News tagged with island archipelago
Largest bird alters its foraging due to climate change
Paris/ Leipzig. Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the ...
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Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants
Recent botanical exploration efforts in the rugged Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) have increased the known flora of the archipelago by an impressive 20%. Field research and collecting in conjunction ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Study reveals most biologically rich island in Southern Ocean
The first comprehensive study of sea creatures around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia reveals a region that is richer in biodiversity than even many tropical sites, such as the Galapagos Islands. The study provides ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Ghostly, Ethereal Island as seen from space
Looking rather otherworldly, this haunting view of Shikotan-to island shows ghostly swirls of sea ice surrounding the snow-covered volcanic island. Also known as Ostrov Shikotan, this island is at the southern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption (Update 2)
A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia - spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth.
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Oct 26, 2010 |
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Japan donates 10 million dollars for Galapagos solar energy
Japan has donated 10 million dollars to Ecuador to help fund a solar energy project in the Galapagos Islands, a UN-designated World Heritage site, Ecuador's Electricity Ministry said Friday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 03, 2010 |
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Wild ferrets are spreading throughout the island of La Palma
Scientists from the Canary Islands have compiled data on wild ferrets in La Palma and the damage they cause in the ecosystem, to confirm that the island is the one with the highest number of naturalised animals ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Hawaiian submarine canyons are hotspots of biodiversity and biomass for seafloor animal communities
Underwater canyons have long been considered important habitats for marine life, but until recently, only canyons on continental margins had been intensively studied. Researchers from Hawaii Pacific University ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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King crab family bigger than ever
Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Russia gains new land after quake, lava flows: scientist
Russia, the world's largest country, has grown even larger recently thanks to an earthquake and a volcanic eruption in its seismically active far eastern regions, a scientist said on Friday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Hawaii researchers explore previously unseen coral
(AP) -- Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach.
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Scientists find tiny new bat species: Geneva museum
Scientists have identified a new species of bat weighing just five grammes in the Comoros island archipelago off eastern Africa, the Natural History Museum in Geneva said on Wednesday.
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Galapagos volcano erupts, could threaten wildlife
(AP) -- Ecuador officials say a volcano is erupting in the Galapagos Islands and could harm unique wildlife.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2009 |
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Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano
(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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