 The Antarctic deep sea gets colder April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The Antarctic deep sea gets colder, which might stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses. This is the first result of the Polarstern expedition of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ... | |
 Solar games at Paranal May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as ... | |
 Chalk one up for coccolithophores April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists have feared that gradual acidification of the world's oceans would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells. But a new finding shows at least three species of coccolithophores ... | |
 Innovative technology provides insight into what’s below the Earth’s surface May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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From oil fields and meteorite impact craters, to potential tsunami triggering submarine landslides, innovative new technology which provides images from below the Earth’s surface has been unveiled. | |
 '4-D' ionosphere map helps flyers, soldiers, ham radio operators April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new “4D” live model of Earth’s ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can fly through the ... | |
 'Dynamic duo' develops framework for Earth's inaccessible interior May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. | |
 Scientists reveal presence of ocean current 'stripes' April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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An international collaborative of scientists led by Peter Niiler, a physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and Nikolai Maximenko, a researcher at the International Pacific ... | |
 On shaky ground: UH Prof finds geological faults threaten Houston April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners. | |
 Chile's Chaiten volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much ... | |
 65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, ... | |
 Sahara made slow transition from green to desert: study May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green, according to a new study which clashes with the theory that desertification came abruptly. | |
Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna? April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The end of the Pleistocene Epoch was marked with steadily warmer temperatures and the great ice age glaciers that covered vast areas of North America were in retreat. | |
 Earthquake in Illinois could portend an emerging threat April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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To the surprise of many, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault and not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in Missouri's ... | |
Northern lights glimmer with unexpected trait April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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An international team of scientists has detected that some of the glow of Earth’s aurora is polarized, an unexpected state for such emissions. Measurements of this newfound polarization in the Northern Lights may provide ... | |
 First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A handful of soil is a lot like a banana, strawberry and apple smoothie: Blended all together, it is hard to tell what's in there, especially if you have never tasted the fruits before. | |
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