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Weird weather: heat, twisters, 250K tons of snow

(AP) -- America's weather is stuck on extreme.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 52

New analysis of clay deposits in ancient Martian Lakes

Mars was once a much wetter world than it is now, with hot springs, rivers, lakes and perhaps even oceans. Just how wet exactly, and for how long, is still a subject of considerable debate. One vital clue ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists make discoveries about the ways oceans form

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Missouri University of Science and Technology have discovered magnetic stripes in Ethiopia that could indicate the coming formation of a new ocean basin in the next two million years or so. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New dataset provides 40-year record of carbon dioxide accumulation in the surface ocean

The most comprehensive dataset of surface water carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements for the world's oceans and coastal seas is launched today by an international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Rising ocean temperatures harm protected coral reefs

Special conservation zones known as marine protected areas provide many direct benefits to fisheries and coral reefs.

Space & Earth / Environment

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

James Cameron, others to explore the real abyss

(AP) -- Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. It's a mission to the deepest part of the ocean, so deep that the pressure is the equivalent of three SUVs sitting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Diverse catches are better for fishery ecosystems

Fishing for a 'balanced harvest' can achieve productive fisheries as well as environmental conservation, an international scientific team reports today in the journal Science.

Biology / Ecology

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An avalanche of planning for multi-national Arctic field campaigns

The U.S. GEOTRACES Science Steering Committee (SSC) has established a U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES initiative to help characterize and understand regional biogeochemical changes associated with rapid climate change. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Mathematical methods help predict movement of oil and ash following environmental disasters

When oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in late April 2010, friends asked George Haller whether he was tracking its movement. That's because the McGill engineering professor has been working for years ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new theory on the formation of the oldest continents

German geologists from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne have demonstrated new scientific results in the April issue of the scholarly journal Geology, which provide a new theory on the earliest phase of continental format ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Global warming threat to coral reefs: Can some species adapt?

Coral reefs are among the ecosystems most severely threatened by global warming, but hopeful new evidence has emerged that some coral species may be able to adapt to warmer oceans.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Chikyu to set sail for IODP expedition: Japan trench fast drilling project

The Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), will embark on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343 Japan ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar storm shakes Earth magnetic field

(AP) -- A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field early Friday, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pacific nation may buy Fiji land as climate refuge

(AP) -- Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 8

'Chum cam' underwater video survey shows that reef sharks thrive in marine reserves

A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserv ...

Biology / Ecology

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