Posts Tagged ‘rainfall’
Heat stroke killing captive baby elephants
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — High temperatures and low rainfall brought on by climate change affect the survival of elephants working in timber camps in Myanmar and double the risk of death to the calves. Continue…
Monday, February 4, 2013 10:57 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Sep 10, 2012 11:24 - 1 Comment
Will loss of Amazon forests reduce rain?
U. LEEDS (UK) — The destruction of tropical rainforests could reduce rain across the Amazon basin in the dry season by as much as 21 percent by 2050, experts report. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2012 14:38 - 1 Comment
To better allocate aid, forecast famine
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Using climate and vegetation data, researchers say it may be possible to predict rainfall deficits in East Africa that could lead to food shortages. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2011 21:46 - 3 Comments
Day-to-day weather more erratic, extreme
PRINCETON (US) — The first climate study to focus on variations in daily weather conditions finds increasing extremes, with fluctuations in sunshine and rainfall affecting more than a third of the planet. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2011 10:43 - 1 Comment
Polluted air makes droughts, floods worse
U. MARYLAND (US) — Rising air pollution can strongly affect cloud formation in a way that can make floods and droughts even worse, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 29, 2011 11:36 - 0 Comments
In wet times, zebra help cattle bulk up
UC DAVIS (US) — African ranchers often prefer to keep wild grazers like zebra off the grasslands, but new research shows that in rainy seasons, grazing by wild animals may actually help cattle put on weight. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 16, 2011 12:36 - 3 Comments
In dry times, ‘loner’ elephants buddy up
STANFORD (US) —When resources are scarce, some male bull elephants band together into a social group with a clearly defined hierarchy, much the way females do, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 16, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments
200 million-year-old self-segregation
BROWN (US) — Just like buying a house today, climate and location were major factors in where animals lived 200 million years ago. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 2, 2010 10:37 - 0 Comments
Warmer temps linked to rainfall extremes
DUKE (US) — A doubling of abnormally wet or dry summer weather in the southeastern United States in recent decades has come from an intensification of the summertime North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH), or “Bermuda High.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 13, 2010 16:19 - 0 Comments
Future Forests: Beyond 2200
U. ILLINOIS—The composition of some U.S. forests might be quite different 200 to 400 years from today, a new study suggests. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 22, 2009 11:21 - 2 Comments
In the tropics, outbreak and changing landscape
PENN STATE (US)—An international team of researchers is in Ghana as part of a five-year effort to investigate how changes in the environment affect a deforming tropical disease called Buruli ulcer. (more…)
