(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have what looks like an enormous white arrow about the size of Texas on its surface?
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2011
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When you hear the word desert, what comes to mind? Chances are, you'd think of sun, sand, and very little in the way of rain. Perhaps cacti, vultures, mesas, and scorpions come to mind as well, or possibly camels and oases? ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2016
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About 34 million years ago, global temperatures took a dive, causing a sudden wave of extinctions among European mammals. In North America, however, life went on largely unscathed. A new study explains why: The rise of the ...
Evolution
Jun 3, 2015
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According to a new study in Nature, the Northern Hemisphere has experienced considerably larger variations in precipitation during the past twelve centuries than in the twentieth century. Researchers from Sweden, Germany, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2016
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Research led by the University of Bristol has uncovered evidence that early farmers were adapting to climate change 8,200 years ago.
Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018
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NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño Watch this morning as part of its April ENSO outlook.
Environment
Apr 14, 2023
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Earthquake effects are often thought of in terms of the human impact, be that fatalities or destruction to homes and infrastructure. However, the environmental toll can also be damaging, and new research, published in Nature ...
This winter, areas across the globe experienced a shift in rain patterns due to the natural weather phenomenon known as El Niño. A new NASA visualization of rainfall data shows the various changes in the United States with ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate scientists suggests.
Environment
Mar 15, 2013
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In 2011 a powerful drought gripped East Africa. The failure of both the 2010 fall rains and the 2011 spring rains caused a drought that, stacked on an already unstable political climate, caused a famine that led to hundreds ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2013
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