News tagged with river deltas
New study indicates an ancient ocean may have covered one-third of Mars
A vast ocean likely covered one-third of the surface of Mars some 3.5 billion years ago, according to a new study conducted by University of Colorado at Boulder scientists.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2010 |
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Unifying The Animate And The Inanimate Designs Of Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Living beings and inanimate phenomena may have more in common than previously thought.
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Scientist discovers beavers building prime salmon habitat in Skagit Delta
As sometimes happens with science, Greg Hood went looking for one thing, and found something else: tidal beavers.
May 24, 2009 |
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Arctic river deltas may hold clues to future global climate
Scientists struggling to understand how Earth's climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information—sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the Colville ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Climate change effect on California delta is detailed in new study
California's water problems and the ecological pressure on the West Coast's largest estuary will intensify in a warming world, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific study.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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The Meandering Channels of Mars
Sinuous channels on the Martian surface may be evidence of relatively recent rainfall. Researchers plan to test this hypothesis by studying sinuous streams on Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Image: Nile river delta at night
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the fascinating aspects of viewing Earth at night is how well the lights show the distribution of people. In this view of Egypt, the population is shown to be almost completely concentrated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Billion-plus people to lack water in 2050: study
More than one billion urban residents will face serious water shortages by 2050 as climate change worsens effects of urbanization, with Indian cities among the worst hit, a study said Monday.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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NASA says Mars mountain will read like 'a great novel'
The US space agency's unmanned Curiosity rover will explore a mountain on Mars that should read like "a great novel," revealing if signs of life ever existed on the red planet, NASA said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2011 |
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World's river deltas sinking due to human activity, says new study
A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world's low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding from rivers and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2009 |
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NASA to choose between 2 Mars landing sites
NASA is deciding between two places on Mars to send its next rover.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Biofuels production has unintended consequences on water quality, quantity in Mississippi
Growing corn for biofuels production is having unintended effects on water quality and quantity in northwestern Mississippi.
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Giant Okavango-Zambezi conservation zone launched in Africa
Five southern African countries signed an agreement Thursday to create a giant conservation zone in the Okavango and Zambezi river basins that stretches over an area half the size of France.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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River delta areas can provide clue to environmental changes
Sediments released by many of the world's largest river deltas to the global oceans have been changed drastically in the last 50 years, largely as a result of human activity, says a Texas A&M University researcher who emphasizes ...
May 11, 2009 |
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Research gives glimpse of tectonic history on Puget Sound-region fault zones
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the Kitsap Peninsula, at the west edge of Washington state's Puget Sound, finds evidence that land was raised at least 6 feet by ancient earthquakes.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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