News tagged with dry climate

Water hits and sticks: Findings challenge a century of assumptions about soil hydrology

Researchers have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate such as the Pacific Northwest are incorrect - and that a century of research based on ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

6,000-year climate record suggests longer droughts, drier climate for Pacific Northwest

University of Pittsburgh-led researchers extracted a 6,000-year climate record from a Washington lake that shows that the famously rain-soaked American Pacific Northwest could not only be in for longer dry ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Garden of Eden: Paradise lost -- and found

Ancient gardens are the stuff of legend, from the Garden of Eden to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Heidelberg University in Germany, have uncovered ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Study finds that the Dead Sea almost dried up over 100,000 years ago

Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's surface heralded for its medicinal properties, has been a source of ecological concern for years. Now a drilling project led by ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop crop for livestock in dry climates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working with international partners to develop new forage crop for the hot and dry climate of regions such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Underground water reservoirs for the Jordan Valley

Water scarcity in the lower Jordan valley is extreme and political differences among the neighboring countries are high. To supply the population living in this region with sufficient clean water, Israeli, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Atmospheric origin of Martian interior layered deposits: Links to climate change and the global sulfur cycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) have proposed a new hypothesis to explain a class of enigmatic geologic features on Mars that have ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australia drought-free for first time in a decade

Australia said it would be officially drought-free next week for the first time in more than a decade, providing relief for struggling farmers.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

DNA analysis reveals the prime stock of Indonesian cattle

DNA analysis shows that Indonesian zebu cattle have a unique origin with banteng (Bos javanicus) as part of their ancestry.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0