(PhysOrg.com) -- About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor, with Earth giving it up freely like it was of no value. Likewise, NASA satellites collect thousands of images and 1.5 terrabytes ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2009
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(AP) -- New pressures on the nation's oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the need for better ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2009
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Condensation trails that airplanes produce mean not only a white-streaked sky on some days, but an increase in the amount of high-level clouds and, by extension, warming temperatures, according to a Penn State researcher.
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While the worst drought since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s grips Oklahoma and Texas, scientists are warning that what we consider severe drought conditions in North America today may be normal for the continent ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2011
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When forecasters from the National Weather Service track a hurricane, they use models from several different supercomputers located around the world to create their predictions.
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2013
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US scientists are hoping to uncover answers behind a mysterious disease that has emerged in Arctic seal populations, causing skin lesions, lethargy and death, officials said Friday.
Ecology
Oct 15, 2011
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Researchers from several institutions are in the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest with a suite of airborne and ground-based instruments, aiming to uncover reasons for a mysterious methane "hot spot" detected from ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2015
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A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel.
Environment
Aug 4, 2015
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Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and Washington, appears to be erupting – after two scientists had forecast that such an event would take place there in 2015.
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2015
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At least nine fin whales have been discovered floating dead in waters from Kodiak to Unimak Pass since late May.
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2015
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