News tagged with land topography

Google Earth ocean terrain receives major update

Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NOAA researchers and many other ...

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Researchers conclude that climate change led to collapse of ancient Indus civilization

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization ...

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created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

University research team creates augmented reality sandbox (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Most children at some point in their schooling are taught about the water table and many wind up being tasked with creating a model of some sort to represent how it all works. Some use clay, ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

A push from the Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore, research shows

When the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, 2010, residents feared that their Gulf of Mexico shores would be inundated with oil. And while many wetland habitats and wildlife were oiled during the three-month ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA goes on top of the Smokies, all covered in light rain

If you walk into a cloud at the top of a mountain with a cup to slake your thirst, it might take a while for your cup to fill. The tiny, barely-there droplets are difficult to see, and for scientists they, ...

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers aim to lessen clash between raptors, wind turbines

Golden eagles love Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley region. The hunched-up topography, with its long linear corridors running southwest to northeast, makes a perfect thruway for their spring and fall migrations. Sustained ...

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created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tornadoes: April is the cruelest month

In the opening lines to The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot wrote "April is the Cruelest Month."

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created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geologists discover new class of landform -- on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars, according to new research by University of Washington geologists.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Far higher potential for wind energy in India than previously estimated: study

A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates— about 20 times ...

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created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Working models for the gravitational field of Phobos

Phobos is the larger and closer of the two natural satellites of Mars. Despite decades of Martian exploration, we still know very little about Phobos. Many fundamental properties of this small potato-shaped body stay vague, ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Oil versus fish in idyllic Norwegian islands

Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate.

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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