News tagged with natural vegetation
Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife?
Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig have developed a way to ...
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Small dams need better management
Many small dams around the world are poorly maintained and represent a safety hazard, according to Pisaniello et al. Better oversight of small dams is needed, the authors argue. The researchers reviewed literature, conducted ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Alternative jet fuels cut particulate matter emissions
Conventional jet fuel mixed with alternative fuels has been shown to cut particulate matter emissions from a plane's engine by nearly 40 percent, according to a recent study by researchers at Missouri University of Science ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Use of GBIF helps clarify environment-species links
Analysis of a massive set of mammal data accessed through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data Portal has helped quantify the influence of various environmental factors on which species are present in ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Diversity of cabbage species explained
The cabbage family is well-represented in the vegetable section of the supermarket. The cauliflower, red cabbage and broccoli found there were all bred from the cabbage species Brassica oleraciea. Its sister species Brassica ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land: study
In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland could be a more effective way to conserve wild species than trying to grow crops and conserve nature on the same land, ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Genome sequence of mesopolyploid crop Brassica rapa could improve important agricultural crops
An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage variety of a plant called Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape. The research, which is published today (28 August) in the journa ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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How do native Hawaiian birds survive in a fragmented forest?
(PhysOrg.com) -- When humans cohabit with Mother Nature, they tend to leave footprints behind. They fragment the natural forest landscape into patches of trees and other vegetation separated by the diverse ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Plant remains link farming to landscape damage in Peru
A study of food remains from ancient settlement sites along the lower Ica valley in Peru, confirms earlier suggestions that farming undermined the natural vegetation so badly that eventually much of the area ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Researchers predict locations for deer vs. car collisions
University of Alberta researchers have produced a map of Edmonton predicting the most likely locations where vehicles will collide with deer. These collisions can be fatal for drivers and their passengers. The hot spots for ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Sugarcane cools climate
Brazilians are world leaders in using biofuels for gasoline. About a quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be emitted ...
Apr 17, 2011 |
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Conserving nature and dollars: Delivering cost-effective biodiversity protection
A more flexible approach to the expansion of protected area systems could ultimately protect much more biodiversity for the same budget according to a new paper in the scientific journal Nature. Lead author Dr Richard Fuller ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Smaller plants punch above their weight in the forest
New findings from Queen's University biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports
German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2009 |
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