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Synthetic Molecule Could Ensure Crop Survival in Face of Climate Change

2013-07-03 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Botanists have identified an inexpensive synthetic chemical capable of mimicking the plant stress hormone ABA that helps them cope with drought conditions - a discovery researchers and industry giants both believe could be used to help save plants and increase crop yields in a world of increasing weather extremes. Called quinabactin, the study was led by Sean Cutler, a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside and comes at a time when farmers in the United States are witnessing...

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How Hotshot firefighters made one last desperate bid for survival

2013-07-02 14:37:13| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: With no way out, the 19 elite firefighters did what they were trained to do when trapped by a raging fire: they unfurled their foil-lined, heat-resistant tarps and rushed to cover themselves on the ground. The glue holding the layers of the tarp together begins to come apart at about 500 degrees, well above the 300 degrees that would almost immediately kill a person. But that last, desperate line of defence couldn't save the "Hotshot" crew from the flames that swept over them in the small town...

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