 Studies confirm greenhouse mechanisms even further into past May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores now provide a reasonable view of greenhouse gas concentrations as much as 800,000 years into the past, and are further confirming the link ... | |
 Warming climate is changing life on global scale, says new study May 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. The ... | |
 Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust. | |
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics May 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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A new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place. | |
 Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring ... | |
 Chilean volcano captured blasting ash May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. | |
Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data May 07, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news. | |
 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 ... | |
Balloons 'bombard' North Alabama landfill to collect data, improve tornado warnings May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto the Morgan County Landfill near here on Sunday so scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville could gather data needed ... | |
 Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Using sophisticated unmanned aircraft, research scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego hope to assess Southern California’s potential for climate change and better understand the sources ... | |
 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. | |
 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, ... | |
Updated version of GAIM model goes operational May 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
An updated version of the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) model went operational at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) on February 22, 2008. The operational GAIM program has been under development ... | |
 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 ... | |
 '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. | |
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