News tagged with water levels
Is the Dead Sea dying?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
0
The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
Nov 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Wetlands expert: China should think outside the flooding box with Three Gorges Dam
Oct 23, 2008 |
4 / 5 (9) |
0
China's farmers and merchants should take advantage of new agricultural and business opportunities that could help mitigate some effects of the annual flooding behind the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, according to ...
Timing is everything: How vulnerable to flooding is New York City?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 31, 2008 |
4 / 5 (6) |
0
A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will b ...
Search results for water levels
Water-saving technology focus of new grant
Dec 04, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if it’s dry. Or, they just water them whether they need it or not. University of Georgia horticulturists ...
Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth
Dec 04, 2009 |
3 / 5 (6) |
7
The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.
Global warming may require higher dams, stilts
Dec 03, 2009 |
3.4 / 5 (7) |
4
(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution
Dec 03, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (6) |
2
Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...
Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
1
The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.
Fish with attitude: Some like it hot
Dec 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.
ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil
Dec 03, 2009 |
1 / 5 (3) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...
Turbulence around heat transport
Dec 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (4) |
4
(PhysOrg.com) -- Heat transport in the earth's mantle and in the atmosphere is probably not as effective as previously thought.
Research shows some plants can remove indoor pollutants
Dec 02, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (15) |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some plants have the ability to drastically reduce levels of indoor pollutants, according to new research at the University of Georgia. Researchers showed that certain species can effectively ...
Balancing protein intake, not cutting calories, may be key to long life
Dec 02, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (13) |
5
Getting the correct balance of proteins in our diet may be more important for healthy ageing than reducing calories, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and Research into Ageing suggests.
List of search results for water levels
