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Measuring salt shine to improve climate understanding

From 14 - 25 August 2010, scientists from around the world will gather in Southern Turkey to measure the spectral reflectance of a few square kilometres of salt. These measurements will have a major impact on the future of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. Europe

The climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms

(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

US scientists testing earthquake early warning

Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking

Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Undersea clues to Haiti's earthquake history

(PhysOrg.com) -- For all of its violent destruction, the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, hardly scratched the surface of the island. But scientists now say they have found some of the best clues to understanding ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of soil effects from March 11 Japan earthquake could improve building design

Japan's March 11 Tohoku Earthquake is among the strongest ever recorded, and because it struck one of the world's most heavily instrumented seismic zones, this natural disaster is providing scientists with ...

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created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole

Some 800,000 years ago -- about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Europe faces extinction of many species, EU says

(AP) -- The Iberian lynx that prowls the grasslands of southern Spain. The Mediterranean monk seal swimming waters off Greece and Turkey. The Bavarian pine vole that forages in the high meadows of the Alps.

Biology / Ecology

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greeks mobilise to protect endangered seeds

The remote valley of Mesohori in northeastern Greece seems an unusual choice for a stand against genetically modified crop conglomerates who are knocking on Europe's door.

Biology / Other

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

First North Stream gas pipeline completed: consortium

The first of two North Stream gas pipelines, due to pump gas from Russia to Germany by way of the Baltic Sea, bypassing eastern Europe, has been completed, the consortium building it announced on Thursday.

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created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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