News tagged with fossil groundwater
Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels
Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain twenty times the radiation considered safe for drinking water in a new study by an international ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Geologists map prehistoric climate changes in Canada's Yukon Territory
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists from Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science, the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 08, 2012 |
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Climate risk of toxic shock
The effects of climate change could expose Australians to greater risks from toxic contamination, a leading scientist has warned.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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More than 7,500-year-old fish traps found in Russia
A team of international archeologists, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has documented a series of more than 7,500-year-old fish seines and traps near Moscow. The equipment found, among the oldest in Europe, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Solutions for a nitrogen-soaked world
Nitrogen is both an essential nutrient and a pollutant, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and a fertilizer that feeds billions, a benefit and a hazard, depending on form, location, and quantity. Agriculture, industry ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Depleted gas reservoirs can double as geologic carbon storage sites
(PhysOrg.com) -- A demonstration project on the southeastern tip of Australia has helped to verify that depleted natural gas reservoirs can be repurposed for geologic carbon sequestration, which is a climate ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Rise of atmospheric oxygen more complicated than previously thought
The appearance of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock ...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Krypton-81 isotope can help map underground waterways
Cataloguing underground waterways, some of which extend for thousands of miles, has always been difficult—but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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NASA Mars research helps find buried water on Earth
A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first use of ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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Finding showing human ancestor older than previously thought offers new insights into evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern humans never co-existed with Homo erectus -- a finding counter to previous hypotheses of human evolution—new excavations in Indonesia and dating analyses show. The research, report ...
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Jun 29, 2011 |
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'Big Rig' arrives in Newcastle for final phase of borehole
A pioneering project to drill deep under the heart of Newcastle in search of geothermal energy is about to enter its final phase.
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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