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Global warming aided by drought, deforestation link

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 7

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.





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An estimated 4 percent of older US men have dry eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dry eye disease is common among American men older than 50 and increases with age, high blood pressure, benign prostate disease and the use of antidepressants, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, on ...


Taking a Bite of Antarctic Ice

Taking a Bite of Antarctic Ice

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Scientists with NASA’s IceBite project are heading this week for University Valley, a hanging valley perched more than 1600 feet (more than 1 mile) above sea level in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys. Their ...


Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.


FDA to study negative effects of Lasik eye surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Thursday to study the scope of problems connected with laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes.


Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Niño, climate change

Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries

Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 1

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 ...


The past matters to plants

The past matters to plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's commonly known that plants interact with each other on an everyday basis: they shade each other out or take up nutrients from the soil before neighboring plants can get them. Now, researchers ...


Strong regional climatic fluctuations in the tropics

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Climatic fluctuations close to the equator show a different pattern to climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic. In the tropics distinct 11500 year fluctuations between wet and dry periods can be clearly identified which ...


Plants may affect the effect of wildfires

Plants may affect the effect of wildfires

Biology / Ecology

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(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.


Giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin

Giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- A giant African lake basin is providing information about possible migration routes and hunting practices of early humans in the Middle and Late Stone Age periods, between 150,000 and 10,000 ...



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