News tagged with rocky mountain
2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park
(AP) -- Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2010 |
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500 million year old fossils discovered on new site
During an expedition into the Canadian Rocky Mountains in 2008, a Canadian-led team including Swedish researchers from Uppsala University found a new site with exceptionally preserved fossils. The site and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 17, 2010 |
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New insights on the origin of the Rocky Mountains
(PhysOrg.com) -- The formation of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado has always puzzled scientists. Some 600 miles inland and far removed from the nearest tectonic plate, the only comparable inland mountain range ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Snowpack declines in Rockies unusual compared to past
(PhysOrg.com) -- The researchers evaluated the recent declines using snowpack reconstructions from 66 tree-ring chronologies, looking back 500 to more than 1,000 years.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Flow in Earth's mantle moves mountains: study
If tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, as every fifth grader knows, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Researcher finds 10,000 year-old hunting weapon in melting ice patch (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- To the untrained eye, University of Colorado at Boulder Research Associate Craig Lee's recent discovery of a 10,000-year-old wooden hunting weapon might look like a small branch that blew ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Carnivorous mice spread deadly plague in prairie dog towns, study finds
Prairie dogs, once abundant in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, have been decimated in recent decades by plague - a virulent bacterial disease spread by fleas.
Aug 03, 2010 |
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US removes gray wolf from endangered list
The US government said Wednesday it is formally removing about 1,300 gray wolves in the Rocky Mountain region from the endangered species list, capping a legal battle that has dragged on for years.
May 04, 2011 |
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Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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In the wake of the wind
On the Front Range within the Rocky Mountains, prevailing winds sweep eastward over the mountains smack into the National Wind Technology Center.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 26, 2011 |
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A willingness to be bullied may be inherited
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the behavior of marmots suggests that a willingness to accept some extent of bullying, rather than shying away from interactions that could lead to conflict, may be inherited.
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Ancient Colorado river flowed backwards
(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists have found evidence that some 55 million years ago a river as big as the modern Colorado flowed through Arizona into Utah in the opposite direction from the present-day river. Writing in the October ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Changing climate could alter meadows' ecosystems, researcher says
Changing climate could affect the diversity of plants and animals, and we can get a glimpse of what this may look like by studying the effects of drought in a relatively pristine ecosystem, according to an ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Ancient Americans took cold snap in their stride
Paleoindian groups* occupied North America throughout the Younger Dryas interval, which saw a rapid return to glacial conditions approximately 11,000 years ago. Until now, it has been assumed that cooling temperatures and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Nitrogen from humans pollutes remote lakes for more than a century
Nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere for more than a century and the fingerprint of these changes is evident even in remote lakes located thousands of ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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