News tagged with upland soils
Impact of floods on soils
A recent study conducted in the Midwestern United States examined the effects of harsh wet conditions on both cultivated and uncultivated soils, vastly advancing the knowledge of water's effects on aggregation. Soil aggregation ...
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Efforts to control the 'Mighty Mississippi' result in flooded farmland and permanent damage
When the water in the Mississippi River rose to 58 feet with a forecast of 60 feet or higher in May 2011, the emergency plan to naturally or intentionally breach the levees, established over 80 years prior, ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Drying intensifying wildfires, carbon release ninefold, study finds
Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new research led by a University of Guelph professor.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf
(AP) -- Brown pelicans, long-necked egrets, flamingo-like roseate spoonbills and squawking seagulls fly lazily around a Texas Gulf Coast island. Nearby, a toddler-aged wetland seeded with marsh grass completes ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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The wetter the better for daddy longlegs - and birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping moorland soils wet could prove vital in conserving some of Britain's important upland breeding bird species – by protecting the humble daddy longlegs, according to new research.
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Research explores why ancient civilization was 'livin' on the edge'
University of Cincinnati research is investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. The research by UC Geography Professor Nicholas Dunning, ...
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Mar 28, 2011 |
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Restoring coastal wetlands? Check the soil
Rising sea levels and coastal development are threatening coastal freshwater wetlands with saltwater intrusion. While most ecosystem restoration projects have focused on surface water and groundwater, new ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Yield projections for switchgrass as a biofuel crop
While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Invasive tallowtree spreading rapidly across Gulf coast
A study by a USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station scientist shows the numbers of nonnative Chinese tallowtree in Louisiana, Mississippi and east Texas grew by about 370 percent over a 16-year period. The spread of ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil
Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Arctic river deltas may hold clues to future global climate
Scientists struggling to understand how Earth's climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information—sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the Colville ...
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May 18, 2009 |
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