Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

WMO launches new weather data system

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

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 Rashid Faridi

 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 Rashid Faridi

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 Rashid Faridi

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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