 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. | |
 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. | |
 Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic 18 hours ago | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic. | |
 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. | |
 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. | |
 Russian researchers 'rescued from melting ice floe' July 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Twenty Russian scientists have been rescued from their camp on an ice floe in the Arctic that was melting faster than expected, a spokesman for the expedition told AFP on Monday. | |
Major quake hits region of Okhotsk Sea July 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit the region of the Sea of Okhotsk early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported. | |
Japan beefs up undersea quake monitoring system July 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Japan, one of the most tremor-prone countries in the world, started work Thursday to beef up its undersea earthquake monitoring system. | |
 Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Was it a gigantic meteorite? A tremendous bolt of lightning? Perhaps the crash of a UFO the size of Tokyo? No one is certain of the answer to one of the 20th century's greatest scientific mysteries -- the ... | |
Catalogue of marine life reaches 122,500 June 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have identified some 122,500 species of marine life in the oceans and have managed to clear up some 56,000 cases of double-identity as part of a global research project. | |
 Nuclear test ban data to help in tsunami warning June 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The body that oversees the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty offered its unique know-how Wednesday to countries that ring the Pacific Ocean to warn them of killer tsunamis. | |
Surprise quake shows Japan's vulnerability: experts June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A powerful earthquake in Japan struck at a previously unknown faultline, raising new alarm that the dreaded "Big One" could hit anywhere in the country, experts said Sunday. | |
Quake warning system in action in Japan June 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The world's first earthquake early warning system was used in Japan on Saturday, giving residents a few seconds to prepare for aftershocks that followed a strong quake. | |
 New study sheds light on mysterious 'supershear' quakes June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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A French-Turkish team of seismologists on Thursday said they had found evidence about the impacts of a rare but extremely violent earthquake called a supershear. | |
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