en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/tropical/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/fewer_hurricanes_in_future/ Hurricanes and tropical storms will become less frequent by the end of the century as a result of climate change, US researchers have suggested. But the scientists added their data also showed that there would be a "modest increase" in the intensity of news science 2008-05-21 08:18:57 http://www.newsique.com/science/fewer_hurricanes_in_future/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7404846.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fewer_hurricanes_in_future/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/no_clear_trend_in_forest_loss/ Data on tropical forest cover is so poor that we do not know if the forests are declining, a study has found. Alan Grainger from the UK's University of Leeds examined UN analyses going back almost 30 years, and found that "evidence for a decline is unc news science 2008-01-09 08:19:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/no_clear_trend_in_forest_loss/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7175617.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/no_clear_trend_in_forest_loss/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/deforestation_hits_nutrient_cycl/ The benefits of cutting down tropical forests in order to convert the nutrient-rich soil into farmland are only short-lived, scientists suggest. US researchers studied deforested land in Mexico and found that soil levels of phosphorus, a key nutrient f news science 2007-12-19 08:21:41 http://www.newsique.com/science/deforestation_hits_nutrient_cycl/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7148278.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/deforestation_hits_nutrient_cycl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_of_bad_hurricane_season/ Experts are again predicting a busy Atlantic hurricane season, with up to 17 named tropical storms forming - nine of which could become hurricanes. At least one major storm is expected to make landfall in the US during the 1 June-30 November season, Co news science 2007-04-03 18:24:22 http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_of_bad_hurricane_season/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6524017.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/warning_of_bad_hurricane_season/#comments