News tagged with peat bogs
Russia battles fires in Siberia, Far East
Russia is battling wildfires spreading across Siberia and the Far East, with officials scrambling to prevent a disastrous repeat of last year's deadly blazes, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.
May 23, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Peat bog restoration methods may harm insect species
(PhysOrg.com) -- Traditional methods of restoring peat bogs may be doing more harm than good to the diversity of plant and animal life, research has found.
Jun 09, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Search results for peat bogs
Aerial survey reveals Exmoor's rare peatlands as never seen before
An unmanned aircraft has captured hundreds of images of Exmoor’s peatlands, revealing the condition of this rare environment as never seen before. Flying 300 metres above the ground, the state-of-the ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
More than 7,500-year-old fish traps found in Russia
A team of international archeologists, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has documented a series of more than 7,500-year-old fish seines and traps near Moscow. The equipment found, among the oldest in Europe, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Peatland carbon storage is stabilized against catastrophic release of carbon
Concerns that global warming may have a domino effect —unleashing 600 billion tons of carbon in vast expanses of peat in the Northern hemisphere and accelerating warming to disastrous proportions — ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
7
Worms among first animals to surface after K-T extinction event, study finds
A new study of sediments laid down shortly after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event that is linked to widespread global extinctions including the demise of big dinosaurs, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 11, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Caribou in Alberta's oil sands stressed by human activity, not wolves
Caribou have been dwindling in Alberta for several decades and some scientists believe they could be gone entirely in 70 years. In the area of the petroleum-rich Athabasca Oil Sands in the northern part of ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Life after Snowball Earth: New fossils suggest rapid recovery of life after global freeze
The first organisms to emerge after an ancient worldwide glaciation likely evolved hardy survival skills, arming themselves with tough exteriors to weather a frozen climate.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
The wetter the better for daddy longlegs - and birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping moorland soils wet could prove vital in conserving some of Britain's important upland breeding bird species – by protecting the humble daddy longlegs, according to new research.
Apr 05, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Resident bats use pitcher plant as toilet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The pitcher plants are carnivorous species that usually feed on insects and small vertebrates, but one species has been found that prefers to dine on the feces of bats.
Jan 27, 2011 |
4.9 / 5 (14) |
1
|
Forest plan hangs in balance at climate conference
(AP) -- Pedro Chuc May climbs a big zapote tree, braces himself against the trunk with a rope sling and uses his sharp machete to slash v-shaped cuts in the rough bark to let the tree's resin - the base for ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
The benefits of being bitter: How the cranberry's evolution made it a Thanksgiving staple
In the early days of the American Republic, one tiny, red fruit would become a fixture of the fall harvest and a mainstay of holiday meals. The cranberry -- one of only a few commercial fruits native to North ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (10) |
0
List of search results for peat bogs
