Tag: Climate Change

Effects of salinity on carrot germplasm evaluated Salinity stress is considered one of the most important abiotic factors that limits ...

Droughts could hit aging power plants hard

Warmer, lower rivers from climate change might leave some US power plants high and dryCredit: Creative Commons DURHAM, N.C. -- ...

New tool maps a key food source for grizzly bears: huckleberries

Credit: Shane White Grizzly bears depend on huckleberries as a critical food source to fatten up before winter hibernation. When ...

Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Veronica’s stripped center along Australia coast

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Early on March 26, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to ...

UB chemist and materials scientist lands $675,000 NSF CAREER award

Timothy Cook will design self-assembling molecules and work with K-12 science teachers to create 3D-printed magnetic structures that self-assemble in ...

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Joaninha affecting Mauritius

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone ...

Land conservation helps local economies grow

New England-wide analysis shows gains in employment follow gains in land protection Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional ...

The sense of water — and nitrogen: Studies uncover genome-wide responses that limit crop growth

Discovery has implications for global food production, sustainable agriculture A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the ...

Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

Study reveals declines in distribution of many species of bees and hoverfliesCredit: Steven Falk Many insect pollinator species are disappearing ...

Sometimes it’s not good to be green

Greening of lakes will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: John A. Downing/Minnesota Sea Grant The good news is global and ...

Fossil barnacles, the original GPS, help track ancient whale migrations

Barnacles that hitchhiked aboard humpback whales tell of prehistoric yearly migrationsCredit: Larry Taylor, UC Berkeley Barnacles that hitch rides on ...

Satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Veronica along Australia coast

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) On March 25, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move ...

NASA finds heavy rainfall around Tropical Cyclone Joaninha’s center

Credit: JAXA/NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA calculated the rainfall rates occurring in Tropical Cyclone ...

Experts reveal that clouds have moderated warming triggered by climate change