News tagged with daytime temperature
Taking the heat: Asian elephants simply 'ride out' high daytime heat load
Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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High grasshopper populations require precautions for fall and winter crops
Grasshopper populations increased dramatically in Montana from 2007 to 2010, from one million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2007, to 17 million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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ESA helps make summer in the city more bearable
As temperatures soar, scientists have been collecting data amid the ancient ruins that symbolise the birthplace of western culture. These data, combined with measurements from aircraft and satellites, promise ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Daily temperature shifts may alter malaria patterns
Daytime temperature fluctuations greatly alter the incubation period of malaria parasites in mosquitoes and alter transmission rates of the disease. Consideration of these fluctuations reveals a more accurate picture of climate ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). It is also the smallest rocky ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 02, 2009 |
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