A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found.
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2020
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NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product. While maps of current dry/wet conditions for ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2020
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Flash droughts are a type of extreme event distinguished by rapid intensification of drought conditions with severe impacts. They unfold on subseasonal to seasonal timescales (weeks to months), presenting a new challenge ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2020
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Hotter and drier El Niño events are having an alarming effect on biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest and further add to a disturbing global insect collapse, scientists show.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2020
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Using an innovative genome sequencing technology, researchers assembled the complete genetic blueprint of two basmati rice varieties, including one that is drought-tolerant and resistant to bacterial disease. The findings, ...
Biotechnology
Feb 5, 2020
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In the wake of a devastating wildfire, burnt land has a respite before the next blaze. But until now, no one has known just how long that effect lasted across the US West. Researchers from the University of Colorado Denver ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2020
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The new study, led by scientists from the universities of Bristol and Essex and published today in Current Biology, challenge the established view of the origin of plants on land, and reveal that compared to the origin of ...
Evolution
Jan 16, 2020
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The critical tipping point for the Amazon rainforest has arrived, and an ecological disaster could be in the making if drastic actions aren't taken immediately.
Environment
Dec 23, 2019
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Scorching temperatures and parched earth are no match for the sorghum plant—this cereal crop, native to Africa and Australia, will remain green and productive, even under conditions that would render other plants brown, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2019
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Extreme drought's impact on plants will become more dominant under future climate change, as noted in a paper out today in the journal Nature Climate Change. Analysis shows that not only will droughts become more frequent ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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