 Successful series of measurements in Arctic sea ice August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain data on two series of long-term research measurements. After working in regions up to latitude 82° ... | |
 Icelandic volcanoes help researchers understand potential effects of eruptions July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have taken a detailed look at what lies beneath all of Iceland's volcanoes – and found a world far more complex than they ever imagined. | |
Scientists close in on source of X-rays in lightning July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike. | |
 Russian researchers 'rescued from melting ice floe' July 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Twenty Russian scientists have been rescued from their camp on an ice floe in the Arctic that was melting faster than expected, a spokesman for the expedition told AFP on Monday. | |
Surprisingly rapid changes in the Earth's core discovered July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 65 vote(s)
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In a recent paper published in Nature Geoscience, the geophysicist Mioara MANDEA from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam and her Danish colleague Nils OLSEN from the National Space Institute/DTU ... | |
Scientists demonstrate the sharpest measurement of ice crystals in clouds July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Scientists have created an instrument designed to help determine the shapes and sizes of tiny ice crystals typical of those found in high-altitude clouds, down to the micron level (comparable to the tiniest cells in the human ... | |
 Study: Future snowmelt in West twice as early as expected; threatens ecosystems and water reserves July 15, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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According to a new study, global warming could lead to larger changes in snowmelt in the western United States than was previously thought, possibly increasing wildfire risk and creating new water management ... | |
 Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by new evidence located in Ohio, Indiana July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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Geological evidence found in Ohio and Indiana in recent weeks is strengthening the case to attribute what happened 12,900 years ago in North America -- when the end of the last Ice Age unexpectedly turned ... | |
 Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Begins Mapping Oceans July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface ... | |
 Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new pathway for methane formation in the oceans has been discovered, with significant potential for advancing our understanding of greenhouse gas production on Earth, scientists believe. | |
Timing is everything: How vulnerable to flooding is New York City? July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University ... | |
 Research team draws 150-meter ice core from McCall Glacier July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A 150-meter ice core pulled from the McCall Glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer may offer researchers their first quantitative look at up to two centuries of climate change in the region. | |
Researchers distinguish waves from mine collapses from other seismic activities July 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have devised a technology that can distinguish mine collapses from other seismic activity. Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August, Lawrence Livermore ... | |
 Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Was it a gigantic meteorite? A tremendous bolt of lightning? Perhaps the crash of a UFO the size of Tokyo? No one is certain of the answer to one of the 20th century's greatest scientific mysteries -- the ... | |
 Soil scientist's fascination with mineral yields plan for battling it July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Under the microscope, its crystals gleam like tiny gems. But when the phosphate mineral struvite starts clinging to the insides of sewage treatment plants, it tends to lose its charm. Fed ... | |
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