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Sultan gives away world water awards  -  16 Nov 2008
Saudi Gazette,Bin Abdul Aziz International Prize for Water at the conclusion of an international conference on water resources and arid environment here Sunday night.

New legislature raises wheat growers' fears  -  16 Nov 2008
EastOregonian.info (subscription),While cap and trade systems could provide a revenue source for growers, he said, Eastern Oregon's arid environment may not be the best place to cash in on

In the Footprints of Namibia’s Dinosaurs  -  Nov 14, 2008
New Era,Footprints at the upper most strata at Etjo Mountain consist of sandstones that accumulated in a fairly arid environment. But, said Helke Mocke,

H. Erectus Pelvis Shares New Clues On The Evolution Of Human Brain  -  Nov 14, 2008
eFluxMediaPrior data suggested that the evolution of the pelvis was connected to endurance in an arid environment. However now, it appears to have been connected to

Ten Reasons Why Obama Won  -  Nov 5, 2008
Reader's Digest,...which together created a fertile political ecosystem for Obama’s historic candidacy, and an insurmountably arid environment for McCain.

Archive for the ‘Egypt’ Category  -  Nov 3, 2008
UC Los Angeles,The new field school turns more attention to the plant matter, which was excellently preserved in the arid environment. American students are teamed up

Full Text (HTML)  -  Nov 13, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)Analyses of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes from pedogenic carbonates and herbivore enamel from the BSN49 level indicate a semi-arid environment with a

Tucson slips in ranking of sustainability because of water supply ...  -  Sep 22, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,..."What does sustainability mean in an arid environment where you have all of these additional challenges?" asked Leslie Liberti, director of the city's

Book review: 'Eat Where You Live'  -  Sep 25, 2008
Vail Daily News,...carrots, cabbage, turnips, etc. from one of the valley’s farmer’s markets isn’t easy to come by either, given Colorado’s relatively arid environment.

Tucson must stay vigilant on sustainability  -  Sep 24, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,...rankings, there's nothing silly about water in our arid environment. While we disagree with SustainLane's low ranking of Tucson's performance, our community

Lanai windfarm plan fights local currents  -  Aug 31, 2008
Honolulu Advertiser,...was tapping the sole source of drinking water for Lana'i residents, a high-level aquifer, to water the Manele course, which is in an arid environment.

PAX 08: Valkyria Chronicles  -  Aug 31, 2008
Thunderbolt,Some characters, I was told, hate sand, so deploying them in an arid environment would decrease their overall performance for that level.

Park County courses teach Wyoming climate, soils, vegetation  -  Aug 31, 2008
High Plains Journal,10, Frost will provide an introduction to Wyoming and Park County soils that includes physical and chemical characteristics of soils in an arid environment.

Comments on this Story  -  Sep 23, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Rapid growth in an arid environment is a major fault that prevents sustainability. We absolutely cannot allow the unsupportable "growth" (ie: housing

Drought Tolerance Center will provide new answers for producers  -  Aug 13, 2008
South Dakota State University,...risk associated with farming in an arid environment, and provide information that helps producers match variety and management practices to problems.

What do we do now?  -  Aug 3, 2008
Ha'aretz,...working with residents on water and energy efficiency, training gardeners to plant gardens with local species adapted to our semi-arid environment.

chemical found in Martian soil  -  Aug 5, 2008
CNN International..."This desert is a hyper-arid environment that rarely sees rain, and has no vascular plants, and is often used by scientists as a matter of fact as a Martian

Last desert elephants in firing line  -  Jul 31, 2008
Namibian,The desert elephant, so called because of their smaller stature and physical adaptation to their arid environment, range in the dry riverbeds of southern

Namibia: Omusati Takes Lead in Getting to Grip With Climate Change  -  Aug 7, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Government has said Namibia is vulnerable to climate change because of an over-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and its arid environment.

Water board pushes for lower usage  -  Aug 6, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,..."It's easy to forget we live in a semi-arid environment." color='#cccccc' size='1' class='tagline'/>For more information on conservation,

Whither the mangrove?  -  Jul 24, 2008
The National,...situated in the shallow, sandy tidal flats where the desert meets the Gulf – can help to curb the degradation of land in the arid environment.

Deep under New Mexico is a cave like no other  -  Jul 26, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Other scientists are looking to the cave to learn more about the region's geology and how water makes its way through the arid environment.

NM cavers chart unique `snowy' river of crystals  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Associated PressSome scientists are looking to the cave to learn more about the region's geology and how water makes its way through the arid environment.

Reserve offers fog wonderland  -  Jul 19, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...the reserve and on Santa Rosa Island off the Santa Barbara coast, help transform the otherwise arid environment into a facsimile of the Northwest.

