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Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

Typhoon Vamco is being as stubborn in its quest to live in the Pacific Ocean as Bill is in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and NASA satellite data confirmed that the large storm has a huge eye, about 45 miles ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Unexpected crustacean diversity discovered in northern freshwater ecosystems

Freshwater ecosystems in northern regions are home to significantly more species of water fleas than traditionally thought, adding to evidence that regions with vanishing waters contain unique animal life.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers unearth ancient bronze artifact in Alaska

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder recently discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Ancient bronze artifact from East Asia unearthed at Alaska archaeology site

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists shocked by behavior of rare gray whale

Scientists tracking a rare western Pacific gray whale were shocked last winter when the endangered animal left the Asian coast, crossed the Bering Sea and swam south along Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Global warming brings crab threat to Antarctica

The sea floor around the West Antarctica peninsula could become invaded by a voracious king crab, which is on the march thanks to global warming, biologists reported on Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 12

At least 32 musk oxen perish in storm surge in Alaska preserve

At least 32 musk oxen in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve perished during a nasty storm surge last month, and officials are worried many more may be buried deeper in the ice and out of sight.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last tango in space

Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA’s ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again – for the last time. Data from this final duet are generating 3D models ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes calm after eruptions

(AP) -- Two volcanoes that erupted on the far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, blanketing a town with dust and spreading ash clouds across the Pacific, have mostly stopped spewing ash and flights are no long ...

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Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

(AP) -- Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles (kilometers) into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, ...

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created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Critical polar data flows briskly to researchers

Operation IceBridge -- a NASA airborne mission to observe changes in Earth's rapidly changing polar land ice and sea ice -- is soon to embark on its fourth field season in October. The mission is now paralleled ...

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created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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