Environment

Satellites are being used to look at practically everything you can think of. Well, maybe not. But if you take a single subject like ice, it is amazing how many ways you can look at it with a…

Arctic Ice July 2010 In about a week the National Snow and Ice Data Center - NSIDC - will be publishing its analysis of June's sea ice.  I expect them to report another record loss of sea ice.…

ESA and friends are celebrating the success of the Living Planet program in Bergen Norway this week. It cannot be described as anything but a success actually, with a number of new advanced and…

How do plants perceive environmental stress ? Biotic and abiotic stress induces plant response and before" dying" different levels of resistance is shown and finally plants are overcome with stress…

Can elicitors like Chitosan elicite the same response as the stress signals in plants. How one can relate both the phenomenon. Do stress induced proteins also have a role in signal transduction

Sodium chloride or for that matter largely sodium acts as signal to activate various metabolic pathways in plants including response to stress. Human brain also has some kind of Sodium balance i.e.…

Arctic Tipping Points - #7: Can The Arctic Recover? In Arctic Tipping Points - #6: Are We There Yet? I attempted to show that there are multiple feedback mechanisms which are capable of causing a…

J' Recuse! I must declare my interest right up front. I am deeply concerned that we are leaving behind us a legacy of planet-wide pollution and despoilation for those who follow us as custodians of…

Arctic Ice June 2010 - Solstice Update This is an update to my articles Arctic Ice June 2010 and Arctic Ice June 2010 - Update, part of my ongoing series of articles about the Arctic. The NSIDC ice…

MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #3 This is part #3 of a brief explanation of the NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response System - Rapidfire - together with a Howto for citizen scientists.  The…