

Posted December 28, 2008:

• Extreme Weather Boosts Antioxidant Levels In Soybean Seeds

Posted December 27, 2008:

• Humans, Oceans Shaped North American Climate Over Past 50 Years, NOAA Report Says

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Spanish Droughts Over Past 500 Years Reconstructed

Posted December 16, 2008:

• United States Death Map Revealed
• Global Warming Impacts On U.S. Coming Sooner Than Expected, Report Predicts

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Global Warming Aided By Drought, Deforestation Link

Posted November 24, 2008:

• Chinese Forest Project Could Reduce Number Of Environmental Disasters

Posted November 20, 2008:

• Research Finds Way To Double Rice Crops In Drought-Stricken Areas

Posted November 12, 2008:

• Drought Tolerant Plants? New Technique Enables Assessment Of Drought Performance

Posted November 5, 2008:

• Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants

Posted October 1, 2008:

• Green Coffee-Growing Practices Buffer Climate-Change Impacts

Posted September 29, 2008:

• Water Table Depth Tied To Droughts

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Scientists Behind 'Doomsday Seed Vault' Ready World's Crops For Climate Change

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Developing Pea Varieties Tolerant Of Drought And Effects Of Climate Change

Posted September 15, 2008:

• Water Purification Down The Nanotubes: Could Nanotechnology Solve The Water Crisis?

Posted September 11, 2008:

• Saltwater Solution To Save Crops

Posted August 25, 2008:

• Taking Earth's Temperature Via Satellite
• Drought-Tolerant Corn Developed

Posted August 19, 2008:

• New Climate Record Shows Century-Long Droughts In Eastern North America

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Elephant Memories May Hold Key To Survival
• Old Growth Giants Limited By Water-Pulling Ability

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Vine Invasion? Ecologists Look At Coexistence Of Trees And Lianas

Posted July 10, 2008:

• Water: The Forgotten Crisis

Posted June 28, 2008:

• Drought Tolerance In Potatoes

Posted June 25, 2008:

• Extreme Weather Events Can Unleash A 'Perfect Storm' Of Infectious Diseases, Research Study Says

Posted June 16, 2008:

• Lower Midwest U.S. Braces For Floods

Posted June 14, 2008:

• What Makes An Old Geyser Faithful?

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Climate Change Already Affecting U.S. Water, Land, And Biodiversity, Report Finds

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air

Posted May 2, 2008:

• Nitric Oxide Regulates Plants As Well As People
• Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Did Dust Storms Make 1930s Dust Bowl Drought Worse?
• Golden Wheat 'Greens' Kenya's Drylands

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Nitric Oxide Regulates Plants As Well As People

Posted April 20, 2008:

• Precision Irrigation Built Into Sprinkler Booms Controls Water Usage, Optimizes Crop Growth

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Fungus Fight: Researchers Battle Against Dangerous Corn Toxin

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Health Remains Poor, But Slightly Improved In 2007

Posted March 28, 2008:

• American West Heating Nearly Twice As Fast As Rest Of World, New Analysis Shows

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Climate Change Threatens Amazonian Small Farmers

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Current Major Flooding In U.S. A Sign Of Things To Come, NOAA Predicts

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Coolest Winter Since 2001 For U.S., Globe, According To NOAA Data

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Thirsty Hybrid And Electric Cars Could Triple Demands On Scarce Water Resources

Posted February 27, 2008:

• Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water
• Gene That Controls Ozone Resistance Of Plants Could Lead To Drought-Resistant Crops

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Busy Beavers Can Help Ease Drought

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Lake Mead, Key Water Source For Southwestern US, Could Be Dry By 2021

Posted January 28, 2008:

• Converting Sewage Into Drinking Water: Wave Of The Future?

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