News tagged with geological observations
Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history
(Phys.org) -- ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2012 |
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Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2012 |
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China suspect in US satellite interference: report
NASA satellites were interfered with four separate times in 2007 and 2008, possibly by the Chinese military, according to a draft of an upcoming report for the US Congress.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Out of thin Martian air
A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2011 |
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New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti
Virginia Key, Florida--Scientists at the University of Miami have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and just after Haiti's earthquake, on January 12. The images ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists
An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings
Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, scientists report
You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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