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Rooted in trouble
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 16 hours ago
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There are usually a few ongoing problems that help inspire me. In the front yard, there are two Mayten trees (Maytenus boaria), both planted 16 years ago. One was planted in a deep, narrow hole; the other was planted in a shallow, wide hole. After all...
Tags: Japan, Tōkyō, Plant physiology, Taproot, Soil, Fibrous root system, Tree, Plant roots, Forestry, Root, Environment
November in the garden
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | about 17 hours ago
Credibility A cloche needs to be managed each day to avoid excessive heat or moisture November is a busy gardening month for me. Chilly nights are cooling down the soil, but lots of planting can still be done in the next few weeks. While it's too early to do any...
Tags: row cover, Grass Valley, Mulch, Compost, Soil, Seed, Organic gardening, Permaculture, Composting, Environment, Human Interest
Synthetic Bacteria Can Reveal Landmines [Mad Science]
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. A group of students at the University of Edinburgh have engineered a bacteria...
Tags: buried explosives, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Land mine, Bacteria, IGEM, BioBrick, Microorganism, Soil, Microbiology, Synthetic biology, Genetic engineering
Africa: Africa's Soils Thirst for More Water
Kampala :: Uganda | 3 days ago
Credibility Africa's Soils Thirst for More Water Lominda Afedraru 18 November 2009 analysis Kampala — If farmers want to cope with the changing climatic conditions especially droughts, they should adopt irrigation.
Tags: Africa, Uganda, Kampala, Hydrology, Thirst, Soil, Droughts, Climate crisis, Climatology, Environment
Microbial 'cowboys' tie down shifting soil in American Southwest
Asu :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility Though known as pioneers in the biostabilization of soils, scientists have long puzzled over the factors that control and promote the twisting of some species� individual threads into thick cords sometimes inches in length. Ferran Garcia-Pichel and Martin...
Tags: shifting soil, India, Asu, Cyanobacteria, Rope, Environment, Climbing equipment, Land management, Soil
Working with vulnerable farmers
Wellington :: New Zealand | 4 days ago
Credibility They live on marginal rural lands characterised by conditions such as low rainfall, sloping terrain, fragile soils, and poor market access, primarily in Africa and Asia. Such farmers are vulnerable because their farms depend directly on rainfall and temperature,...
Tags: New Zealand, Wellington, Soil, Action on climate change, Adaptation to global warming, Global warming, Environment
Plants co-exist with siblings, but won't tolerate strangers
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility It follows previous research from MU which found that plants can recognise their kin through root systems and will compete more strongly for soil nutrients and water with non-siblings. "This is the first study that shows plants are responding to kin at...
Tags: India, Thiruvananthapuram, Root, Plant, Impatiens, Flora of the United States, Weed, Environment, Cakile, Soil, Sibling, Kin selection, Land management
KU's new degree can guide growth
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility I’m really not much of a gardener, but lately I’ve been focused on how to create prime growth conditions in a specific plot of ground.You can plant seeds anywhere, but they are far more likely to take root and thrive in those places where the sun, soil...
Tags: Kansas City, growth conditions, Seed, Economic development, Economic growth, Soil, Plant reproduction, Plant morphology, Plant sexuality, Business Finance
How much water is on the water?
San Juan :: Puerto Rico | 5 days ago
Credibility Cowen | Columnist for The Christian Science Monitor/ November 16, 2009 edition Streams of electrically charged particles from the Sun and outer space are turning out to be major players in our solar system’s cosmic drama. They help shape planetary...
Tags: electrically charged, charged particles, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Lunar soil, Soil, Space exploration, Regolith, Colonization of the Moon, Lunar science, Exploration of the Moon, Space colonization, Technology Internet, Environment, Astronomical objects, Planetary science, Moon, Outer space, Plasma physics, Space plasmas
Man-made ponds linked to arsenic in Bangladesh water
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 6 days ago
Credibility Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found. Arsenic is a naturally occurring chemical poisonous to humans and is known to cause skin lesions...
Tags: Bangladesh, Dhāka, Aquifers, Water pollution, Groundwater, Drinking water, Water well, Arsenic, Hydraulic engineering, Hydrology, Disaster Accident, Environment, Water, Arsenic contamination of groundwater, Arsenic poisoning, Sono arsenic filter, Health in Bangladesh, Metalloids, Occupational safety and health, Soil, Toxicology
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