News tagged with barren trees
Arkansas reclaims its status as the Bear State
(AP) -- The bear cub could be heard but remained unseen among the barren trees and dried leaves blanketing the forest floor.
Apr 25, 2009 |
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Neanderthal home made of mammoth bones discovered in Ukraine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Up till recently, most researchers studying Neanderthals had assumed they were simple wanderers, hiding out in caves when the weather got bad. Now however, the discovery of the underpinnings ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Growing something out of nothing
Fears of global warming and its impact on our environment have left scientists scrambling to decrease levels of atmospheric carbon we humans produce. Now, Tel Aviv University researchers are doing their part ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Restoring forests and planting trees on farms can greatly improve food security
Restoring and preserving dryland forests and planting more trees to provide food, fodder and fertilizer on small farms are critical steps toward preventing the recurrence of the famine now threatening millions of people in ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Plant remains link farming to landscape damage in Peru
A study of food remains from ancient settlement sites along the lower Ica valley in Peru, confirms earlier suggestions that farming undermined the natural vegetation so badly that eventually much of the area ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2011 |
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What makes leaves sprout in the spring?
If you’re in the lower latitudes of Canada right now, take a look outside. Most trees are in the process of sprouting their 2011 crop of leaves. Only a few weeks ago, they appeared barren ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Journey to the center of the Amazon
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth and home to millions of species. Yet, deforestation, or the clearing of forested areas, poses a threat to the livelihood of the forest.
May 05, 2011 |
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Loch fossils show life harnessed sun and sex early on
Remote lochs along the west coast of Scotland are turning up new evidence about the origins of life on land.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Back to the future with mummified trees
When in Quttinirpaaq National Park in the Canadian Arctic, Ohio State University Earth scientist Joel Barker initially spotted some pieces of dead trees scattered on the barren ground near a glacier. Immediately, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire in the upper Midwest
Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Lava spews 100 feet from Hawaii volcano's new vent
(AP) -- Glowing, red-orange lava is shooting into the sky, creating fiery rivers from the newest vent at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 08, 2011 |
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