News articles tagged with 'bloom'
Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space
— 5 Mar 2011 13:51 | EnvironmentOngoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of tiny planktonic plants (phytoplankton) with important implications for the Arctic…
String blossom thinner proves effective across stages of bloom development
— 4 Mar 2011 15:12 | BiologyBlossom or fruitlet thinning is a labour-intensive part of commercial peach and nectarine production. The use of mechanical string blossom thinners has been shown to reduce labour requirements…
Scripps oceanography researchers discover Arctic blooms occurring earlier
— 3 Mar 2011 13:50 | EnvironmentWarming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire…
UT researchers crack code to harmful brown tides
— 24 Feb 2011 19:02 | EnvironmentA team involving University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers has conducted the first-ever genetic sequencing of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, cracking the genome of the micro-organism…
Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years
— 20 Feb 2011 16:03 | EnvironmentA panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate…
UT researchers link algae to harmful oestrogen-like compound in water
— 17 Feb 2011 18:33 | EnvironmentUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an oestrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the…
World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold
— 15 Feb 2011 15:51 | EnvironmentRecalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertiliser linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse…
New discovery about how flowering time of plants can be controlled
— 8 Dec 2010 18:20 | BiologyResearchers at Umea Plant Science Centre in Sweden discovered, in collaboration with the Syngenta company, a previously unknown gene in sugar beets that blocks flowering. The discovery…
Plants 'remember' winter to bloom in spring with help of special molecule
— 8 Dec 2010 17:23 | BiologyThe role a key molecule plays in a plant's ability to remember winter, and therefore bloom in the spring, has been identified by University of Texas at Austin scientists…
Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds
— 9 Nov 2010 11:43 | EnvironmentA team of marine scientists has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural…