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California's drought-resistent gardens are hot
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Even grinding recession has not undone growth in one corner of California's drought-parched landscaping sector, where Robert Cornell has spent more than two decades fine-tuning climate friendly gardens.
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Report warns of rise in Mediterranean
Jan 20, 2008 |
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Both sea levels and temperatures in the Mediterranean have been rising since the 1970s, Spanish scientists report.
Mediterranean faces dangerous heat
Jun 15, 2007 |
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The Mediterranean region faces a sharp increase in dangerously hot days by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, scientists said.
Threats to biodiversity rise in the world's Mediterranean-climate regions
Feb 17, 2009 |
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In the first systematic analysis of threats to the biodiversity of the world's mediterranean-climate regions, scientists at The Nature Conservancy and UC Davis report that these conservation hotspots are facing significant ...
No oxygen in Eastern Mediterranean bottom-water
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Research from Utrecht University shows that there is an organic-rich bed of sediment in the floor of the Eastern Mediterranean. This bed formed over a period of about 4000 years under oxygen-free bottom-water ...
Mediterranean Sea level could rise by 61 cm
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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A Spanish-British research project has come up with three future scenarios for the effects of climate change on the Mediterranean over the next 90 years, using global models from the Intergovernmental Panel ...
One in six Mediterranean mammals face extinction
Sep 15, 2009 |
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One in six Mediterranean mammals is threatened with extinction at the regional level, mainly due to the destruction of their habitat from urbanization, agriculture and climate change, nature body IUCN said ...
Rainfall to decrease over Iberian Peninsula
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Jul 23, 2009 |
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Scientists have recorded a decline in winter precipitation over the past 60 years in Spain, and they now forecast that precipitation will also decrease in spring and summer. A team from the Pyrenean Institute ...
Atlantic trees will be affected the most by climate change on the Iberian Peninsula
Jun 24, 2008 |
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The extreme heat wave that destroyed the territories of Western Europe in the summer of 2003 was an evident scientific sign of the change that climate is undergoing. Now, researchers from the University of the Basque Country ...
Climate change may boost Middle East rainfall
Aug 13, 2008 |
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The prospect of climate change sparking food and water shortages in the Middle East is less likely than previously thought, with new research by an Australian climate scientist suggesting that rainfall will be significantly ...
Oceans may provide clues to future rainfall
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Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Changes in the salinity of our oceans are being brought about by man's influence on our climate, suggests new research conducted by the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Walker Institute for Climate System ...
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