News tagged with water volume

Global sea level likely to rise as much as 70 feet for future generations

Even if humankind manages to limit global warming to 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends, future generations will have to deal with sea levels 12 to 22 meters (40 to 70 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (32) | comments 256 | with audio podcast

Is the Dead Sea dying?

The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Steroids control gas exchange in plants

Plants leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

River rises; Northwest wind farms, plants cut back

(AP) -- Wind farms and fossil-fuel power plants in the Pacific Northwest were all but shut down for five hours early Wednesday as the Columbia River basin's hydroelectric generators ran at full capacity and river managers ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1