News tagged with fire regimes
Managing fire and biodiversity
A 23-year study of dry sclerophyll forests in south-eastern NSW has thrown new light on the role of fire in the landscape.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Pilbara mistletoe faces sub-regional extinction
A new study from the Department of Environment and Conservation suggests long-term modern fire regimes could pose a threat to WA mistletoes (Loranthaceae sp).
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Comet impact theory disproved
New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that travelled across North America at hundreds of kilometres per hour and triggering ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009 |
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New study evaluates impact of land use activity in the Amazon basin
A new paper published today in Nature reveals that human land use activity has begun to change the regional water and energy cycles-the interplay of air coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, water transpiration by the forest ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain of fire blight that is resistant to such traditional treatments as the antibiotic ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO
Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.
Jan 07, 2012 |
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Rapid rise in wildfires in large parts of Canada?
Large forest regions in Canada are apparently about to experience rapid change. Based on models, scientists can now show that there are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemics. Large ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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China mulls microblog limits before party meeting
(AP) -- China's Communist Party is preparing for its biggest policy meeting of the year by ratcheting up pressure on social media sites that have fast become forums for information and public expression beyond ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruption
(PhysOrg.com) -- An eight-year study has concluded that increasingly frequent and severe drought, dropping water tables and dried-up springs have pushed some aquatic desert ecosystems into “catastrophic ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Researchers analyze the evolving human relationship with fire
Humanity's relationship to fire –– including wildfires, burning of fossil fuels, controlled burns, and human-caused fire –– is the focus of a report by an international team of scientists. ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Forest logging increases risk of mega fires
Logging in Victoria’s mountain ash forests is increasing the risk of catastrophic wildfires, according to an expert from The Australian National University.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored?
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet's most perplexing puzzles.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Climate-change-induced wildfires may alter Yellowstone forests
Climate change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will increase the frequency of wildfires and alter the composition of the forests by 2050, according to a team of ecologists who modeled the effects of higher ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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