News tagged with woody cover

Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu

The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.

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Out of Africa and Into the American Midwest

Grasses bend in the wind, their golden tips tracing arcs across fields that stretch toward the horizon. Sunwashed by a fading evening light, these reedy ballet dancers are central figures in savanna, an ecosystem ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Reclaiming the land after a forest fire

Wildfires cause tragic losses to life, property, and the environment. But even after the fire rages, the damage is far from done. Without vegetation, bare, burnt soil lies vulnerable to erosion, which can impede efforts towards ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite data shows that Kirtland's warblers prefer forests after fire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kirtland's warblers are an endangered species of lightweight little birds with bright yellow-bellies that summer in North America and winter in the Bahamas. But be it their winter or their ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Turning slash piles into soil benefit

Your next bite of an organically grown apple may hold within it a tiny bit of a Washington forest.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Restoration as science: case of the collared lizard

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

6 million years of savanna

University of Utah scientists used chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover – in effect, shade – and found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mysterious seaweed dump chokes S.Leone's coastline

Massive piles of seaweed have washed ashore along Sierra Leone's coastline, covering the white sand and raising fears for tourism and the fishing industry, officials said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study of phytoremediation benefits of 86 indoor plants published

Formaldehyde is a major contaminant of indoor air, originating from particle board, carpet, window coverings, paper products, tobacco smoke, and other sources. Indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as formaldehyde ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Picky pollinators: Native bees are selective about where they live and feed

Native bees – often small, stingless, solitary and unnoticed in the flashier world of stinging honeybees – are quite discriminating about where they live, according to U.S. Geological Survey research.

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created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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