News tagged with vegetation cover

New map shows makeup of British landscape

Scientists have released a digital map that shows in unprecedented detail the mosaic of vegetation and land-cover types that makes up the British landscape.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu

The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.

Biology /

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LiDAR technology reveals faults near Lake Tahoe

Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking endangered elephants with satellite technology

A hundred years ago wild elephants on the Malay Peninsular could be counted in their thousands — now there are less than 1500. Over the last century around 50 per cent of forest cover in Peninsular Malaysia ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forest recovering from Mt. St. Helens explosion: research (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Mt. St. Helens exploded 32 years ago on May 18. It began with a small series of earthquakes and culminated with the volcano erupting, a cataclysmic collapse of the flank of the mountain and the largest landslide ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Southern pine beetle impacts on forest ecosystems

Research by USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists shows that the impacts of recent outbreaks of southern pine beetle further degraded shortleaf pine-hardwood forest ecosystems in the southern Appalachian ...

Biology / Ecology

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

Foxconn shows off changes at factory campus

The global controversy surrounding the treatment of assembly-line workers who manufacture iPhones and iPads - and just about every other consumer device - is triggering an unprecedented effort by Apple Inc. and its chief ...

Technology / Business

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

Painted ancient Maya numbers reflect calendar reaching well beyond 2012 (w/ Video)

A vast city built by the ancient Maya and discovered nearly a century ago is finally starting to yield its secrets.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Long-term monitoring shows 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain

Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Protection sought for rare woodpecker

(AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trees help you breathe more easily

Research by the University of Birmingham has contributed to The Woodland Trust's new Urban Air Quality report. Published in collaboration with Lancaster University, the report highlights how considered planting of trees and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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

Oil palm surging source of greenhouse gas emissions

Continued expansion of industrial-scale oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo will become a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 unless strong forest and peatland protections are enacted and enforced, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7


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