News tagged with nevada
Carnivorous plants losing ground in the U.S.
"This is the easy part," says Barry Rice, half-sliding, half-falling down a ravine through a latticework of dead branches.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Fox spit helped Forest Service confirm rare find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three weeks ago, when U.S. Forest Service biologists thought they had found a supposedly extinct fox in the mountains of central California, they turned to UC Davis for confirmation.
Sep 03, 2010 |
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The Flight of Migrating Microbes
Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Like fireflies, earthquakes may fire in synchrony
In nature, random signals often fall mysteriously in step. Fireflies flashing sporadically in early evening soon flash together, and the same harmonic behavior can be seen in chirping crickets, firing neurons, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2010 |
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New insights into how deadly amphibian disease spreads and kills
Scientists have unraveled the dynamics of a deadly disease that is wiping out amphibian populations across the globe.
May 10, 2010 |
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Giant Sequoias Yield Longest Fire History from Tree Rings
(PhysOrg.com) -- California's western Sierra Nevada had more frequent fires between 800 and 1300 than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a new study led by Thomas W. Swetnam, director of UA's ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog's site fidelity may lead to further decline
USDA Forest Service researchers found that site fidelity, the tendency to return to previously occupied habitats, is strong in the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog. Research showed how the cumulative effects of a changing ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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American pika are thriving in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin
New research addressing climate change questions, a priority focus of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, documents that American pika in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin are thriving ...
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Butterflies seek higher ground to escape warmer temperatures
A study of beleaguered butterflies in California provides some of the best clues yet as to how other animals may react to climate change, scientists say.
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Slope Construction Methods Impact Ecology Differently
Recent low temperatures and massive snow storms may have skiers ready for the slopes, but it's unlikely that a long run through fresh powder makes skiers question how the run was created.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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New research suggests Sierra Nevadas older than previously thought
The Sierra Nevada mountain range reached its present height 50 million years ago -- 30 million years earlier than geologists once believed, according to a new study.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Fossil Leaves Depict Warm, High Sierra Nevada Mountains in Ancient Past
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Yale University geologists has reconstructed the climate and elevation of California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains using organic materials derived from ancient leaves and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Ski Runs Are Not Created Equal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building a new ski run by bulldozing a mountainside rather than only cutting its shrubs and trees is far more damaging ecologically, yet might offer only a week's earlier start to the downhill season, says ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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California's troubled waters: Satellite-based findings reveal major groundwater loss in Central Valley (w/ Video)
New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevada - have lost nearly ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought
(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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