I. Are you ready for disaster? Assess your risk  -  Aug 4, 2008
Clarksville Online,...the dangers of flash floods in an otherwise arid environment are well known, yet people die (surprised, in many cases) in flash floods every year.

St. Francis Dam  -  Aug 2, 2008
vision magazine,The problem was that Southern California has always been a semi-arid environment, prone to dry spells two out of every three years.

Claims allege water damage caused by development runoff  -  Aug 1, 2008
Valley News,They say the irrigation contributed to the transformation of their neighborhood from a semi-arid environment to a residential swampland.

Wayward water leads monitors to source  -  Jul 17, 2008
Lone Tree Voice,...“People don’t get that we are in an arid environment,� Abbott said. “They move here from Michigan and want the same trees, the same flowers and the same

Set sail with Science  -  Jul 31, 2008
Vernon Morning Star,...“We’ll talk about the importance of the lake in this semi-arid environment, how we use the water, the water quality and the fish, birds and animals along

Seabirds of Tower Island  -  Jul 27, 2008
RedOrbit,The Highlands are cool and damp, far different from the arid environment along the beach area. We managed to see several tortoises, scouted out by the guide

Plan would convert waste water  -  Jul 19, 2008
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,..."When you live in a arid environment like we do, reusing and recharging water like we do is a very important thing." But turning waste water into drinking

Dusk at Cubist Castle  -  Apr 10, 2008
Space ComThe Residencia hotel was built in the base camp to provide respite from the arid environment, with a domed roof (not visible in this image),

Silver and blue make green  -  Apr 10, 2008
UNR NevadaNews,...“Nevada’s unprecedented growth coupled with our arid environment creates an increased need for agricultural research.� Experiments and research underway

US rice growers go against the grain  -  Apr 11, 2008
BBC News,Secondly, long-grain rice prefers a tropical climate, not the more arid environment of California's rice fields. However, it is possible to grow long-grain

Botswana: As I See It - Thobela Morena!  -  Apr 1, 2008
AllAfrica.com,To have settled in an arid environment tells a story of hardy people prepared to live by the sweat of their brows. Tilling the land and domesticating

Computers are no substitute for the real thing, says Phil Beadle  -  Apr 1, 2008
Guardian,...of being an impressionist painter either in the simulacrum brush strokes of the paint facility, or in the arid environment of the ICT classroom.

Yard and Garden: Tomatoes difficult, but rewarding  -  Apr 9, 2008
Quay County Sun,Select medium and small varieties to grow in our hot, arid environment. They will do so much better than the large fruiting varieties.

Massive impact crater found in Scotland  -  Mar 31, 2008
Cosmos,It would have been a semi-arid environment and devoid of vegetation as terrestrial plants only evolved 425 million years ago. Microbial life alone would

Climate control  -  22 Feb 2008
The Mercury,With its fragile, arid environment, Australia has more to lose than most places. A ring of poor countries to the north and northwest also is vulnerable and

hey you, silly billy!  -  Feb 18, 2008
ic Wales,Just as exclaiming “typical river� might befuddle an adult raised in a purely arid environment when faced with the twin images of a Rheidol tributary and

Ancient "devil frog" may have eaten baby dinosaurs  -  Feb 18, 2008
Scientific AmericanInstead, it lived in a semi-arid environment and may have hunted like its modern-day relatives, which camouflage themselves and jump out at prey.

House panel approves proof of water supply  -  Feb 20, 2008
Durango Herald,..."We do need to be talking about this to help our state situate itself better for the future, because we do live in an arid environment.

Scientists Uncover Cretaceous Frog, A Dinosaur Hatchling Predator  -  Feb 19, 2008
eFluxMediaIt appears that Beelzebufo lived in a semi-arid environment, perfectly blending in, which explains its eating habits too. It did not have an aquatic life

Meadows welcomes you to 'Urinetown'  -  Feb 14, 2008
smudailycampus.com,Yet even amidst the arid environment the soil of love remains fertile as two young people plant the seeds of change only to discover the true meaning of

Ecosystem Engineers: Elephant Eating Habits Influence Lizard ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)This may be because the twisted crevices in the elephant-damaged trees provide shelter from predators and the harsh arid environment, or because they

Future mapped out  -  Feb 5, 2008
Sunshine Coast Daily,...based in the city of Carthage in August, heading to the desert in the southern part of the country to research people and water in an arid environment.

Lake trust is well supported  -  Feb 1, 2008
The Timaru Herald,The trust has been trying to re-establish native grasses, flax, hebes, cabbage trees, mountain beech and kowhai in the arid environment.

Elephants eating habits strongly influence lizards habitat choices  -  Jan 28, 2008
Thaindian.com,...to such habitats may be because the twisted crevices in the elephant-damaged trees give them shelter from predators and the harsh arid environment.

