Search results for soil patterns:
Sophisticated soil analysis for improved land use
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 30, 2008 |
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Soil variation occurs across multiple geographic scales ranging from vast climatic regions of the Earth to a 50 acre farm field to the molecular world of soil nano-particles in a pinch of soil.
Changing climate will lead to devastating loss of phosphorus from soil
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Crop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true, according to research published this month in Biology an ...
ISU researcher works with European Space Agency to test moisture satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Europeans want to peek into our soil and see how dry we are. And an Iowa State University professor is eager to help, and even check their results.
First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2008 |
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A handful of soil is a lot like a banana, strawberry and apple smoothie: Blended all together, it is hard to tell what's in there, especially if you have never tasted the fruits before.
Studying Fertilizers to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that using alternative types of fertilizers can cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, at least in one part of the country. They are ...
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M University researcher ...
It's not just dirt!
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...
Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests
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May 14, 2007 |
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Looking at a rainforest it’s easy to see that there are hundreds of different tropical plant species that inhabit the forest. Although the patterns of plant distributions in tropical forests have been widely studied, the ...
Reducing Agriculture's Climate Change Footprint
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated fields may require going beyond cutting back on nitrogen fertilizer and changing crop rotation cycles, according to research by Agricultural ...
New digital map of Africa's depleted soils to offer insights critical for boosting food production
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the first-ever, detailed digital soil map for all 42 countries ...
Researchers examine role of soil patterns in dam restoration
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking at the site today, it's easy to forget that a dam and pond stood for 43 years on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Franbrook Farm Research Station in southwestern Wisconsin. All ...
When roots lose contact
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...
Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. ...
Microbe diet key to carbon dioxide release
Jul 31, 2008 |
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As microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet "balanced" in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the normal release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Patterns in Mars crater floors give picture of drying lakes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian past. ...
