News tagged with sahara desert
Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 02, 2010 |
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The secrets of the Sahara revealed
"When I first arrived in the Sahara, I was struck by how utterly barren it was, like the color green was removed from the palette when they made this place, just nothing, grays and browns, and not a scrap ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2010 |
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The Flight of Migrating Microbes
Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Climate change blamed for dead trees in Africa
Trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is to blame, according to a new study led by a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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'A-Train' satellites search for 770 million tons of dust in the air
Using data from several research satellites, scientists will spend the next three years trying to understand the climate impacts of about 770 million tons of dust carried into the atmosphere every year from ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time
Satellite tracking has allowed a research team to uncover the mysteries of the migration of Eleanora's falcon for the first time. In total, the bird flies more than 9,500 kilometres across the African continent ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Engineers aim to boost the future of renewable energy by collecting solar power in space
Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2012 |
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Firms plan green energy power lines under Med
An industrial consortium launched preparations on Monday for a possible future power grid under the Mediterranean that would carry solar energy from Africa to Europe.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Space shuttle Discovery heads home to retirement
(AP) -- Its decades-long mission accomplished, space shuttle Discovery headed home to retirement after undocking from the International Space Station on Monday for the last time.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Bacterioplankton responses to desert dust in the (sub)tropical northeast Atlantic
Inputs of dust from the Sahara desert could change the composition of microbial communities in the (sub)tropical eastern North Atlantic say Southampton researchers writing this month in the journal FEMS Mi ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Gold, and lead, bring illness and death in Nigeria
(AP) -- Mound after tiny mound of red clay earth dots the cemetery on the outskirts of this impoverished Nigerian village where grieving parents come to pray.
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Environmental damage looms in Nigerian lead crisis
(AP) -- As masked Nigerian environmental experts examined a communal well in a village where more than 60 children were killed by lead poisoning, barefoot kids streaked with dust sat on the contaminated ground, ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Sandfish lizard slithers into science spotlight
In less than a second, a sandfish lizard can dig its way into the sand and disappear. Blink and you miss it. The sandfish's slithering moves are inspiring new robotic moves that could one day help search-and-rescue crews ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Mauritana locust infestation spreading to Morocco: UN
An invasion of crickets in Mauritania has spread to Morocco and the western Sahara, and could worsen if there is strong rainfall in coming weeks, the United Nations warned Friday.
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Nigeria launches 2 new satellites into orbit
(AP) -- Nigeria launched two observation satellites into orbit Wednesday, and authorities said they hoped to use the equipment to monitor weather in a region seasonally ravaged by disasters.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2011 |
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