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Trees' surprising role in the boreal water cycle quantified
2016-07-21 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Approximately 25 to 50 percent of a living tree is made up of water, depending on the species and time of year. The water stored in trees has previously been considered just a minor part of the water cycle, but a new study by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists shows otherwise. Research published this week in Nature Scientific Reports is the first to show that the uptake of snowmelt water by deciduous trees represents a large and previously overlooked aspect of the water balance in boreal...
Study unlocks surprising behaviour of soil bacteria
2016-06-17 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Newly sequenced genomes of soil bacteria have raised questions about how differing land management affects the organisms' behaviour. UK scientists found one strain locked nitrogen in the soil, while another released a potent greenhouse gas. The findings came to light after the researchers sequenced Bradyrhizobium, one of the most active and abundant groups of soil bacteria. The findings were published recently in the journal Scientific Reports. The team from the University of Reading...
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5 surprising facts about salamanders
2016-05-27 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: The oldest salamander species rubbed elbows with Jurassic dinosaurs. A 157-million-year-old salamander fossil discovered a few years ago in China is the oldest of its kind and places this ancient species as living with Jurassic dinosaurs. It is thought that salamanders diverged from other amphibians somewhere around 200 million years ago. Who knows what future fossil discoveries may reveal! The Mexican salamander or axolotl stays forever young. Unlike other salamander species, the unique...
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The Surprising Benefits of 'Zoning Lite' in Houston: Justin Fox
2016-05-17 19:48:00| National Real Estate Investor
Justin Fox Houstonians seem to understand a basic economic truth that allowing more housing to be built makes housing more affordable. read more
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Surprising rally in corn, soybean prices
2016-04-19 21:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
this may be a year to pay close attention to grain market changes during planting season. The soybean market appears to be offering some very favorable pricing opportunities for any remaining 2015 soybean inventory. Focus on Ag read more
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