News tagged with climbing plants
'Green curtains' block heat, save energy
A growing number of people are turning to nature to help them save electricity this summer, creating so-called green curtains of climbing plants.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Climbing to new heights in the forest canopy: Questions remain after Darwin's own interest (w/ Video)
With summer in full swing, many plants are at their peak bloom and climbing plants, like clematis, morning glories, and sweet peas, are especially remarkable. Not only are these plants beautiful, but their ability to climb ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Study ups plant CO2 intake estimates
Plants may be able to limit the impact of our CO2 emissions even more than we previously thought, an innovative new experiment suggests.
May 21, 2012 |
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Plants disappear as a result of climate changes: study
Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions. This is shown by new research involving biologists from the University of Gothenburg, the results of which are now being publishing ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Radiation risks from Fukushima are likely to be less than for Chernobyl
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radiation exposures to the public in Japan from meltdowns at three Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reactors in the wake of last year’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and 45-foot tsunami ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Floor of oldest forest discovered in Schoharie County
Scientists from Binghamton University and Cardiff University, and New York State Museum researchers, and have reported the discovery of the floor of the world's oldest forest in a cover article in the March ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers
(AP) -- Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes ...
Feb 18, 2012 |
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Looking for work? There may be an app for that
(AP) -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
(PhysOrg.com) -- They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that “bat flies” have ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Dung beetle dance provides crucial navigation cues
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dung beetle dance, performed as the dung beetle moves away from the dung pile with his precious dung ball, is a mechanism to maintain the desired straight-line departure from the pile, ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Apple discloses suppliers for the first time
(AP) -- Apple has disclosed a list of its suppliers for the iPhone, iPad and other popular gadgets for the first time amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices, especially in China.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff
(AP) -- Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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