Sepember 11, 2008
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter Sepember 11, 2008 |
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As Andean glacier retreats, tiny life forms swiftly move in, CU study shows
A University of Colorado at Boulder team working at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes has discovered how barren soils uncovered by retreating glacier ice can swiftly establish a thriving community of microbes, setting the table for lichens, mosses and alpine plants. The discovery is the first to reveal how microbial life becomes established and flourishes in one of the most extreme environments on Earth and has implications for how life may have once flourished on Mars, said Professor Steve Schmidt of CU-Boulder`s ecology and evolutionary biology department. The study also provides new insights ... |
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Soil erosion affecting farm productivity in Rwanda
Over the years local residents of Rebero in Gicumbi District north of the Rwandan capital of Kigali, watched as their soil was washed away by rain. They also had to contend with landslides. Until a local group, the Rebero Emergency Response and Mitigation (ERDM) committee, started to reclaim the land in 2004, mainly through terracing. `After being trained in risk management we came up with a community disaster preparedness plan,` Eugene Habyarimana, the committee chairman, told IRIN. Working with the NGO World Vision, ERDM`s activities aim to reduce the risk of disaster and increase ... |
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