Related News ItemsCU scientist helps create map of worldwide plant, animal distributionSat, 19 May 2012 13:07:48 -0700 A University of Colorado professor has helped create the ultimate field guide: The new Map of Life project aims to show the distribution of all plants and animals throughout the world. Read More... Scientists core into Clear Lake to explore past climate changeThu, 03 May 2012 10:25:50 -0700 One of the oldest lakes in the world, Clear Lake has deep sediments that contain a record of the climate and local plants and animals going back perhaps 500,000 years. UC Berkeley scientists are drilling cores from the sediments to explore this history and fine-tune models for predicting the fate of today's flora and fauna in the face of global warming and pressure from a growing human population. Read More... Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate changeThu, 03 May 2012 11:16:06 -0700 ( University of California - Berkeley ) One of the oldest lakes in the world, Clear Lake in northern California has deep sediments that contain a record of the climate and local plants and animals going back perhaps 500,000 years. UC Berkeley scientists are drilling cores from the sediments to explore 130,000 years of this history and fine-tune models for predicting the fate of today's flora and ... Read More...
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