News tagged with snow
Variable Temperatures Leave Insects wtih a Frosty Reception
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have shown that insects exposed to repeated periods of cold will trade reproduction for immediate survival.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Beijing's first snow of season 'artificially induced'
Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported.
Nov 01, 2009 |
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Scientists use low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth
A research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Equipment recently ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Shrinking Bylot Island glaciers tell story of climate change
The U.S. Geological Survey has released the results of a long-term study of key glaciers in western North America, reporting this month that glacial shrinkage is rapid and accelerating and a result of climate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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First Look: New Mac 'Snow Leopard' software not a dramatic change
(AP) -- While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Apple to unleash Snow Leopard on August 28
Apple announced on Monday that its next-generation Snow Leopard operating system tailored for the California company's Macintosh computers will be unleashed on the market on Friday.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Swiss now pray that glacier will stop shrinking
(AP) -- Villagers from deeply Roman Catholic south Switzerland have for centuries offered a sacred vow to God to protect them from the advancing ice mass of the Great Aletsch glacier.
Aug 06, 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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Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Any way you slice it, warming climate is affecting Cascades snowpack
There has been sharp disagreement in recent years about how much, or even whether, winter snowpack has declined in the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon during the last half-century.
May 12, 2009 |
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Satellite snow maps help reindeer herders adapt to a changing Arctic
Arctic reindeer herders are facing the challenges of adapting to climate change as a warmer Arctic climate makes it harder for herds to find food and navigate. To help them adapt, the ESA-backed Polar View ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Lovely ‘snowfakes’ mimic nature, advance science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art.
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Snow slackers can be found around the world
The streets were strangely quiet as I walked my daughter to school Tuesday morning. Baby stroller traffic jams are the norm in our south London neighborhood, nicknamed the "Nappy Valley" for its prodigious birthrate. But ...
Feb 04, 2009 |
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'SnowMan' Software Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off the Road
(PhysOrg.com) -- Snow that blows and drifts across roadways has long troubled road maintenance crews and commuters alike, creating treacherous driving conditions and requiring additional maintenance resources ...
Jan 29, 2009 |
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