News tagged with sierra nevada mountains
Wildfire and an example of its important link to the ecosystem
Traveling the western U.S. state of Nevada in the 1860s, a young American writer named Mark Twain heard a "world of talk" about the beauty of Lake Tahoe and so set out one August day to see the lake perched ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Plants disappear as a result of climate changes: study
Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions. This is shown by new research involving biologists from the University of Gothenburg, the results of which are now being publishing ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Rapid Sierra Nevada uplift tracked by scientists
From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence from the University of Nevada, Reno shows the entire Sierra Nevada ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 03, 2012 |
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NASA asks public to provide videos and photos of meteor
(Phys.org) -- NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public for more information to help find amateur photos and video footage of the daylight meteor that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada mountains and created ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2012 |
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End of Winter: How 2012 snow stacks up
The mild winter of 2012 has many people asking, "Where's the snow?" These two snow cover maps show the difference between snow extent on March 3, 2011, and March 5, 2012. The maps were compiled from data collected ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Common North American frog identified as carrier of deadly amphibian disease
Known for its distinctive "ribbit" call, the noisy Pacific chorus frog is a potent carrier of a deadly amphibian disease, according to new research published today in the journal PLoS ONE. Just how this c ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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NASA's GCPEX mission: What we don't know about snow
Predicting the future is always a tricky business -- just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there's a snowstorm that seems to come out of nowhere, or ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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New research suggests Sierra Nevadas older than previously thought
The Sierra Nevada mountain range reached its present height 50 million years ago -- 30 million years earlier than geologists once believed, according to a new study.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Fossil Leaves Depict Warm, High Sierra Nevada Mountains in Ancient Past
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Yale University geologists has reconstructed the climate and elevation of California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains using organic materials derived from ancient leaves and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 06, 2010 |
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California's troubled waters: Satellite-based findings reveal major groundwater loss in Central Valley (w/ Video)
New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevada - have lost nearly ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Searching for Alien Life, on Earth
If you spend an afternoon walking along the muddy shore of Mono Lake, with the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada mountains looming majestically in the background, you’ll no doubt discover, as others have ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Sierra Nevada birds move in response to warmer, wetter climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- If the climate is not quite right, birds will up and move rather than stick around and sweat it out, according to a new study led by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Origins of wolverine in California genetically verified
A wolverine first photographed by a remote-controlled camera on the Tahoe National Forest in February 2008 is most closely related to Rocky Mountain populations, according to a team of 10 federal, state and university scientists.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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