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Large Differences in the Climate Impact of Biofuels, Swedish Research Finds
November 15, 2011 — When biomass is combusted the carbon that once was bound in the growing tree is released into the atmosphere. For this reason, bioenergy is often considered carbon dioxide neutral. Research from ... > full story -
Trees Adapt to Poor Levels of Sunlight to Effectively Process Carbon, Study Shows
November 15, 2011 — In Europe, forests appear evergreen even in the cloudiest conditions, while the lush interiors of Asian jungles are typically overshadowed by a dense canopy. The ability of trees to adapt to light ... > full story -
Trees on Tundra's Border Are Growing Faster in a Hotter Climate
November 10, 2011 — Evergreen trees at the edge of Alaska's tundra are growing faster, suggesting that at least some forests may be adapting to a rapidly warming climate, says a new study. While forests elsewhere are ... > full story -
Fundamental Discovery Casts Enzymes in New Light
November 9, 2011 — A tree outside an office window provided the inspiration for a discovery that may ultimately lead to drugs with fewer side effects, less expensive biofuels and ... > full story -
Sequencing 1,000 Fungal Genomes
November 7, 2011 — A 79-year-old collection of fungal cultures will aid in the sequencing 1,000 fungal genomes in the next 5 ... > full story -
Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Megadrought in Southwestern U.S.
November 6, 2011 — A new study has revealed a previously unknown multi-decade drought period in the second century A.D. The findings give evidence that extended periods of aridity have occurred at intervals throughout ... > full story -
Critical Step to Opening Elusive Class of Compounds to Drug Discovery
November 6, 2011 — Taxanes are a family of compounds that includes one of the most important cancer drugs ever discovered, Taxol, among other cancer treatments. But the difficulty producing these complex molecules in ... > full story -
Tropical Forests Fertilized by Nitrogen Air Pollution, Scientists Find
November 3, 2011 — Scientists braved ticks and a tiger to discover how human activities have perturbed the nitrogen cycle in tropical forests. Studies at two remote Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory ... > full story -
Climate Change Causing Massive Movement of Tree Species Across the West
November 3, 2011 — A huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they ... > full story -
Wetlands: Drying Intensifying Wildfires, Carbon Release Ninefold, Study Finds
November 1, 2011 — Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new ... > full story
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