Drought News

Posted February 27, 2008:

• 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?

Posted January 23, 2008:

• Nitrogen Fixation Process In Plants To Combat Drought In Various Species Of Legumes

Posted December 30, 2007:

• 2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe

Posted December 20, 2007:

• Evolution Of Crop Grasses Linked To Greenhouse Gases

Posted December 13, 2007:

• Moss Is A Super Model For Feeding The Hungry

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Smaller Storms Drop Larger Overall Rainfall In Hurricane Season

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Breeding Heat Tolerant Beans To Withstand Warmer World

Posted November 8, 2007:

• 'Hot Spots' The Key To Controlling European Carp In Australia

Posted November 7, 2007:

• New 'Raider Amethyst' Prairie Verbena: Conserves Water, Drought-Tolerant

Posted October 27, 2007:

• Land Clearing Triggers Hotter Droughts, Australian Research Shows

Posted October 24, 2007:

• Massive California Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Experts Say

Posted October 15, 2007:

• After Drought, Diversity Dries Up And Ponds All Look The Same

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Warm Winter Predicted For United States

Posted October 8, 2007:

• Ancient African Megadroughts May Have Driven Human Evolution -- Out Of Africa

Posted September 23, 2007:

• Amazon Forest Shows Unexpected Resiliency During Drought

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Hardy Rice: Less Water, More Food

Posted August 20, 2007:

• High Temperatures, Low Precipitation Creating Many Problems

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Freshwater Supplies Threatened In Central Pacific

Posted August 9, 2007:

• New System Of Wastewater Treatment Could Reduce The Size Of Treatment Plants By Half

Posted August 6, 2007:

• Sunspots Linked To Heavy Rains In East Africa: Helps Predict Disease

Posted July 27, 2007:

• Researcher Studies Proteins That Make Rice Flourish

Posted July 19, 2007:

• Satellite Data Can Warn Of Famine, NASA Researchers Find

Posted July 8, 2007:

• Genetically Engineered Maize Is Resistant To Maize Streak Virus

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Getting To The Root Of Plant Growth

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Severity Of Desertification On World Stage

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Vets Seeing More Horses With Nutritional Issues This Year

Posted May 17, 2007:

• Colorado River Streamflow History Reveals Megadrought Before 1490

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Drylands Are Not The Same As Badlands

Posted May 2, 2007:

• Brewing A Sustainable Energy Solution
• Drought Limits Tropical Plant Distributions, Scientists Report

Posted April 23, 2007:

• Livestock Interventions Can Protect Lives, Livelihoods

Posted April 10, 2007:

• Ancient Coral Reef Tells The History Of Kenya's Soil Erosion

Posted April 7, 2007:

• Abrupt Climate Change Far More Common Than Previously Thought

Posted April 3, 2007:

• Will Climate Change Kill The Amazon?

Posted April 2, 2007:

• Discovery Of 'Master Switch' For Communication Between Chloroplast And Nuclei Of Plants

Posted March 19, 2007:

• Tomatoes Grow Well In Diluted Seawater And Produce More Natural Antioxidants

Posted February 28, 2007:

• La Nina May Soon Arrive

Posted February 18, 2007:

• U.S. Needs To Plan For Climate Change-Induced Summer Droughts
• Better Freshwater Forecasts To Aid Drought-Plagued West

Posted February 13, 2007:

• NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts

Posted February 7, 2007:

• Floods Cause Feeding And Breeding Frenzy In Australia

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Enhanced, Drought-Tolerant Maize To Give African Farmers Options, Even With Global Warming

Posted January 8, 2007:

• Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-Living Species

Posted January 3, 2007:

• How Trees Manage Water In Arid Environments

Posted December 26, 2006:

• Western Wildfires Linked To Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

Posted December 18, 2006:

• 2006 Is Sixth Warmest Year On Record, Estimates Show

Posted November 28, 2006:

• Lessons Learned From Drought Deaths 40,000 Years Ago

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