Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park.The project has attracted criticism from environmental groups which fear the effects on the ecosystem could be devastating and may even result … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Frogs, Rise of Himalayas and Rearrangement of Southeast Asia

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The evolution of a group of muscled frogs scattered throughout Asia is telling geologists about the sequence of events that led to the rise of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau starting more than 55 million years ago.  Rearrangement of … Continue reading →

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Trees ‘Farm’ Bacteria to Help Supply Nutrients

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Some trees growing in nutrient-poor forest soil may get what they need by cultivating specific root microbes to create compounds they require. These microbes are exceptionally efficient at turning inorganic minerals into nutrients that the trees can use.New research finds … Continue reading →

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Mars Rocks: Clues to Life 4 Billion Years Ago

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A new article in press of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters unveils groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The findings may provide a link to evidence of living … Continue reading →

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