News tagged with ocean activities
Pacific Ocean natural products isolated from marine mollusks, sponges can reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells
(Phys.org) -- Many marine natural products show anticancer activity, but some can reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells. A new investigation by Robert J. Capon of the University of Queensland correlates ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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First study to measure value of marine spatial planning
The ocean is becoming an increasingly crowded place. New users, such as the wind industry, compete with existing users and interests for space and resources. With the federal mandate for comprehensive ocean planning made ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study
Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires.
Feb 19, 2012 |
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The Northern Lights dance over northern England
(AP) -- The Northern Lights have lit up the skies above Scotland, northern England and northern parts of Ireland after the biggest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation.
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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2011 a record-breaking year for extreme weather: US
Last year broke records for extreme weather in the United States, with 14 events each causing at least a billion dollars in damage, US authorities said on Thursday.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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British oceanographers find new species in Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team sailing on the vessel James Cook has been studying the unique habitat surrounding deep sea vents in the Indian Ocean far off the south-east coast of Africa. The vents, created ...
Dec 29, 2011 |
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German satellite hurtles towards Earth: officials
A German satellite around the size of a car is speeding towards Earth, officials said Wednesday, due to re-enter the atmosphere later this month but with little idea where fragments could land.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2011 |
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The Atlantic 'resting' -- for now
Geophysicists have simulated when the continents around the Atlantic develop active continental margins with earthquakes and volcanoes. According to the model, ‘real’ fully active subduction zones ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2011 |
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US forecasters predict busy 2011 hurricane season
Last year's record hurricane season will be followed by another unusually busy one, with 16 named storms expected this year, US weather forecasters predicted on Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Missing sunspots: Solar mystery solved
The Sun has been in the news a lot lately because it's beginning to send out more flares and solar storms. Its recent turmoil is particularly newsworthy because the Sun was very quiet for an unusually long ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2011 |
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How human activities affect the carbon cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Land uses influence nature?s absorption, release of CO2, says STEPS researcher.
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Busy microbial world discovered in deepest ocean crust ever explored
The first study to ever explore biological activity in the deepest layer of ocean crust has found bacteria with a remarkable range of capabilities, including eating hydrocarbons and natural gas, and "fixing" ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Geophysicists claim conventional understanding of Earth's deep water cycle needs revision
A popular view among geophysicists is that large amounts of water are carried from the oceans to the deep mantle in "subduction zones," which are boundaries where the Earth's crustal plates converge, with ...
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Oct 18, 2010 |
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Ancient microbes responsible for breathing life into ocean 'deserts'
More than two and a half billion years ago, Earth differed greatly from our modern environment, specifically in respect to the composition of gases in the atmosphere and the nature of the life forms inhabiting ...
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Aug 23, 2010 |
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New insights into volcanic activity on the ocean floor
New research reveals that when two parts of the Earth's crust break apart, this does not always cause massive volcanic eruptions. The study, published today in the journal Nature, explains why some parts ...
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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