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Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe
(AP) -- Ash clouds from Iceland's spewing volcano disrupted air traffic across Northern Europe on Thursday as authorities closed British and Nordic air space, shut down Europe's busiest airport at Heathrow ...
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Apr 15, 2010 |
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Scientists to evaluate Icelandic volcano eruption
(AP) -- Scientists are flying over southern Iceland to evaluate whether it's safe for people to return to their homes after a volcanic eruption.
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Mar 22, 2010 |
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Iceland fears 2nd, even larger volcanic eruption
(AP) -- A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
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Mar 21, 2010 |
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Evidence Indicates Humans' Early Tree-dwelling Ancestors Were Also Bipedal
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than three million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans were still spending a considerable amount of their lives in trees, but something new was happening.
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Mar 20, 2010 |
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Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip
(AP) -- More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Volcano monitoring will target hazard threat to Marianas, US military and commercial jets
Technology designed to detect nuclear explosions and enforce the world's nuclear test-ban treaty now will be pioneered to monitor active volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands near Guam. The island of Guam soon will be ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Scientists vacuum up the data on dust
(AP) -- While most people give it the brushoff, a panel of scientists gathered Friday to focus on dust. Dust in the air. Dust in the oceans. Dust in your lungs. Good dust. Bad dust. And not a can of Pledge in sight.
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Feb 20, 2010 |
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More Filipinos leave homes as volcano spills lava
(AP) -- Security forces in army trucks Friday sent about 3,000 residents outside the danger zone surrounding the smoldering Mayon volcano, which looked set for a major eruption after days of shooting ash ...
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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Scientists Cryopreserve Pest-Imperiled Ash Trees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cryopreservation methods, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have devised a procedure for storing frozen budwood from ash trees (Fraxinus) and thawing the delicate buds for ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Hundreds of dinosaur nests found in India
(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists have discovered hundreds of fossilized nests each containing clutches of eight dinosaur eggs. The eggs were located in sand banks in Tamil Nadu in Southern India.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Exotic timber plantations found to use more than twice the water of native forests
Ecologists have discovered that timber plantations in Hawaii use more than twice the amount of water to grow as native forests use. Especially for island ecosystems, these findings suggest that land management ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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As ash borer claims more trees, researcher works for species survival
Mark Widrlechner may someday be known as the modern-day Johnny Appleseed for ash trees. As the devastating insect emerald ash borer is working its way across North America destroying almost all the native ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Toxic Coal Ash Threatens Health And Environment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exposure to dust and river sediment containing toxic metals and radioactivity from a coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston power plant last December could pose risks ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Green Ideas: Making Concrete from Rice
(PhysOrg.com) -- Concrete accounts for about 5% of all human-related CO2 emissions. The fact that we use so much cement in building could mean that the issue becomes even more pronounced in the future. Bu ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Scientists lower Alaska volcano threat level
(AP) -- Alaskans can put away their dust masks and spare air filters, for now, because Mount Redoubt seems to have cooled off since its last major eruption nearly three months ago.
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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