News tagged with basin
LiDAR technology reveals faults near Lake Tahoe
Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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Could cap and trade for water solve problems facing the United States' largest rivers?
Lake Mead, on the Colorado River, is the largest reservoir in the United States, but users are consuming more water than flows down the river in an average year, which threatens the water supply for agriculture and households. ...
May 17, 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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Questions about incredible sea turtle migration answered
Immediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire ...
May 15, 2012 |
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First forecast calls for mild Amazon fire season in 2012
Forests in the Amazon Basin are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model developed by university and NASA researchers.
May 10, 2012 |
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The desert Southwest: Oasis or mirage?
(Phys.org) -- The American West has a drinking problem. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate.
May 09, 2012 |
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European climate change to hit Scandinavia and south hardest
Global warming in Europe this century will mostly affect Scandinavia and the Mediterranean basin, the European Environment Agency warned on Thursday.
May 03, 2012 |
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Three-toed horses reveal the secret of the Tibetan Plateau uplift
The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Planned dams in Amazon may have largely negative ecosystem impact
The Andean Amazon is becoming a major frontier for new hydroelectric dams, but an analysis of the potential impacts of these planned projects suggests that there may be serious ecological concerns to take into account. The ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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“Irene” retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names
(Phys.org) -- Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2012 |
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US forecasters see drop in 2012 Atlantic hurricanes
The number of 2012 Atlantic hurricanes will be below average this season due to a cooling of tropical waters and the potential development of El Nino conditions, US forecasters said Wednesday.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Scientists developing poison pill for Asian carp
Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Ice sculptures fill the deepest parts of Mars
One of the “weirdest and least understood” areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms that bespeak of some specialized and large-scale geologic process having ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2012 |
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New paper assigns dollar figure to cost from ship-borne invasive species to the Great Lakes
Although there has been growing recognition among researchers and policy-makers that ship-borne invasive species cause a considerable economic toll, this environmental problem often goes unaddressed because of the difficulty ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Big sagebrush may need to count on its soil seed bank for survival
Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is a key foundational species in an ecosystem that is threatened by invasion of cheatgrass and the subsequent increase in fire frequency. Critical to the conservation, reesta ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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