The Sahara olive tree: A genetic heritage to be preserved
Genetic analysis calls for the protection of two highly endangered Portuguese fish species
Sleator lab identifies single point mutation in Listeria monocytogenes
The bacterial foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis—a debilitating disease linked with ~2,500 illnesses and more than 500 deaths per annum in the US alone. A characteristic featur ...
Mar 12, 2013
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Study provides new insights on drought predictions in East Africa
(Phys.org)—With more than 40 million people living under exceptional drought conditions in East Africa, the ability to make accurate predictions of drought has never been more important. In the aftermath ...
Jan 18, 2013
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Self-filling water bottle takes cues from desert beetle
(Phys.org)—Biomimicry is the term given to using nature as an inspiration for sustainable technology ideas, and a young company has joined the biomimicry brigade with its prototype self filling water bottle, ...
Nov 25, 2012
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Degraded military lands to get ecological boost from CU-led effort
Some arid lands in the American West degraded by military exercises that date back to General George Patton's Word War II maneuvers in the Mojave Desert should get a boost from an innovative research project ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Camel DNA shows secrets of hump-backed survivor
Scientists in China said on Tuesday they had sequenced the DNA of the wild bactrian camel, a threatened species with an extraordinary ability to survive in extreme conditions.
Nov 13, 2012
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Experimenting with the effects of climate change on mountain pastures
What will a warmer, drier climate do to the legendary quality of Swiss cheese? To address this and other questions, researchers from EPFL and Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil had small flocks of sheep graze ...
Sep 12, 2012
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Disappearing grasslands: Scientists to study dramatic environmental change
The Earth's grasslands and savannas are experiencing a major transformation as woody plants, such as trees and shrubs, have begun to dominate arid lands around the globe. While ecologists document this dramatic ...
Jun 22, 2012
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Competition for grazing threatens rare zebra species
Solar-powered plane to fly to Moroccan desert
The Swiss sun-powered plane Solar Impulse is preparing to take off Wednesday from Rabat to southern Morocco's desert region in its first, and potentially dangerous, flight in a hot and arid climate.
Jun 12, 2012
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Ticks can adapt to the Spain's climatic diversity
New record from stalagmites shows climate history in Central Asia
The climate in Central Asia, currently a semiarid region, has varied over the past 500,000 years. An accurate record of the past climate can help scientists understand current climate and better predict how the climate may ...
Jan 31, 2012
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Hydrogels help grasses grow on remote, arid rangelands
Scientists find evidence of Roman period megadrought
A new study at the UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has revealed a previously unknown multi-decade drought period in the second century A.D. The findings give evidence that extended periods of aridity ...
Nov 04, 2011
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