Dead Sea and Masada  -  Jan 27, 2008
Redlands Daily Facts,Due to the remoteness from human habitation and its arid environment, the site has remained largely untouched by humans or nature during the past two

California’s largest sea faces disaster  -  Nov 28, 2007
Excalibur Online,The Aral Sea was another lake in an arid environment in central Asia that supported a diverse range of fish, flora and fauna, as well as a successful

Improved trail, educational pavilion for Cienega visitors  -  Nov 28, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,..."This is a precious oasis in an arid environment," and visitors now have improved access and expanded information on the area, said Bonnie Swarbrick,

Classically trained pianist Vanessa Carlton plays and sings her ...  -  Nov 8, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerBefore the tour started, Carlton took time off to travel to another arid environment -- Cairo, Egypt -- with her brother. She visited the Cairo museum and

University leaders address climate change  -  Nov 28, 2007
Arizona State University,Being in such a fragile and arid environment as the Sonoran Desert makes the effects of global warming potentially even greater in Arizona than other areas

Grassy schuss toward holiday  -  Nov 14, 2007
Grand Junction Sentinel,...“We live in an arid environment, and it is subject to significant fluctuations,� he said. “We certainly are in a long-term period of drought,

This Desert Flower: Israel's Negev Desert  -  Sep 28, 2007
Green Options blog,In recent years, Israelis have relearned how to live in harmony with their arid environment. National projects were set into motion to revive the desert

A burning issue  -  Oct 13, 2007
Journal Watch,Source: Anderson, GL & Krzywinski, K (2007) Mortality, recruitment and change of desert tree populations in a hyper-arid environment.

VIP Visitors from the Desert! At the Montréal Biodôme - October 6 ...  -  Oct 5, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),Events include capsule presentations on how animals adapt to their arid environment, the social organization of prairie dogs, biodiversity and endangered

Magellan mine  -  Sep 27, 2007
Mining Weekly,Other metals were dissolved, and the climate changed to an arid environment before the heavier lead minerals were also washed away.

Bring in the clouds!  -  Sep 25, 2007
Earth & Sky,I can’t complain too much, because we can always use a little rain in our semi-arid environment. But I’m hoping for something more exciting.

Namibia: Country Feels Effects of Climate Change  -  Aug 14, 2007
AllAfrica.com,With Namibia having been singled out as one of the countries set to be vulnerable to climate change due to its arid environment, recurrent drought and

Conference seeks solutions to desertification  -  Aug 17, 2007
ANBA,The 1st Brazilian National Conference on Fighting Desertification, which started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow, in the northeastern Brazilian

Inspired into action  -  Aug 17, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),...facility and meeting with Totton-Martin, King said she was sold on the ranch's compassionate mission, but dismayed by its stark and arid environment.

Eye on the Environment: Planting trees helps to cut energy bills  -  Jul 23, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),Only trees adapted to our semi-arid environment should be planted, and be careful not to select invasive, non-native species. These species invade native

Small-Business Profile Nursery specializes in drought-tolerant plants  -  Aug 8, 2007
In Business Las Vegas,...curator of gardens for Springs Preserve, who went on to say that the Turners have a great deal of respect for Southern Nevada's arid environment.

Snails, slugs seem to be growing in numbers  -  Jul 28, 2007
Carlsbad Current Argus,However, most die due to our harsh arid environment. It takes about two years for snail to reach maturity. They are most active at night, and on cloudy or

New Salt Hotel in the Salar de Uyuni  -  Jul 27, 2007
About - News & Issues,Until recently, the only inhabitants of this harsh and arid environment were salt miners who have mined the dried up lake bed for centuries.

Lurking tales  -  Jul 23, 2007
Deccan Herald,Similarly Didwana Lake in Rajasthan is another salt water lake, a typical example of such type of lakes in arid or semi-arid environment.



Namibia: Weighing the cost of climate change  Nov 22, 2006
The arid environment, recurrent droughts and desertification have made Namibia one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. ... - Namibian,

The impact of eco-car batteries  Nov 20, 2006
...by the disclosure that one of the car's essential components is produced at a factory that has created devastation likened to the arid environment of the moon. ... - This is Money,

Could the answer to global warming lie in the old ways?  Nov 4, 2006
Indigenous peoples have survived for centuries by adapting to the arid and semi arid environment in desert regions for centuries. ... - Standard,

Australia's beloved and plentiful kangaroo gains popularity as ...  Nov 11, 2006
Local food promoters note kangaroos are better suited to Australia's arid environment than the stock European settlers brought with them hundreds of years ago. ... - Asbury Park Press,

FDA Approves New Treatment for Allergies  Oct 24, 2006
Like many who move to Southern Nevada, Pahrump resident, Tom Peticolas mistakenly thought the arid environment would relieve his allergy symptoms. ... - KLAS-TV, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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