News tagged with ida
Earth from space: Aegean islands
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat image is dominated by the island of Crete separating the Aegean and Libyan Seas in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 40 miles outside Cairo, Egypt, National Science Foundation-supported paleontologists from three American universities are revealing features of a newly discovered African primate and ...
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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NamibRand nature reserve becomes Africa's first international Dark Sky reserve
Namibiaʼs NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of Africaʼs largest private nature reserves, has expanded its conservation role to include preserving the star-filled nighttime skies that shine above its dunes and mountains. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2012 |
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Devising a 'silver bullet' for measuring water use by plants
(Phys.org) -- Most gardeners can tell by rule of thumb how much water their tomatoes and carrots need, but taking an accurate reading of plants' actual water use is a very difficult problem. Although ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Work on Africa's biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin
The construction of what is to become Africa's biggest wind farm will start by June in an arid region of northern Kenya, the project's officials said on Saturday.
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Mar 24, 2012 |
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'Weather in a tank' demonstration helps students grasp fluid dynamics
Fluid dynamics plays a central role in determining Earth’s climate. Ocean currents and eddies stir up contents from the deep, while atmospheric winds and weather systems steer temperature and moisture around the globe. ...
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Mar 21, 2012 |
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Investigators predict, confirm how E. coli bacteria hijack cells' directional mechanism
Working in the emerging field of systems biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers mathematically predicted how bacteria that cause food poisoning hijack a cell's sense of direction and then confirmed those predictions ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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A climate window in the Southern Ocean
The world’s oceans act as a massive conveyor, circulating heat, water and carbon around the planet. This global system plays a key role in climate change, storing and releasing heat throughout the world. ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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Cables spanning Pacific ocean seafloor to give ocean science a new edge
Scripps researchers, NOAA and TE SubCom agree to pursue science ports on transcontinental fiber optic cable lines to help monitor earthquakes, tsunamis and other forces.
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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Lava formations in eastern Oregon linked to rip in giant slab of Earth
Like a stream of air shooting out of an airplane's broken window to relieve cabin pressure, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say lava formations in eastern Oregon are the result ...
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Feb 15, 2012 |
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With climate change, today's '100-year floods' may happen every three to 20 years: research
Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. The Category 3 storm whipped up water levels, generating storm surges ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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The hills are evolving: New model predicts speed of spreading valleys
From high above the Florida Panhandle, the Apalachicola Bluffs -- a winding system of steep ravines -- look like the branching veins of a leaf.
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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