News tagged with great plains
Climate change and mountain building led to mammal diversity patterns
Travel from the tropics to the poles, and you'll notice that the diversity of mammals declines with distance from the equator. Move from lowland to mountains, and you'll see diversity increase as the landscape ...
May 05, 2010 |
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NASA satellite movie shows Great Plains tornado outbreak from space
Satellite data gives forecasters a leg up on severe weather. NASA has just released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains tornado outbreak, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Volcanic destruction? Not always
For many, the story of Pompeii defines what happens when a volcano erupts: It destroys everything in its path and kills everyone who cannot escape.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Research offers important clues about grasshopper population explosions
Literature and films have left us with vivid images of the grasshopper plagues that devastated the Great Plains in the 1870s. Although commonly referred to as grasshoppers, the infestations were actually by ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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No-till farming improves soil stability
A joint Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-multi-university study across the central Great Plains on the effects of more than 19 years of various tillage practices shows that no-till makes soil much more stable than plowed ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Great Plains river basins threatened by pumping of aquifers
Suitable habitat for native fishes in many Great Plains streams has been significantly reduced by the pumping of groundwater from the High Plains aquifer – and scientists analyzing the water loss say ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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A new twist on tornado study
Funny thing about tornadoes. When they ought to drop out of the sky, they usually don't. Despite all the radar looking for them, no one quite knows when or where they'll appear.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 12, 2009 |
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Record snowfalls causing high waters in Great Plains
Summers on the Great Plains are usually characterized by a lack of water. But flooding in several states has reversed that trend -- and it might not be the last of the high waters for 2011, according to a Kansas State University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2011 |
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New technologies, tires reconstruct ancient bison hunts
UA researchers are looking for, among other things, how fire changed the landscape of the Northern Great Plains as ancient hunters went after big game.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 02, 2011 |
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