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Human-Neanderthal coupling was rare: study
Scientists have shown that modern humans have some traces of genes from Neanderthals, but a study out Monday suggests that any breeding between the two was most likely a rare event.
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study
The Mediterranean Sea was mostly filled in less than two years in a dramatic flood around 5.33 million years ago in which water poured in from the Atlantic, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Ancient deep sea rivers of sand and mud tell climate story
Planet Earth is now due for another ice age when glaciers will form and sea levels drop up to 120m. But don't get your woollies out just yet. "Any moment now" in geological speak means give or take a few hundreds of years ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Drilling for climate change
Researchers aboard the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution will finish their Mediterranean voyage next week to unearth thousands of centuries of climate data from beneath the ocean floor.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
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Human-caused climate change a major factor in more frequent Mediterranean droughts: study
Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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This is what the margins of the Ebro looked like 6 million years ago
A Spanish research team, using 3D reflection seismology, has for the first time mapped the geomorphological features of the Ebro river basin between five and six million years ago. The images obtained show ...
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Jun 02, 2011 |
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Data streaming in from Space Station to OSU lab
A prototype scanner aboard the international space station has been taking new images of Earth's coastal regions during the 16 months since it was launched, providing scientists with a new set of imaging tools ...
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Mar 24, 2011 |
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Looking for the Lost City of Atlantis
Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, a team of experts (led by University of Hartford professor and archaeologist Richard ...
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Mar 13, 2011 |
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50 million 'environmental refugees' by 2020, experts say
Fifty million "environmental refugees" will flood into the global north by 2020, fleeing food shortages sparked by climate change, experts warned at a major science conference that ended here Monday.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Dying young did not cause Neanderthals' demise
Dying young was not likely the reason Neanderthals went extinct, said a study out Monday that suggests early modern humans had about the same life expectancy as their hairier, ancient cousins.
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Jan 10, 2011 |
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'250 billion' plastic fragments in Mediterranean
Some 250 billion microscopic pieces of plastic are floating in the Mediterranean, creating a biological hazard that reverberates up the food chain, according to research supported by green campaigners.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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