 Robot vehicle surveys deep sea off Pacific Northwest August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has been successfully completed by scientists and engineers from the ... | |
Antarctic climate: Short-term spikes, long-term warming linked to tropical Pacific August 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to a new analysis of ice cores conducted by scientists at ... | |
Scientists explore Sichuan fault August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Durham University expert, Alex Densmore, is to explore the fault lines that caused the May 12th earthquake in China that killed 69,000 people. | |
 New climate record shows century-long droughts in eastern North America August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods ... | |
 The Realm of Earthworms: NASA Gets Down to the Nitty-Gritty August 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When you hear the word "NASA," do visions of rocket ships dance in your head? Well think again. From now on, it's "earthworms." | |
 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 ... | |
 Canada to map Arctic's vast resources August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday an ambitious plan to discover and tap mineral, oil and gas riches believed to be hidden beneath the cool Arctic. | |
 Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm? 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ... | |
Soils Limited in Storing Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming, Studies Find August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Soils, long known to be potential natural "sinks" or storehouses for carbon, are limited in just how much carbon they can stash away, according to two recent studies by researchers at UC Davis; University ... | |
 Gustav becomes hurricane, threatens Haiti August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tropical Storm Gustav grew into a hurricane Tuesday after emerging in the Caribbean, threatening Haiti with powerful winds less than two weeks after the country was hit by a deadly storm. | |
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 ... | |
 NASA data show some African drought linked to warmer Indian Ocean August 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Computer models and observations show a decline in rainfall, with implications ... | |
GOCE Earth explorer satellite to look at the Earth's surface and core August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and ... | |
Studying volcanoes with balloons August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
People do all kinds of crazy things in Hawaii, but flying balloons over a volcano usually isn't one of them. Unless you're Adam Durant, that is. | |
 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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