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How does climate change affect ferns and fog on the forest floor?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ferns play an important role in California's redwood forests by transferring moisture from fog to the forest floor -- even when it's not raining. If these plants can successfullly adapt to ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists study global warming's effect on California redwoods

Two of his colleagues dangled on ropes 100 feet above from the gnarled branches of a giant sequoia tree. Steve Sillett could hardly contain his excitement.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Fog has declined in past century along California's redwood coast

California's coastal fog has decreased significantly over the past 100 years, potentially endangering coast redwood trees dependent on cool, humid summers, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast




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SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5B, extending cloud push

(AP) -- Business software maker SAP AG on Tuesday said it will buy Ariba Inc., which makes Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online, for about $4.51 billion.

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Activision, EA settle lawsuit over execs' leaving

(AP) -- The legal battle between gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. is over, with the companies announcing they have settled a case that accused EA of improperly recruiting two ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups

To get the true measure of what's often called "The Facebook Effect," look beyond the company. Generally ignored in the klieg lights focused on Facebook's IPO is a growing ecosystem of other startups that are using the social ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jury deadlocks on key issue in Google-Oracle trial

A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact of its finding that Google relied on another company's technology to build its ...

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shutterfly stock flies on Eastman Kodak deal

(AP) -- Shutterfly's stock climbed after the online photo publishing company emerged as the sole and thus the likely winning bidder for Eastman Kodak's online photo services business.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ancestry.com acquiring Archives.com for $100M

(AP) -- Ancestry.com Inc. will acquire rival family history website Archives.com for about $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities, the companies announced Wednesday.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google CEO Page gets grilled in Oracle trial (Update)

(AP) -- Google CEO Larry Page spent nearly an hour in a federal courtroom Wednesday deflecting questions about his role in a copyright dispute over some of the technology in his company's Android software ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oracle skewers Google as Android trial opens

Oracle began Monday trying to convince a jury that Google's top executives have long known that they stole a key piece of technology to build the Android software that now powers more than more than 300 million smartphones ...

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Probing Question: What causes trees to be diseased?

From the delicate cherry blossoms of Washington, D.C. to the towering redwoods of northern California, many towns and institutions across the nation are known and loved for their iconic trees. Count the majestic ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Micron, Oracle settle lawsuit over chip prices

(AP) -- Micron Technology Inc. has settled a lawsuit in which Oracle Corp. accused the Idaho memory chipmaker and other companies of artificially inflating prices for microchips.

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created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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