News tagged with desert
W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
Climate Change, Nitrogen Loss Threaten Plant Life in Arid Desert Soils
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Mojave Desert winds howl across this hottest place in North America, blowing sands across Death Valley and through empty ghost towns, swirling across treeless land for hundreds of miles. ...
SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday.
Will Europe Be Powered by the Sahara
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe has long been interested in developing alternative energy sources. And, one of the more interesting places that some Europeans are looking for solar power is the Sahara. With the vast ...
African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled ...
Japanese car wins World Solar Challenge in Australia (w/ Video)
Oct 28, 2009 |
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A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour in a four-day race through Australia's desert Outback.
Japanese solar car leads race Down Under
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Japan's Tokai Challenger was on Monday leading a solar car race across the harsh Australian Outback, having covered about half of the 3,000 kilometre (1,860 mile) desert course, officials said.
Mauritana locust infestation spreading to Morocco: UN
Oct 16, 2009 |
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An invasion of crickets in Mauritania has spread to Morocco and the western Sahara, and could worsen if there is strong rainfall in coming weeks, the United Nations warned Friday.
Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Satellite tracking has allowed a research team to uncover the mysteries of the migration of Eleanora's falcon for the first time. In total, the bird flies more than 9,500 kilometres across the African continent ...
Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
Do dust particles curb climate change?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A knowledge gap exists in the area of climate research: for decades, scientists have been asking themselves whether, and to what extent man-made aerosols, that is, dust particles suspended ...
With an Eye on Locusts and Vegetation, Scientists Make a Good Tool Better
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Locusts, the grasshopper-like insects of Biblical lore, are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives in the desert, away from other members of their species. But sometimes, when ...
Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from, in a very rare finding published today ...
Robotics desert test provides NASA with new set of wheels for moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, for two weeks in the Arizona desert at Black Point Lava Flow, NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies group (Desert RATS) conducts technology development tests in anticipation ...
NASA Concludes Lunar Robotics Tests in Arizona
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers.
