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Latest EPOXI findings on Comet Hartley 2 published

Comet Hartley 2, is in a hyperactive class of its own compared to other comets visited by spacecraft, says a University of Maryland-led study published in the June 17 issue of the journal Science.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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New picture of ancient ocean chemistry argues for chemically layered water

A research team led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has developed a detailed and dynamic three-dimensional model of Earth's early ocean chemistry that can significantly advance ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Japanese researchers film rare baby fish 'fossil'

Japanese marine researchers said Tuesday they had found and successfully filmed a young coelacanth -- a rare type of fish known as "a living fossil" -- in deep water off Indonesia.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, non-threatening

News reports last week about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of University of Rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel. As a leading expert on the species ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists Develop New Method to Find Alien Oceans, Earth-like Planets (w/Videos)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early 1990s astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting stars other than our sun, nearly all of them gas giants like Jupiter. Powerful space telescopes, such as the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 3

New surface coatings could inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas wells

During the massive oil spill from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, it seemed at first like there might be a quick fix: a containment dome lowered onto the broken pipe to capture the flow so it could be pumped ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glass sponge as a living climate archive

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists have discovered a new archive of historical sea temperatures. With the help of the skeleton of a sponge that belongs to the Monorhaphis chuni species and that lived in the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Study confirms oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico

Since the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, scientists have been working to understand the impact that this disaster has had on the environment. For ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Copepods eat their own weight belts

Scientists have solved the mystery of how tiny marine crustaceans called copepods regulate the rhythms of their life-cycle.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coasts' best protection from bioinvaders falling short

Invasive species have hitchhiked to the U.S. on cargo ships for centuries, but the method U.S. regulators most rely on to keep them out is not equally effective across coasts. Ecologists from the Smithsonian Environmental ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prehistoric greenhouse data from ocean floor could predict Earth's future

New research from the University of Missouri indicates that Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the greenhouse climate of the Late Cretaceous Epoch were influenced by circulation in the deep ocean. These changes ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers explore plankton's shifting role in deep sea carbon storage

The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas. But this role may change as ocean water becomes warmer ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Rising CO2 levels at end of Ice Age not tied to Pacific Ocean

At the end of the last Ice Age, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose rapidly as the planet warmed; scientists have long hypothesized that the source was CO2 released from the deep ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Study reveals sex life of deep-sea squid

The sex life of Octopoteuthis deletron -- O. deletron, if you prefer -- is a cruelly hit-or-miss affair, according to candid footage of the deep-sea squid in its element, unveiled Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Krill found to have hidden depths

Antarctic krill regularly feed on the seabed, scientists have found. Until now the tiny crustaceans were thought to live mainly near the ocean surface.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast