(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a launch window that ...
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009
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A team of scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has just completed an airborne measurement campaign ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2012
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in spring 2010 is the largest oil spill in the history of the United States, with more than 200 million gallons of crude oil released at about 1,500 m. depth off the Mississippi Delta in the ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2012
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California's historic drought could wipe out a tiny, endangered fish that's played an outsized role in the state's water wars.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2015
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It may be the most ambitious habitat restoration project ever conceived in the United States.
Environment
Mar 26, 2013
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Knowing where migrating birds came from and where they're headed is essential for their conservation and management. For ducks, most of this information comes from long-term bird-banding programs, but this type of research ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2017
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Growing corn for biofuels production is having unintended effects on water quality and quantity in northwestern Mississippi.
Environment
Nov 30, 2010
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Soybean varieties that thrive even in soggy fields could result from studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This would help increase profits for Mississippi Delta farmers who can see yield losses as ...
Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2012
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A huge rocket carrying a spy satellite for the United States has launched from the central California coast.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2013
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A computer model that aims to provide physical information on the Bangladesh delta to policy makers there, has received the 'impact' award from the national super-computing facility, ARCHER. This is the first model to link ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2015
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