News tagged with rain
Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try
(AP) -- Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2009 |
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U.S., Canada near agreement to control pollutants from ships
The five-story-tall engines on oceangoing vessels burn some of the dirtiest oil -- bottom-of-the-barrel bunker -- and churn out a substantial amount of the air pollution in American port cities, coastal communities along ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Air pollution is reducing the amount of rain in China
Air pollution in eastern China during the last 50 years has led to a reduction in the amount of light rainfall of almost a quarter. This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The Sky Is Not Falling: Pollution in eastern China cuts light, useful rainfall
New research shows that air pollution in eastern China has reduced the amount of light rainfall over the past 50 years and decreased by 23 percent the number of days of light rain in the eastern half of the country. The results ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2009 |
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New angle on gecko research: Scientists discover trigger that deploys geckos' amazing grip
Geckos are very adept at climbing through difficult terrain using an intricate adhesive system. Until now it has not been known when and how they switch on their unique system of traction.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Earth's biogeochemical cycles, once in concert, falling out of sync
(PhysOrg.com) -- What do the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," global climate change, and acid rain have in common? They're all a result of human impacts to Earth's biology, chemistry and geology, and the natural ...
Aug 04, 2009 |
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NASA satellites see remnant low Dolores go out kicking
The remaining clouds and showers that were once tropical storm Dolores are fading at sea, more than 940 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dolores has now weakened into a remnant low pressure area but continues ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Ferns took to the trees and thrived
(PhysOrg.com) -- As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment.
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Forest service carves new experimental forest out of Tongass NF
The USDA Forest Service established a new experimental forest in Alaska on June 25. The 25,000-acre Héen Latinee Experimental Forest is located inside the Tongass National Forest, and is easily accessible ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Desert rhubarb -- a self-irrigating plant
Researchers from the Department of Science Education-Biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables it to harvest 16 ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Indonesian elephant fossil opens window to past
(AP) -- Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Ancient volcano may have caused mass extinction
A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Fast and cheap forecasting system for Mediterranean cyclones
The Mediterranean region is a very active cyclone area, and is often affected by these atmospheric phenomena, which bring strong winds and heavy rain. Despite the efforts of the scientific community to improve numerical cyclone ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009 |
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One sponge-like material, three different applications
A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can remove mercury from ...
May 17, 2009 |
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