Drought News

Posted October 24, 2006:

• Elevated Levels Of Bacteria In Streams Can Affect Water Quality, Health Of The Aquatic Ecosystem

Posted October 7, 2006:

• Rearing An Army Of Wasps To Save Wheat

Posted September 18, 2006:

• Droughts & Reservoirs: Finding Storage Space Underground

Posted September 14, 2006:

• Drought As The 'New Normal'

Posted July 16, 2006:

• Nurseries To Give Big-City Test To Cloned Trees

Posted June 19, 2006:

• Human Activities In Arid Urban Environments Can Affect Rainfall And Water Cycle

Posted June 9, 2006:

• Gazelles Shrink Liver And Heart To Reduce Oxygen Consumption During Drought

Posted June 4, 2006:

• Understanding And Predicting Desertification: Researchers Offer New Insights On Arid, Semiarid Landscapes

Posted May 29, 2006:

• Historic Colorado River Streamflows Reconstructed Back To 1490

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Water Shortages In Northeast Linked To Human Activity

Posted May 15, 2006:

• How Did Cactuses Evolve?

Posted May 5, 2006:

• 'Amplification' Strategy May Be Key to Combating West Nile Virus

Posted April 12, 2006:

• Disease-Impact Models May Rely On Incorrect Assumptions

Posted April 4, 2006:

• Western Prairies Face Impending Water Crisis

Posted March 27, 2006:

• Sequencing The Rice Genome Could Help Mitigate Impact Of Climate Change On World's Poor

Posted March 6, 2006:

• Disease Damages Wheat Roots, Thwarts Water Uptake

Posted January 8, 2006:

• Don't Blame The Big Bad Wolf

Posted December 21, 2005:

• Dynamic Bed Causes Irregular Course Of River

Posted December 19, 2005:

• Surprising Killer Of Southeastern Salt Marshes: Common Sea Snails

Posted December 16, 2005:

• Warmer 2005 For U.S., Near-Record Warmth Globally -- Hurricanes, Floods, Snow And Wildfires All Notable

Posted December 13, 2005:

• Anyway You Slice It, Tomatoes Cut Through Drought With New Gene

Posted December 9, 2005:

• New Models Of Weather Pattern

Posted December 5, 2005:

• Tropical Atlantic Cooling And African Deforestation Correlate To Drought, Report Scientists

Posted November 28, 2005:

• Shade Trees Getting 'Scorched' By Plant Disease

Posted November 4, 2005:

• Newly Recognized Gene Mutation May Reduce Seeds, Resurrect Plants

Posted October 26, 2005:

• NC State Researchers Redesign Life For Mars And Beyond

Posted October 12, 2005:

• Cowpeas Could Add Sustainability To Cropping Systems

Posted October 11, 2005:

• Underlying Cause Of Massive Pinyon Pine Die-Off Revealed

Posted September 12, 2005:

• Bitter-Tasting Fescue Takes Over More Quickly With Help Of Plant-Eating Bugs, Animals

Posted August 19, 2005:

• Past Droughts Geographically Widespread In The West, According To Tree-Ring Data

Posted August 11, 2005:

• High Carbon Dioxide Levels Spur Southern Pines To Grow More Needles

Posted August 7, 2005:

• How Do You Get Plants To Grow On Mars? The First Step: Relieve Their Anxiety

Posted July 18, 2005:

• Genetic Discovery Could Lead To Drought-Resistant Plants

Posted July 14, 2005:

• Organic Farms Produce Same Yields As Conventional Farms

Posted June 19, 2005:

• USGS Scientists Document Widespread Increases In Streamflow And Changes In The Timing Of Snowmelt Over The Past 50 Years

Posted May 24, 2005:

• A Continent Split By Climate Change: New Study Projects Drought In Southern Africa, Rain In Sahel

Posted May 19, 2005:

• Marshes Tell Story Of Medieval Drought, Little Ice Age, And European Settlers Near NYC

Posted April 28, 2005:

• Drought To Persist In North America Due To La Niña

Posted March 28, 2005:

• Research Indicates No Relief For Drought, Fire Concerns

Posted February 23, 2005:

• We're Here, We're Warming, Can We Get Used To It?

Posted February 18, 2005:

• Tree-Ring Data Reveals Multiyear Droughts Unlike Any In Recent Memory

Posted February 4, 2005:

• Drought Reduces Nitrogen-Fixing In Legumes

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Drought's Growing Reach: NCAR Study Points To Global Warming As Key Factor

Posted January 4, 2005:

• NOAA Reports Wet, Warm Year For The U.S. In 2004
• Agricultural Research Service Diversifies Sunflower Traits

Posted November 23, 2004:

• UGA Researchers Explain Recent Decline In Georgia's Blue Crab Population

Posted November 22, 2004:

• Researchers Discover New Way to Boost Grain Crops' Drought Tolerance

Posted November 21, 2004:

• Space Sentinels Track Desertification On Mediterranean Shores

Posted October 18, 2004:

• Multi-Species Herbivore Outbreak Follows El Niño Drought In Panama

Posted October 8, 2004:

• Drought In The West Linked To Warmer Temperatures

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