 Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 31 million miles away. Scientists are using ... | |
 3-D Views Posted From NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission has released stereo images of the Martian surface near the Phoenix lander. The images in the new 3-D Gallery combine views from the left and right "eyes" of the ... | |
 New indicator uncovered that can predict coral health July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new indicator of coral health has been discovered in a community of microscopic single-celled algae called dinoflagellates. The study, released in the July 8th edition of the journal Proceedings of the ... | |
Saharan dust storms sustain life in Atlantic Ocean July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. | |
 Russian scientists begin trial exploration of world's deepest lake 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Russian scientists leading a submarine expedition to probe the world's deepest lake on Thursday carried out test dives ahead of the start of the operation next week, reports said. | |
 Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery' 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit ‘surgery’ on two ailing science instruments ... | |
 GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk ... | |
 Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic 18 hours ago | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic. | |
 Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan 21 hours ago | User rating: 1.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system. | |
Judge: EPA must regulate ship water discharge July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species. | |
 Phoenix Completes Longest Work Shift July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix early Tuesday finished its longest work shift of the mission. The lander stayed awake for 33 hours, completing tasks that included rasping and scraping by the robotic arm, in addition ... | |
 Category 2 Hurricane Dolly Crosses South Padre Island, Texas July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At 12:00 p.m. CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Dolly's eye was located near latitude 26.2 north and longitude 97.0 west or about 35 miles northeast of Brownsville, Texas, and she was crossing South Padre Island.
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Costs of climate change, state-by-state: Billions, says UMD July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers ... | |
Why eating less can help the environment July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in the USA is taken up in the production and supply of food. Currently, this mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources which are in short supply. It is therefore of paramount ... | |
Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned. | |
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