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Impulsive Micromanager Microbes Help Plants Adapt, Survive
August 14, 2012 — Soil microbes are impulsive. So much so that they help plants face the challenges of a rapidly changing climate. Biologists have studied how plants and microbes work together to help plants survive ... > full story -
Food Industry's High-Quality Co-Streams Used Effectively as Raw Material for New Products
August 13, 2012 — European, Canadian, African and Indian researchers are developing together new ways of using the substantial co-streams from fish and oil plant processing. Researchers aim to develop methods of ... > full story -
Urban Sun Corridor 4 Degrees Warmer?
August 12, 2012 — In the first study to attempt to quantify the impact of rapidly expanding megapolitan areas on regional climate, a team of researchers has established that local maximum summertime warming resulting ... > full story -
Global Water Sustainability Flows Through Natural and Human Challenges
August 9, 2012 — Water's fate in China mirrors problems across the world: fouled, pushed far from its natural origins, squandered and exploited. Scientists look back at lessons learned in China and management ... > full story -
Diversity Keeps Grasslands Resilient to Drought, Climate Change
August 8, 2012 — Grasslands should come out as the winner with increased periods and intensity of drought predicted in the ... > full story -
Leveraging Bacteria in Drinking Water to Benefit Consumers
August 8, 2012 — Contrary to popular belief, purified drinking water from home faucets contains millions to hundreds of millions of widely differing bacteria per gallon, and scientists have discovered a plausible way ... > full story -
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California's Hydropower Stations to Generate Less Electricity in Summer as Climate Warms
August 7, 2012 — California's hydropower is vulnerable to climate change, a scientist has advised policymakers. According to the scientist, if California loses snowpack under climate warming, high-elevation ... > full story -
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Using Wastewater as Fertilizer
August 7, 2012 — Sewage sludge, wastewater and liquid manure are valuable sources of fertilizer for food production. Researchers have now developed a chemical-free, eco-friendly process that enables the recovered ... > full story -
Crayfish Species Proves to Be the Ultimate Survivor
August 3, 2012 — Red swamp crayfish, known as one of the most successful invaders on Earth, is able to feed off the land as well as getting food from its usual source in the ... > full story -
Mapping the Future of Climate Change in Africa
August 2, 2012 — The African continent is especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change because it relies on rain-fed agriculture and many of its countries have a low adaptive capacity. The Climate Change and ... > full story
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