News tagged with atlantic coastal plain
Research challenges models of sea level change during ice-age cycles
Theories about the rates of ice accumulation and melting during the Quaternary Period -- the time interval ranging from 2.6 million years ago to the present -- may need to be revised, thanks to research findings published ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Old maps and dead clams help solve coastal boulder mystery
Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Nationwide radium testing of groundwater shows most susceptible regions: Central US and East Coast
Groundwater in aquifers on the East Coast and in the Central U.S. has the highest risk of contamination from radium, a naturally occurring radioactive element and known carcinogen.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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High nitrogen fertilizers tested on post-transplant ornamentals
The nutrition and fertilization needs of container-grown ornamental plants during production are well-documented, but there is limited research about the plants' fertilizer requirements following transplantation into landscapes. ...
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Holiday travel conditions caught by GOES satellites
Travelers over the long holiday weekend can count on one Christmas present: great satellite data from the GOES series of satellites to help them in their travels. Data from the GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 24, 2010 |
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Blast from the past: Jack pine genetics support a coastal glacial refugium
Can a road-trip across eastern North America, ancient ice sheets, and DNA samples unlock the ancestral history of jack pine trees? Julie Godbout and colleagues from the Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, certainly hoped ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Geobiologists Discover Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen, among sediment layers deposited during an ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest living relatives
Mankind’s closest living relatives – the world’s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are under unprecedented threat from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting, with ...
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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Without hot rock, much of North America would be underwater
A University of Utah study shows how various regions of North America are kept afloat by heat within Earth’s rocky crust, and how much of the continent would sink beneath sea level if not for heat that makes rock buoyant.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2007 |
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Rapidly accelerating glaciers may increase how fast the sea level rises
Satellite images show that, after decades of stability, a major glacier draining the Greenland ice sheet has dramatically increased its speed and retreated nearly five miles in recent years. These changes could contribute ...
Nov 14, 2005 |
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