News tagged with dry seasons

Tree frogs chill out to collect precious water

Research published in the October issue of The American Naturalist shows that Australian green tree frogs survive the dry season with the help of the same phenomenon that fogs up eyeglasses in the winter.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social networking elephants never forget

Asian elephants typically live in small, flexible, social groups centered around females and calves while adult males roam independently. However, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology sh ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | 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

Amazon carbon sink threatened by drought

The Amazon is surprisingly sensitive to drought, according to new research conducted throughout the world's largest tropical forest. The 30-year study, published today in Science, provides the first solid evidence that d ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 2