Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

WMO launches new weather data system

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

The UN agency, which launched the system last month (31 January), said it would improve access to meteorological observations and products for stakeholders including the research and disaster risk reduction sectors. read here

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Parasitic Plants Rafflesia cantleyi Steal Genes from Their Hosts!!!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

 New research published June 8 in BioMed Central‘s open access journal BMC Genomics reveals that the Malaysian parasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi, with its 50cm diameter flowers, has ‘stolen’ genes from its host Tetrastigma rafflesiae. Analysis of these genes shows that … Continue reading →

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Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life Discovered in NASA Oceanographic Expedition

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

NASA Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in phtoplanktons, … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Will Turn Arctic Tundra to Forest

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

Shrubs in the Arctic tundra have turned into trees as a result of the warming Arctic climate, creating patches of forest which, if replicated across the tundra, would significantly accelerate global warming. Scientists from Finland and Oxford University investigated an … Continue reading →

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New Role for RNA:Guardian of Genome Integrity

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

 A new and unexpected role for RNA is identified recently: the defence of genome integrity and stability. A study published in the scientific journal Nature shows that an until now unknown class of RNA — the newly christened DDRNA — … Continue reading →

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Arabia Was NOT a Desert Always

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Arabia is a vast desert today,but it was not so always.  Satellite images have revealed that a network of ancient rivers once habited Arabian Desert. The images triggered a major potentially ground-breaking research project led by the University of Oxford into … Continue reading →

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Too many mangroves is not a good thing :In Dubai, Camels will work to control Them

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Too many mangroves is not a good thing —  not at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary in Dubai, where they were introduced in 1990. So an ecologist at Dubai’s Wildlife Protection office has proposed using camels to trim back … Continue reading →

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Bacteria Use Sibling LikeTouch to Communicate:New Study

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

What if bacteria could talk to each other? What if they had a sense of touch? A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara suggests both, and theorizes that such cells may, in fact, need to communicate in order to … Continue reading →

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