November 25th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): In a new research, scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), Canada, have shown that global warming can actually change the molecular structure of organic matter ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Toronto, Nov 25 (IANS) Global warming will hit us not only in the atmosphere but also in soil underneath, warns new Canadian research.Researchers at Toronto University here have found that global warming ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A detailed analysis of black carbon, in computer climate models, has suggested that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.
Savanna fires occur almost every year in ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): A new study of Australian soils has indicated that as the climate warns, soils may not release as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as predictions have suggested.
According to ...
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October 28th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): A new study by Purdue University researchers has determined that earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A team of scientists have conducted sophisticated mapping of the soil landscape on an extinct American volcano.
The volcano that featured in the research was the Capulin volcano, ...
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October 9th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): A new research has found that frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic matter as was previously estimated, which reveals new clues to climate change.
For ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Sep 10 (IANS) Good or bad crude, blame it on anaerobic bacteria in oil reservoirs deep below the earth's surface, according to the latest discovery. Anaerobic bacteria are those which grow ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
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London, August 8 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the fallout from Chinese industrial pollution could actually be reducing the countrys contribution to climate change from at least one greenhouse ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, August 1 (ANI): Scientists have determined that as microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet balanced in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Microbes help decompose plant matter, enriching the soil with nutrients and releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Duke University scientists found that the ratio of ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 25 (ANI): A new study by researchers from the Ohio State University has determined that typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans.
The study, which is the first ever ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 8 (IANS) Chemicals released by water-borne bacteria tell mosquitoes where to breed, says a study that contends this discovery will help battle the mosquito menace. Scientists say these chemicals act ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 6 (ANI): Scientists have warned that global warming is likely to reduce the health of the worlds tropical species.
The team of scientists, from UCLA and the University of Washington, ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 2 (IANS) The virtues of biochar -- or "black gold" -- in the soil, which was being touted as a possible carbon sink to counteract global warming, has been disputed ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin
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Stockholm, May 2 (ANI): A new study has questioned the usefulness of charcoal as an effective carbon sink, by showing that it promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 1 (IANS) When you look down at the grains of soil beneath your feet, all of them seem alike. But when scientists examined them very closely, at the nanoscale level, ...
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April 29th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by admin
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London , Apr 29 (ANI): Cornell researchers have taken a closer look at soil than anyone else - at a scale of 50 nanometers - and revealed that though it may ...
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February 25th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 25 (IANS) Organic fertilisers applied to farmland could trap carbon stored in the soil and cut down on greenhouse emissions. Carbon sequestration in soil has been recognised as a means ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 2:12 am ICT by admin
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November 14th, 2007 - 2:09 am ICT by admin
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