 N.M. cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals 21 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits. The ... | |
 Tropical Storm Dolly nears hurricane force July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Forecasters issued a hurricane warning Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dolly churned over the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to land the US-Mexican border region. | |
The sun could be having a 15% or 20% effect on climate change July 18, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Global warming is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities; however, current climatic variations may be affected “around 15% or 20%” by solar activity, according to the researcher Manuel Vázquez ... | |
 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. | |
 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. | |
Scientists offer new explanation for monsoon development July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall ... | |
 Controlling nitrogen pollution will not stop toxic algae blooms, says research July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Research from the University of Alberta has confirmed that algae blooms, which can poison lakes and kill fish, can be controlled by limiting phosphorus. | |
Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study. | |
 Strong earthquake jolts northern Japan July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted northern Japan on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate reports of damage or casualties. | |
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. | |
 Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore' 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said. | |
Chinese earthquake provides lessons for future July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have ... | |
Study: Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined. That's the finding of an Ohio State University study published in ... | |
 NSF awards grant to track 'space weather' in Earth's near-space environment July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for the first time, thanks to funding from the National ... | |
 NASA works to improve short-term weather forecasts July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sometimes seconds count. If a furious, tornado-spitting thunderstorm was bearing down on your home town, a few moments might make all the difference in the world. | |
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