News tagged with aegean sea
Volcanic artifacts imply ice-age mariners in prehistoric Greece
Mariners may have been traveling the Aegean Sea even before the end of the last ice age, according to new evidence from researchers, in order to extract coveted volcanic rocks for pre-Bronze Age tools and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Ice-age reptile extinctions provide a glimpse of likely responses to human-caused climate change
A wave of reptile extinctions on the Greek islands over the past 15,000 years may offer a preview of the way plants and animals will respond as the world rapidly warms due to human-caused climate change, according ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards' tail-shedding abilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard's ability ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue
(AP) -- A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week. Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2012 |
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Research on neutrinos allows the discovery of vortices in the abysses of the eastern Mediterranean
An INFN research project on neutrinos has made it possible to observe for the first time the presence of chains of marine vortices in the Mediterranean at depths of more than 3000 meters, large water structures of diameters ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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In the Greek isles, a volcano has awakened
In 1650 B.C.E., a series of massive volcanic eruptions decimated the ancient seafaring Minoan civilization. Over the next 4 millennia, the largely subaquatic Santorini caldera had a series of smaller eruptions, with five ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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