 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. | |
 Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents – one towering nearly four stories in height – are venting ... | |
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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 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. | |
 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. | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
 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. | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
 A single boulder may prove that Antarctica and North America were once connected July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A lone granite boulder found against all odds high atop a glacier in Antarctica may provide additional key evidence to support a theory that parts of the southernmost continent once were connected to North ... | |
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 ... | |
Volcanic eruptions wiped out ocean life 93 million years ago July 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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University of Alberta scientists contend they have the answer to mass extinction of animals and plants 93 million years ago. The answer, research has uncovered, has been found at the bottom of the sea floor where lava fountains ... | |
 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 ... | |
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