News tagged with hemisphere
Link between solar activity and the UK's cold winters
A link between low solar activity and jet streams over the Atlantic could explain why, despite global warming trends, people in regions North East of the Atlantic Ocean might need to brace themselves for more ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Spain warming faster than rest of northern hemisphere: study
Spain has warmed at a faster rate than the rest of the northern hemisphere over the past three decades, according to a study prepared for the environment ministry that was published Tuesday.
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Venus is alive -- geologically speaking (w/ Video)
ESA's Venus Express has returned the clearest indication yet that Venus is still geologically active. Relatively young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. The finding suggests ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Tropical Storm Robyn nested away from land
Tropical Storm "Robyn" didn't have to fly south for the northern hemisphere winter, like the birds (Robins), it formed in the southern hemisphere this past weekend in the Southern Indian Ocean. Infrared satellite ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Scientists find first ever southern tyrannosaur dinosaur
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Cambridge, London and Melbourne have found the first ever evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs existed in the southern continents. They identified a hip bone found at Dinosaur ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 25, 2010 |
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UV exposure has increased over the last 30 years, but stabilized since the mid-1990s (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists analyzing 30 years of satellite data have found that the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth's surface has increased markedly over the last three decades. Most ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2010 |
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STAR TRAK for March: Saturn at its brightest for the year
Saturn will be opposite the sun in our sky on March 21, when it will be closest to Earth in its orbit. Rising in the east at sunset, appearing highest in the south around midnight and setting in the west at ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Chilean Earthquake Triggers Smaller Than Expected Tsunami
(PhysOrg.com) -- While a huge earthquake off the coast of Chile triggered a tsunami that moved at the speed of a jet aircraft across the Pacific Ocean Feb. 27, the event was smaller scientists expected, said a University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Tiny shelled creatures shed light on extinction and recovery 65 million years ago
An asteroid strike may not only account for the demise of ocean and land life 65 million years ago, but the fireball's path and the resulting dust, darkness and toxic metal contamination may explain the geographic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Australian residents urged to flee 18-metre flames
A wildfire towering up to 18 metres (60 feet) high bore down on homes in Australia's western Outback on Monday, officials said, urging residents to flee.
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Drought in SW Australia linked to snowfall in Antarctica
A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 07, 2010 |
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Bird migration becoming more hazardous
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can you imagine living your whole life in summer? In one of the most spectacular wildlife migrations on the planet, millions of shorebirds do exactly this by making a 20,000km round trip from their Arctic ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming
The hole in the ozone layer is now steadily closing, but its repair could actually increase warming in the southern hemisphere, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Researchers Determine Winter Moisture Linked to Rapid Glacial Climate Shifts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If past records regarding periods of warming and cooling climate are an accurate indication of weather patterns, then the southwestern United States is likely headed into a period of severe long-term drought ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2010 |
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NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of global surface temperatures by NASA scientists finds the past year was tied for the second warmest since 1880. In the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year on record.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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