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How plants grow in a spurt during the night

September 16th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the genes that control the phenomenon of plants growing in a spurt during the night. These rhythmic growth spurts, and the ability of plants to ...

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Oil seed rape could help clean up contaminated soils

September 10th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 10 (ANI): Scientists have determined that oil seed rape grown for biofuel in Ireland could help clean up contaminated soils. Using plants to help clean up heavily polluted soils has ...

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Saharan dust storms sustain life in Atlantic Ocean

July 21st, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS -
London, July 21 (IANS) Saharan dust storms help sustain life over large regions of the North Atlantic Ocean, according to a latest study. Liverpool University researchers found that plants are able to ...

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Saharan dust storms help sustain life in North Atlantic Ocean (Re-Issue)

July 20th, 2008 - 11:16 am ICT by ANI -
Washington , July 20 (ANI): A new research carried out by scientists at the University of Liverpool in the UK , has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over ...

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Saharan dust storms help sustain life in North Atlantic Ocean

July 19th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 19 (ANI): A new research carried out by scientists at the University of Liverpool in the UK, has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions ...

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Blocking sun by placing mirrors in the sky not a feasible warming solution

July 8th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 8 (ANI): A new study has determined that a proposal to reverse climate change by placing mirrors in the sky to reflect sunlight away from Earth would not be ...

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Increased caribou mortality in Greenland attributed to global warming

May 2nd, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 2 (ANI): A new study by biologists has attributed the decline of Caribou calves in West Greenland to global warming. The study was conducted by Eric Post, a Penn State ...

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Biodiversity significantly enhances ecosystem’s productivity

April 25th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , Apr 25 (ANI): A new study, conducted by scientists at the Brown University , has shown that more plant diversity notably enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The scientists, who conducted the ...

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Salt-tolerant gene may revolutionise farming

April 8th, 2008 - 11:50 am ICT by admin -
New York, April 8 (IANS) The secret of why a plant withers or thrives in salty condition has been found in the cellular mechanism of arabidopsis, a plant species, according to a ...

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Newly defined biochemical pathway in plants could mean better biofuel sources

March 9th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, March 9 (ANI): Researchers from Purdue University in US have defined a new biochemical pathway in plants which could mean better biofuel sources in the future. According to researchers, the newly defined ...

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India might benefit from excess nitrogen that boosts plant growth

February 7th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study by ecologists has determined that excess nitrogen in tropical forests boosts plant growth by an average of 20 percent, with the most dramatic increases happening ...

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Even low levels of nitrogen pollution has drastic environmental effects

February 7th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin -
London, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study has indicated that lower, chronic levels of nitrogen pollution has much more substantial long-term effects on the atmosphere than previously believed. According to a report in ...

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