News tagged with alpine plants
Climate change is altering mountain vegetation at large scale, European research says
The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest since global climate has been measured, and while localized studies have shown evidence of changes in mountain plant communities that reflect this warming trend, ...
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Short-lived seed of alpine plants
Scientists from the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership have found that the seeds of alpine plants are shorter lived than their lowland relatives. This will have implications for seed conservation strategies ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Accelerated snowmelt--precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains--changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to results ...
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Sediments from the Enol lake reveal more than 13,500 years of environmental history
A team of Spanish researchers have used different geological samples, extracted from the Enol lake in Asturias, to show that the Holocene, a period that started 11,600 years ago, did not have a climate as ...
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Feb 03, 2012 |
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Genetics of Arctic plants under serious threat from climate change, study says
A new EU study by a team of Austrian, French and Norwegian researchers has found that rising temperatures as a result of climate change will have differing genetic consequences within single Arctic plant species. ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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New study may answer questions about enigmatic Little Ice Age
A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study appears to answer contentious questions about the onset and cause of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures that began after the Middle Ages ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Shadow over Kyoto Protocol threatens UN climate talks
A new round of UN climate talks opens in South Africa next Monday, testing global resolve to tackle what scientists warn is a time bomb with an ever-shorter fuse.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains enigma unraveled in East Antarctica
The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet – a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 – is finally solved. The remarkably ...
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Studying grizzly bears' picnic
Armed with a coffee grinder and a lot of questions, a University of Alberta graduate student is uncovering the mysteries of a humble root that is vital to grizzly bear survival.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Researchers participate in network science to challenge long-held ecological theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down general principles explaining why some habitats have so many more plant and animal species than others. Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Over the hump: Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory
For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down principles explaining why some habitats have many more plant and animal species than others.
Sep 22, 2011 |
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A sea change, deep under Antarctic waters
The frigid seabottom off Antarctica holds a surprising riot of life: colorful carpets of sponges, starfish, sea cucumbers and many other soft, bottom-dwelling animals,shown on images from robotic ...
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Shrub reveals the secrets of climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an Australian first, scientists from The Australian National University and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage have uncovered a new way of identifying 300 years of climatic changes ...
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Sep 08, 2011 |
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