 Earthquakes may endanger New York more than formerly believed August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among ... | |
 Climate change: When it rains it (really) pours August 07, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Climate models have long predicted that global warming will increase the intensity of extreme precipitation events. A new study conducted at the University of Miami and the University of Reading (U.K.) provides ... | |
 New insights into centre of the Earth August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A new observation of the very deepest part of the Earth, the solid inner core, has been reported this week in Nature. The team from the University of Bristol also observed intriguing evidence of a ‘texture’ ... | |
Mud pots signal possible extension of San Andreas Fault July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A linear string of mud pots and mud volcanoes suggest surface evidence for a southern extension of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the Salton Sea, according to a paper published in the August issue of the Bulletin ... | |
 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 ... | |
Tracking down abrupt climate changes August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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In an article in the scientific magazine Nature Geosciences, the geoscientists Achim Brauer, Peter Dulski and Jörg Negendank, (emeritus Professor) from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Gerald Haug from ... | |
 US experts predict more active hurricane season August 05, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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US weather experts raised their predictions for this year's Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday, warning that warmer waters could whip up 17 tropical storms including nine that will grow into hurricanes. ... | |
X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic ... | |
 Study Improves Ability to Predict Aerosols' Effect on Cloud Cover August 14, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a novel theoretical approach, researchers from NASA and other institutions have identified the common thread that determines how aerosols from human activity, like the particles from ... | |
Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could ... | |
 Greenland ice core reveals history of pollution in the Arctic August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the ... | |
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