News tagged with availability
How plants chill out
Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Breath of the Earth: Cycling carbon through terrestrial ecosystems
Two recent international studies are poised to change the way scientists view the crucial relationship between Earth's climate and the carbon cycle. These reports explore the global photosynthesis and respiration ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Researchers uncover new function for cell master regulator
(PhysOrg.com) -- TORC1 is a master regulator in cells, playing a key role in such diverse processes as gene expression and protein synthesis. While previous studies have described the role that TORC1 plays ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Warming to devastate glaciers, Antarctic icesheet - studies
Global warming may wipe out three-quarters of Europe's alpine glaciers by 2100 and hike sea levels by four metres (13 feet) by the year 3000 through melting the West Antarctic icesheet, two studies published ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2011 |
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Food availability sees men put on a stone in weight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Greater food availability and less exercise made the average man in the year 2000 over a stone heavier than he was in 1986, Oxford University research has shown.
Dec 27, 2010 |
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New energy in search for future wind
Scientists are taking the first steps to improve estimates of long-term wind speed changes for the fast-growing wind energy sector, intended to reduce the risks for generators in a changing climate.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 22, 2011 |
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China and India: Neighbors need to collaborate for sake of global environment
With large and growing economies and populations, China and India will strongly influence the quality of the global environment for years to come. While their political relationship is strained, it's critical ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Regional models expect drier, stormier western United States
As American southwestern states struggle against ongoing drought, and the Northwest braces for a projected shift from a snow- to a rain-dominated hydrological system, climate researchers strive to provide precipitation projections ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2012 |
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New tool developed to assess global freshwater stress
A new method to make better use of vast amounts of data related to global geography, population and climate may help determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change.
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Scientists predict where seabirds forage
Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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New online energy harvesting data repository launched
Energy data from sources such as human motion, wind speeds and light irradiance that could be used to power wireless electronic devices is being made available to the world's scientific community, thanks to ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Rapid growth in adolescence leads to fewer offspring, biologists find
University of California, Riverside biologists working on guppies - small freshwater fish that have been the subject of long-term studies - report that rapid growth responses to increased food availability ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Mites form friendly societies
For plant-inhabiting predatory mites, living among familiar neighbors reduces stress. This allows individuals to focus on other tasks and be more productive, in particular while they are foraging. The new study by Markus ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Lord of the tree rings
Trees are outstanding historians. In fact, scientists dating back to Leonardo da Vinci recognized the value of trees. While others had figured out that you could determine the age of a tree by counting its ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Wireless sensors to improve Sierra snowpack measurements
More than half of the water used in California for farming and drinking and other everyday uses comes by way of runoff from the Sierra Nevada, and gauging the amount of snow there and predicting how much runoff ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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