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Volcanic super-eruptions may have surprisingly short fuses

Enormous volcanic eruptions with potential to end civilizations may have surprisingly short fuses, researchers have discovered.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autopsy of a eruption: Linking crystal growth to volcano seismicity

A forensic approach that links changes deep below a volcano to signals at the surface is described by scientists from the University of Bristol in a paper published today in Science. The research could ultima ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Webcasts push solar eclipse to the masses

(AP) -- It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward

From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire."

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Preparing for a Martian climbing trip

In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mojave Desert tests prepare for NASA Mars Roving

(Phys.org) -- Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

'Mount Sharp' on Mars links geology's past and future

(PhysOrg.com) -- One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges

For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Himalayan Sherpas lament climate change devastation

Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the world's top mountaineers have warned.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 18

Virtual reality supports planning by architects

Even the most exact construction plan lacks many details and design options. The building owner needs imagination to obtain an idea of the constructed building. Now, the 3D video glasses made by the KIT spin-off ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover reason for Mt. Hood's non-explosive nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a half-million years, Mount Hood has towered over the landscape, but unlike some of its cousins in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and many other volcanoes around the Pacific “Rim ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Slovenian adventurer embarks on eco-friendly world trip

Slovenian adventurer Matevz Lenarcic flew out of the capital Ljubljana on Sunday at the start of an eco-friendly trip around the world in an ultra-light plane boasting super-low fuel mileage.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Space mountain produces terrestrial meteorites

When NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around giant asteroid Vesta in July, scientists fully expected the probe to reveal some surprising sights. But no one expected a 13-mile high mountain, two and a half ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New reports identify impacts of climate change on world's highest mountains

Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia's mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region -- site of Mount Everest and many of the world's tallest peaks -- highlight ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7

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.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0