News tagged with carbon isotopes
Early hominid first walked on two legs in the woods
Among the many surprises associated with the discovery of the oldest known, nearly complete skeleton of a hominid is the finding that this species took its first steps toward bipedalism not on the open, grassy ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The greenhouse gas that saved the world
When Planet Earth was just cooling down from its fiery creation, the sun was faint and young. So faint that it should not have been able to keep the oceans of earth from freezing. But fortunately for the creation of life, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2009 |
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New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon cycle ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'
Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and eventually carbonates in the Earth's oceans, according to a team of researchers ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Researchers find quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special chemical markers. These markers, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Global monsoon drives long-term carbon cycles in the ocean
Monsoon is a global system, and many arrays of evidence indicate that it drives long-term cyclicity of the carbon reservoir in the global ocean. The new view is introduced in a substantial paper in Issue 7 (April 2009) of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 08, 2009 |
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The rise of oxygen caused Earth's earliest ice age
(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question - an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest ice ages may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2009 |
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Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano
(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 06, 2009 |
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Diet secrets of 'the Royals' -- Elephant tail hair isotopes show cattle out-munch pachyderms
Two weeks after the rains begin, an elephant family named "the Royals" usually switches to a grass diet to bulk up for pregnancy and birth. But when they wandered off their African reserve one rainy season, ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Carbon capture has a sparkling future
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings - published ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Researchers Study Cave's 'Breathing' for Better Climate Clues
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
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New test for detecting fake organic milk
Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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