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AgriLife Research breeder develops drought-tolerant corn
At the end of the day, drought tolerance in corn has to equate to good yields and good quality, not just good looks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. view more (2008-08-26)
Gene developed through conventional breeding to improve cowpea aphid resistance
The cowpea or black-eyed pea, as it is more commonly known, is a New Year's tradition for good luck. But disease and particularly aphids, which can wreck a crop within a few a days, are especially bad luck for the cowpea, according to scientists. view more (2009-07-30)
Underlying cause of massive pinyon pine die-off revealed
The high heat that accompanied the recent drought was the underlying cause of death for millions of pinyon pines throughout the Southwest, according to new research. view more (2005-10-11)
Climate change threatens Amazonian small farmers
A six-year study of Amazonian small farmers and their responses to climate change shows the farmers are vulnerable to natural catastrophes and risky land use practices, say Indiana University Bloomington anthropologists Eduardo Brondizio and Emilio Moran. view more (2008-03-26)
Western prairies face impending water crisis
The Canadian prairies are facing an unprecedented water crisis due to a combination of climate warming, increase in human activity and historic drought. view more (2006-04-04)
Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions
People will soon be able to find out how vulnerable their own local area is to global warming, thanks to new techniques developed by scientists. view more (2005-11-28)
'Killer' Southeast Drought Low on Scale, Says Study
A 2005-2007 dry spell in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars of crops, drained municipal reservoirs and sparked legal wars among a half-dozen states-but the havoc came not from exceptional dryness but booming population and bad planning, says a new study. view more (2009-10-02)
Drought, urbanization were ingredients for Atlanta's perfect storm
On March 14, 2008, a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta, its 130 mile-per-hour winds ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome, blowing out office windows, and trashing parts of Centennial Olympic Park. view more (2009-03-12)
Biosphere 2 experiment shows how fast heat could kill drought-stressed trees
Widespread die-off of piñon pine across the southwestern United States during future droughts will occur at least five times faster if climate warms by 4 degrees Celsius, even if future droughts are no worse than droughts of the past century, scientists have discovered in experiments conducted at the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2. view more (2009-04-14)
Research Europe 25 April issue: stories on MEPs and ethics, the neutron drought, Grenoble genomics, research tax and primate facilities.
MEPs warned off FP6 ethics challenge MEPs have been warned that reopening the issue of ethics in Framework 6 will undermine the whole programme. The warning came during three-way negotiations between the Spanish presidency of the EU, MEPs and the Commission last week. The meetings are intended to resolve major differences between the positions of... view more... (2002-04-25)
Team led by Scripps Research and UC San Diego scientists reveals secrets of drought resistance
A team of biologists in California led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California (UC), San Diego has solved the structure of a critical molecule that helps plants survive during droughts. view more (2009-10-23)
NASA researchers find satellite data can warn of famine
A NASA researcher has developed a new method to anticipate food shortages brought on by drought. Molly Brown of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and her colleagues created a model using data from satellite remote sensing of crop growth and food prices. view more (2007-08-06)
UWE scientists find link between wilting plants and impotence
Researchers studying plant behaviour have discovered similarities between the processes preventing plants from wilting and humans from suffering impotence. Data recently published by the University of the West of England shows the same chemical chain of events is involved in both situations - and has led to an understanding of how water loss from... view more... (2002-02-21)
New strategy developed to combat West Nile Virus
The spread of West Nile Virus appears to be triggered by a complex interaction of mosquitoes, nesting birds and specific weather patterns, scientists say, which leads to "amplification" of the virus within mosquito populations. view more (2006-05-05)
Earth, Wind and Volcanoes - Disaster Science
Ash with Altitude "Volcanic ash, ejected into the stratosphere and spread horizontally by the winds, can cause serious damage to aircraft engines and sensors," says Dr Charles Sprinkle of the US National Weather Service. Modern jet engines operate at such high temperatures that volcanic ash ingested can melt, stick to the turbines and... view more... (1999-10-26)
New study links Western wildfires to Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures
Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic fire outbreaks in the past five centuries with periods of warming sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. view more (2006-12-27)
Perennial wheat research looks at options for producers
Perennial wheat? The possibility is being looked at by a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. view more (2006-11-29)
Seeing the wood for the trees: research reveals the survival secrets of forest trees
Species extinction or `biodiversity loss` has accelerated at an alarming rate over the past century. Although much of the blame has been laid at the door of human activity, biologists are looking at the factors that influence how species-particularly similar species-co-exist, in their efforts to better understand how the balance of species can be... view more... (2002-05-30)
Many weather factors needed for accurate climate change predictions
Current climate change impact models that consider only one weather variable, such as increasing temperature, sometimes spawn unsubstantiated doomsday predictions, according to researchers at Purdue and North Carolina universities. view more (2006-11-07)
Disease damages wheat roots, thwarts water uptake
Alterations in irrigation schedules may be needed when wheat streak mosaic infection is suspected in winter wheat crops, according to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher in Amarillo. view more (2006-03-02)
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