 Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm? 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ... | |
 Why is Greenland covered in ice? 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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There have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all. | |
New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in ... | |
GOCE Earth explorer satellite to look at the Earth's surface and core August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and ... | |
 Earthquakes may endanger New York more than formerly believed August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among ... | |
 RV Polarstern on its way to East Siberian Sea August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Bremerhaven, August 19th 2008. German research vessel Polarstern, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, transits the Northwest Passage for the ... | |
 Satellite images show continued breakup of 2 of Greenland's largest glaciers August 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers monitoring daily satellite images here of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month. They expect that part of the Northern hemisphere's longest ... | |
Numerical simulations of nutrient transport changes in Honghu Lake Basin August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Nutrients transported from catchments are one of the most important sources for lake eutrophication. The Honghu Lake Basin, located at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, was chosen as the study area, the numerical simulations ... | |
 Fay Comes Ashore in Florida August 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's CloudSat and Aqua satellites are just two of NASA's fleet keeping eyes on Tropical Storm Fay. NASA is using these data to see cloud height and cloud temperatures which give hints at ... | |
 New climate record shows century-long droughts in eastern North America August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods ... | |
 Greenland ice core reveals history of pollution in the Arctic August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the ... | |
Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could ... | |
 Drier, warmer springs in US Southwest stem from human-caused changes in winds August 19, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Human-driven changes in the westerly winds are bringing hotter and drier springs to the American Southwest, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. | |
 2007 Hurricane Forecasts Took Blow from Winds and Saharan Dry, Dusty Air August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert was a likely contributor to the quieter-than-expected ... | |
Soils Limited in Storing Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming, Studies Find August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Soils, long known to be potential natural "sinks" or storehouses for carbon, are limited in just how much carbon they can stash away, according to two recent studies by researchers at UC Davis; University ... | |
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