 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 ... | |
 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. | |
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. | |
 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. | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
 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 ... | |
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