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Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater vehicle has accomplished ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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NASA satellite and aircraft data see Danny's center reform farther north
NASA satellite imagery and aircraft data revealed Tropical Storm Danny's center reformed a little farther north than it was yesterday. The center of his circulation is "broad and elongated" so it's been somewhat ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Harbingers of increased Atlantic hurricane activity identified
Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the "Medieval Climate Anomaly" about a thousand years ago when climate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Still a low chance of development for two lows
The two areas of thunderstorms in the Caribbean from yesterday, July 21, are on the move. One area is now moving into out of the Caribbean and into the eastern Atlantic Ocean while the other is now moving ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Airborne expedition chases Arctic sea ice questions
A small NASA aircraft completed its first successful science flight Thursday in partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Iron and biological production in the high-latitude North Atlantic
Southampton scientists have demonstrated an unexpected role of iron in regulating biological production in the high-latitude North Atlantic. Their findings have important implications for our understanding of ocean-climate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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New type of El Nino could mean more hurricanes make landfall
El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niño may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Researchers Survey Mid-Atlantic Ridge Looking For New Forms of Marine Life, Clues to Deep-Sea Communities
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers is surveying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge halfway between Iceland and the Azores to determine its biodiversity and perhaps discover new species and clues to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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NASA Launch Tests Alternate Concept for Astronaut Escape System
NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Disappearing act of world's second largest fish explained
Researchers have discovered where basking sharks - the world's second largest fish - hide out for half of every year, according to a report published today in Current Biology. The discovery revises scient ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Sea Salt Holds Clues to Climate Change
(PhysOrg.com) -- We know that average sea levels have risen over the past century, and that global warming is to blame. But what is climate change doing to the saltiness, or salinity, of our oceans?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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2009 Hurricane Season Should Contain No Surprises, Researchers Say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University believe that 2009 will bring a near-normal hurricane season, with storm activity in the Atlantic basin and the Gulf of Mexico slightly above the averages of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Hurricanes not likely to disrupt ocean carbon balance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hurricanes are well known for the trail of damage and debris they can leave on land, but less known for the invisible trail left over the ocean by their gale-force winds — a trail of carbon ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Atlantic snails are increasing dramatically in size
A Queen's University biologist has discovered that the shell lengths of snails in the northwest Atlantic Ocean - an important member of the Atlantic food chain - have increased by 22.6 per cent over the past ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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