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Soon more heat stress in cities?

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have conducted a global study of the effects persistent heatwaves can have on cities. The results reveal that the frequency of summer heat stress could increase ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes, researchers find

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Without this ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fires in Amazon challenge emission reduction program

Fire occurrence rates in the Amazon have increased in 59% of areas with reduced deforestation and risks cancelling part of the carbon savings achieved by UN measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a spontaneous-combustion ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a tree in the forest. The tree "inhales" carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, transforming that greenhouse gas into the building materials and energy it needs to grow its branches and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2