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November 7, 2016
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November 7, 2016

Remarkably Diverse Flora in Utah, USA, Trains Scientists for Future Missions on Mars

June 9, 2016 — Future manned missions to the Mars will rely heavily on training at sites here on Earth that serve as analogues to the red planet, such Utah's Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), run by the ... read more

Saharan Dust Affects Marine Bacteria, Potential Pathogen Vibrio

May 9, 2016 — Iron can be hard to hard to come by in open marine waters -- except each summer, when atmospherically transported dust from north Africa's Sahara Desert provides pulses of biologically important ... read more

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Will Help and Hurt Crops

May 4, 2016 — Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere may increase water-use efficiency in crops and considerably mitigate yield losses due to climate change, according to a new ... read more

Sentinel-3A Feels the Heat

Apr. 6, 2016 — Despite only being in orbit a matter of weeks, Sentinel-3A has already delivered some impressive first images. With the thermal-infrared channels now turned on, the satellite completes its set of ... read more

Shifting Sands on Mars

Apr. 4, 2016 — Researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues ... read more

Palaeosol Loess Shed Light on Early Pleistocene Climate in Western Arid Central Asia

Mar. 30, 2016 — The transition from shallow marine sediments to loess deposits at ~2.4 Ma in the northeastern Iranian Golestan Province documents a dramatic change in the early Pleistocene from a region with a ... read more

Desert Mangroves Are Major Source of Carbon Storage, Study Shows

Mar. 28, 2016 — Short, stunted mangroves living along the coastal desert of Baja California store up to five times more carbon below ground than their lush, tropical counterparts, researchers have found. The new ... read more

Micro-Sanctuaries Key to Survival of Wildlife in Human-Dominated Landscapes

Mar. 25, 2016 — Maintaining even the tiniest wildlife sanctuaries will help preserve some biodiversity in increasingly urbanized landscapes, a new report ... read more

Water Flow in Mediterranean Rivers to Fall by 34 Percent by the End of the Century, Study Predicts

Mar. 17, 2016 — The rising global average temperature induced by climate change will cause regions such as the Mediterranean Basin to become drier and more arid, in turn directly affecting the availability of water, ... read more

Scientists Using Crowdfunding to Sequence the Genome of Joshua Tree

Mar. 14, 2016 — Joshua trees are the iconic species of the Mojave Desert, the hottest and driest desert region of North America. Now scientists report that modern genetic tools could save the ancient icon, which are ... read more

Desert Cactus Purifies Contaminated Water for Aquaculture, Drinking and More

Mar. 14, 2016 — Farm-grown fish are an important source of food with significant and worldwide societal and economic benefits, but the fish that come from these recirculating systems can have unpleasant tastes and ... read more

Enhanced Levels of Carbon Dioxide Are Likely Cause of Global Dryland Greening, Study Says

Feb. 16, 2016 — Enhanced levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are a likely key driver of global dryland greening, according to a new paper. After analyzing 45 studies from eight countries, researchers concluded the ... read more

Southwest Sliding Into a New Normal: Drier Conditions

Feb. 4, 2016 — The weather patterns that typically bring moisture to the Southwest are becoming more rare, an indication that the region is sliding into the drier climate state predicted by global models, according ... read more

Microbial Heat Islands Found in the Desert

Jan. 20, 2016 — Deserts are often thought of as barren places where not much is afoot. But that view is being altered as new research keeps revealing the intricate ecological dynamics of deserts as they change ... read more

Future of Arctic May Depend on Permafrost

Jan. 19, 2016 — Whether the vast Arctic will retain its icy past or might instead become a dry landscape could hinge on something of an obscure nature – permafrost – according to a new ... read more

Poison Warmed Over: Climate Change May Hurt Animals' Ability to Live on Toxic Plants

Jan. 12, 2016 — Ehen temperatures get warmer, woodrats suffer a reduced ability to live on their normal diet of toxic creosote, suggesting that global warming may hurt plant-eating animals, report ... read more

UAE Desert Sand Can Store Solar Energy Up to 1000°c

Jan. 4, 2016 — Researchers have successfully demonstrated that desert sand from the UAE could be used in concentrated solar power (CSP) facilities to store thermal energy up to 1000°C. The research project called ... read more

Researchers Link Climate-Induced Disasters, Food Security Across Time, Place

Dec. 28, 2015 — Societal vulnerability to food shortage causes susceptibility to dangerous outcomes from climate challenges, new research confirms. This research shows that social factors like limited networks and ... read more

Quick Clean-Up: New Process Turns Decades Into Hours for Mining-Water Purification

Dec. 10, 2015 — Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations -- 25 to 50 years on average -- leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless. Now, ... read more

Vision Researcher Links Environmental Change to Eye Health Hazards

Dec. 8, 2015 — Another reason to worry about climate change: Expanding areas of arid land, air pollution, and greater exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation all present potential health hazards to your eyes, ... read more
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