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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows

As the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today, say ...  > full story

Airborne Nitrogen Shifts Aquatic Nutrient Limitation In Pristine Lakes

The impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and wide-spread use of fertilizers in agriculture ...  > full story

Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Researchers found that removing all of the trees from a section of the forest had a negative effect on amphibians during their later life cycles, but had ...  > full story

North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm

About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting ...  > full story
 

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