From the 13th to the 16th of March 2021, an extremely strong dust storm struck Mongolia and northern China successively, causing 590 herdsmen to disappear and 16 people to die in Mongolia. When the dust storm reached central ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2022
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The increasing strength of winds over the Southern Ocean has extended its ability to absorb carbon dioxide, effectively delaying the impacts of global warming.
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2015
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Bubbles are a cornerstone of many environmental and industrial processes such as the development of pharmaceutical products and mitigating the environmental impact of greenhouse gases. From algae biofuel to carbon sequestration ...
General Physics
Feb 8, 2022
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(Phys.org) -- Giant currents that traverse the world’s oceans may not be as stable as previously thought after researchers found a branch of one of these global currents was powered and steered entirely by eddies, one ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2012
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The joint research team of Dr. Namgoo Kang from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and Dr. Minseok Kang from the National Center for Agro Meteorology (NCAM) has developed a novel technology that ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2023
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The EU funded European research project FILOSE has developed robots with a new sense - lateral line sensing. All fish have this sensing organ but so far it had no technological counterpart on man-made underwater vehicles.
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2013
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A team of German and Canadian researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen in the tropical North Atlantic, several hundred kilometres off the coast of West Africa. The levels measured in these 'dead ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2015
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Ocean currents, propelled by kinetic energy from the wind, are the great moderators of our climate. By transferring heat from the equator to polar regions, they help make our planet habitable.
General Physics
Nov 11, 2021
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Just as crocus and daffodil blossoms signal renewal and the start of a warmer season on land, a similar "greening" event—a massive phytoplankton bloom—unfolds each spring in the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to the Arctic. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2015
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A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification.
General Physics
Sep 27, 2013
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