je.st
news
Tag: drought
Plants adapt to drought but limits are looming, study finds
2013-01-22 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Daniel Stolte stolte@email.arizona.edu 520-626-4402 University of Arizona Plants can adapt their demand for water depending on how much is available - However, this resilience has a limit, and prolonged drought conditions threaten the survival of plant communities, especially in more arid areas Scientists wit…
Tags: study
limits
plants
finds
Drought shrinks slightly: NOAA issues gloomy outlook
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Change: The national drought footprint shrank slightly this week, as heavy rains fell across the South, Southeast, Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic states, and major snowfall blanketed parts of the Rocky Mountains and Northern Cascades, bringing relief to those regions. However, the hardest-hit drought region -- the Great Plains -- continued to experience drier-than-average conditions, with the drought continuing to hold on. A new federal drought outlook issued on Thursday projects that the drought...
Tags: issues
slightly
outlook
drought
As drought persists, many scramble to save every drop of water
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The drought that crippled many communities across the nation last year shows little sign of retreating, and the threat of persistent water scarcity is spurring efforts to preserve every drop. As the drought of 2012 creeps into 2013, experts say the slow-spreading catastrophe presents near-term problems for a key U.S. agricultural region and potential long-term challenges for millions of Americans. "Everyone is wondering whether this dry weather is the new norm ... or an anomaly that will soon...
Drought Points Up Critical Role of Waterways
2013-01-18 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: When people think of the Mississippi River, they might have visions of Mark Twain and old steamboats. But few Americans understand the vast amounts of shipping traffic that still makes its way up and down the river, part of the worlds largest navigable inland waterway. As I write in The Times, a Midwestern drought has caused the dwindling of the mighty river in recent months. The phenomenon cannot necessarily be ascribed to climate change no individual weather event can be. Still, shifting...
Tags: points
role
critical
drought
Cargill to idle Texas beef plant as drought cut cattle herd
2013-01-18 08:08:26| Food - Topix.net
Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. beef processor, will idle a Texas processing plant after the size of the cattle herd fell to a 60-year low and years of drought increased feed costs.
Sites : [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] next »