Scheduling the unknown
How can the exploration of a Canadian lake, using deep-water submersibles, help NASA plan for the human exploration of Mars?
Space Exploration
May 16, 2011
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Scientists suggest independent monitoring of deep-sea hydrocarbon industry
Writing in the scientific journal Nature, scientists have called for increased discussion of independent monitoring of deep-sea hydrocarbon industry activity with the aim of obtaining a better understanding of its ecological ...
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2011
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Oxygenation at a depth of 120 meters can save the Baltic Sea
Oxygenation brings dead sea bottoms to life. This creates the necessary conditions for the establishment of new ecosystems that enable nature itself to deal with eutrophication. By conducting pilot studies in two fjords in ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2011
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Transocean claims record sea depth for oil drilling
Offshore oil drilling group Transocean claimed Tuesday that it had a set a world record for deep water drilling at an ocean depth of 3,107 metres (10,194 feet) off the coast of India.
Environment
Apr 12, 2011
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US closes shrimping near oil spill as 'precaution'
US authorities Wednesday closed to shrimping a section of the Gulf of Mexico near the area of a massive oil spill this year as a precautionary measure after a commercial shrimper found tar balls in his net.
Environment
Nov 25, 2010
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TWIPS -- sonar inspired by dolphins
Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new kind of underwater sonar device that can detect objects through bubble clouds that would effectively blind standard sonar.
Engineering
Nov 17, 2010
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Mathematical model may result in better environment measures for the Baltic
Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea has clear negative effects, such as dead bottoms and massive blooms of cyanobacteria. But high plankton production can also have positive effects on acidification. Researchers at the University ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2010
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China sets sail for the Arctic
A Chinese research vessel and ice-breaker is due to set sail this week for the Arctic, a region much coveted by Beijing for its wealth of scientific data and natural resources.
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2010
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Subsurface Oil Exists: USF Researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Layers of degraded oil found suspended at depths of 400 meters to 1,400 meters.
Environment
Jun 11, 2010
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Drilling into the unknown -- the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research and which may ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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