Earth Sciences

Determining Carbon Flux Between Vegetation And The Atmosphere: National Biomass Dataset

Ecology Program. All NBCD2000 data products will be made available for download on a zone-by-zone basis ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2007 - 4:16pm

Alien Plants Use 'resource Conservation' As Weapon

explain why that method didn't work for all the invasive species," Funk said. Current techniques ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2007 - 10:20am

Climate Swings Have Brought Great CO2 Pulses Up From The Deep Sea

in all but two brief periods, beginning roughly 18,000 years and 13,000 years ago. That meant the ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2007 - 9:56pm

Huge Waves That Hit Reunion Island Tracked From Space

all wavelengths and travelling in several directions are generated by storms. Upon leaving the storm, ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2007 - 10:43am

How Plants Form In Barren Oceans

all of that biomass also is important, as plankton blooms can remove substantial amounts of carbon ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2007 - 7:20pm

'Cleaner' Manure Burns Hotter In Ethanol Processing

pen is scraped. If all the water and contaminants were removed from the manure, the highest quality ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2007 - 11:07am

El Niño And African Monsoon Have Strongly Influenced Intense Hurricane Frequency In The Past

protected and separated from the ocean during all but the most severe tropical storms. However, when an ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2007 - 1:24am

Fire Ants Are Emerging Nuisance For Virginians

all fire ant infestations in the commonwealth. Most homeowners and landscape workers do not have the ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2007 - 8:15pm

Are Greenland's Icy Days Numbered?

sheet. We need to link all of this data together to get a better view of this complex system." ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2007 - 10:02pm

Earth's Climate Is Approaching 'dangerous' Point, Say Researchers

signed in 1992 by the United States and almost all nations of the world, has the goal to stabilize ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2007 - 6:15pm