 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 ... | |
 Seismometer image captured from this morning's Midwest earthquake April 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison geology department seismometer in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors of a southern Illinois earthquake that shook many areas of the Midwest this morning. | |
 Seeing clearly despite the clouds April 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Satellites taking atmospheric measurements might now be able to see blue skies as clearly as optimists do. Researchers have found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy ... | |
New study validates hurricane prediction April 17, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms worldwide may decline, according to a new study by MIT researchers. | |
 Lakes of meltwater can crack Greenland's ice and contribute to faster ice sheet flow April 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have for the first time documented the sudden and complete drainage of a lake of meltwater from the top ... | |
Tiny tremors can track extreme storms in a warming planet April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves—often dismissed as “background noise” at seismographic stations around the world—suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades, ... | |
Historic Soviet nuclear test site offers insights for today's nuclear monitoring April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today’s atomic detectives fine-tune their monitoring of nuclear explosions ... | |
Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes April 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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The Earth’s jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting—possibly in response to global warming. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution ... | |
Unearthing clues of catastrophic earthquakes April 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The destruction and disappearance of ancient cultures mark the history of human civilization, making for fascinating stories and cautionary tales. The longevity of today’s societies may depend upon separating fact from fiction, ... | |
New hazard estimates could downplay quake dangers April 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The dangers posed by a major earthquake in the New Madrid and Charleston, South Carolina zones in the Midwestern and Southern parts of the United States may be noticeably lower than current estimates if seismologists adjust ... | |
 Methane sources over the last 30,000 years April 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Ice cores are essential for climate research, because they represent the only archive which allows direct measurements of atmospheric composition and greenhouse gas concentrations in the past. Using novel ... | |
Clever irrigation could save dying river red gums April 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dying river red gums along the River Murray in South Australia could be saved with clever irrigation technology, according to University of Adelaide researcher Anne Jensen. | |
 Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts April 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Scientists have developed a new way of determining the size and frequency of meteorites that have collided with Earth. | |
 Journey to the center of the earth: Discovery sheds light on mantle formation April 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Uncovering a rare, two-billion-year-old window into the Earth’s mantle, a University of Houston professor and his team have found our planet’s geological history is more complex than previously thought. | |
Absence of clouds caused pre-human supergreenhouse periods April 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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In a world without human-produced pollution, biological productivity controls cloud formation and may be the lever that caused supergreenhouse episodes during the Cetaceous and Eocene, according to Penn State paleoclimatologists. | |
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