Oil company proposes Arctic drilling from artificial island
America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.
America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Scientists have long assumed that all the planets in our solar system look the same beneath the surface, but a study published in Geology on Oct. 4 tells a different story.
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2017
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Jean-Sabin McEwen knocks out a web search for "North Dakota," "night sky" and "flaring," and quickly finds a picture from space showing a glowing cluster bigger than Minneapolis. It's from oil and gas fields burning off methane, ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2017
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The Norwegian Public Roads Administration's (NPRA) giant project Coastal Highway Route E39 (Ferjefri E39) includes finding solutions for seven fjord crossings along the 1100 kilometre coastline between Kristiansand and Bergen.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2017
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Researchers have developed a new solution to tracking objects hidden behind scattering media by analyzing the fluctuations in optical "noise" created by their movement. In The Optical Society's journal for high impact research, ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 20, 2017
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The Syrian civil war and subsequent refugee migration caused sudden changes in the area's land use and freshwater resources, according to satellite data analyzed by Stanford researchers.
Environment
Dec 5, 2016
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A new Duke University-led study finds that more than 200 bird species in six rapidly developing regions are at risk of extinction despite not being included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2016
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A new analysis of the topography of the central Andes shows the uplifting of the Earth's second highest continental plateau was driven in part by a huge zone of melted rock in the crust, known as a magma body.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2016
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Every living thing leaves a genetic trail in its wake. As animals, plants and microbes shed cells and produce waste, they drop traces of their DNA everywhere—in the air, soil and water.
Ecology
Sep 15, 2016
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In-depth review charts the scientific understanding of rainbows and highlights the many practical applications of this fascinating interaction between light, liquid and gas.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 25, 2016
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