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DNA analysis reveals the prime stock of Indonesian cattle
May 13, 2009 |
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DNA analysis shows that Indonesian zebu cattle have a unique origin with banteng (Bos javanicus) as part of their ancestry.
Phytoplankton is changing along the Antarctic Peninsula
Mar 12, 2009 |
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As the cold, dry climate of the western Antarctic Peninsula becomes warmer and more humid, phytoplankton - the bottom of the Antarctic food chain - is decreasing off the northern part the peninsula and increasing further ...
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Great Lakes water level sensitive to climate change
Jan 13, 2009 |
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The water level in the Great Lakes has varied by only about two meters during the last century, helping them to play a vital role in the region's shipping, fishing, recreation and power generation industries.
Plants may affect the effect of wildfires
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising temperatures may lead to more tinder-dry vegetation, but that doesn't mean there will be a higher risk for wildfires in a particular area.
Climate change may kill the Amazon rainforest
Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The dieback of the Amazonian forests caused by climate change is not inevitable but remains a distinct possibility, according to a study led by the Professor of Ecosystem Science at Oxford. ...
Global warming aided by drought, deforestation link
Dec 08, 2008 |
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In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist.
Local climate influences dengue transmission
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that dengue transmission in Puerto Rico is dependent upon local climate and short-term ...
Plants could override climate change effects on wildfires
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The increase in warmer and drier climates predicted to occur under climate change scenarios has led many scientists to also predict a global increase in the number of wildfires. But a new ...
Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries
Apr 20, 2009 |
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The Colorado River system supplies water to tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland, and has never experienced a delivery shortage. But if human-caused climate change continues to make ...
Ecologists question effects of climate change on infectious diseases
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Recent research has predicted that climate change may expand the scope of human infectious diseases. A new review, however, argues that climate change may have a negligible effect on pathogens or even reduce their ranges. ...
In the warming West, climate most significant factor in fanning wildfires' flames
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The recent increase in area burned by wildfires in the Western United States is a product not of higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone, but a complex relationship between climate and fuels that varies among different ...
Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A high-speed chase across the Panama Canal in a Boston Whaler may sound like the beginning of another James Bond film—but the protagonist of this story brandishes a butterfly net and studies the effects of ...
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