Topic: Nature Publishing Group
isnare | 2010-03-13 08:22:47
"The storms about this part of Western Surrey have been lately local and violent, and the effects produced in some instances curious. Visiting a neighbour's farm on Wednesday evening (21st), we found a field of standing wheat considerably knocked about, not as an entirety, but in patches forming, as viewed from a distance, circular spots. I could not trace ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-13 19:10:44
<div><p>Scientists on Wednesday unveiled the genome of the soybean, saying it was an achievement that should deepen understanding of one of the world's most important crops, help to boost yields and defend the plant against pests.</p><p>The study, published by the British weekly science journal Nature, provides ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-06 19:10:25
<div><p>Fossilised footprints, found in a Polish quarry, of an enigmatic, long-extinct creature have prompted palaeontologists to reopen the file of how life in the sea moved to the land.</p><p>A key theory in evolutionary biology is that tetrapods -- four-limbed land-loving vertebrates -- emerged from fishes with pairs of lobed ...
Reuters Environmental Online Report | 2009-12-24 00:15:34
<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile per year on average to keep pace with global climate change, scientists said in a study released on Wednesday.</p><p>How well particular species can survive rising worldwide temperatures ...
