News tagged with lake titicaca
Geneticists find joy in Spudville
David Tay heaves aside a metal door that leads into an earthquake-proof room chilled to 42 degrees. There, under the glow of blue-tinged lights, are thousands of test tubes, each with small green sprouts trapped inside.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Catastrophic drought looms for capital city of Bolivia
Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the historical ecology of the Andes.
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax (Update)
(AP) -- Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2009 |
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El Nino intensifies Latin America drought
From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2009 |
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New study reveals large scale conservation essential
Scientists were surprised with findings of a recent study that reveals many animal species believed to persist in small contained areas actually need broad, landscape level conservation to survive.
Jun 10, 2008 |
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Archaeologist Finds Oldest Known Gold Artifacts in the Americas
Gold has long been more than a fashion statement, and wearing jewelry and other adornments made of it often connotes prestige. And it did not take long for ancient people to figure that out.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Penn Museum begins ground-breaking project to create underground image of pre-Inca city
University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologists working at the ancient site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia-a pre-Inca city sometimes called the "American Stonehenge"--have joined forces with a team of engineers, mathematicians ...
Jan 07, 2005 |
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Historic Himalayan ice dams created huge lakes, mammoth floods
Ice dams across the deepest gorge on Earth created some of the highest-elevation lakes in history. New research shows the most recent of these lakes, in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet, broke through its ice ...
Dec 13, 2004 |
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