Earth Sciences

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Nullarbor Region Once Full of Fast-Flowing Rivers

It has long been thought that a massive river system, almost 2000km long, extended from Queensland’s eastern margin and entered the sea near Ceduna, depositing…

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Warmer Soils Release Additional CO2 Into Atmosphere

The study, from University of New Hampshire professor Serita Frey and co-authors from the University of California-Davis and the Marine Biological Laboratory,…

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Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Speeds Domino Effect of Warming Temperatures at High Latitudes

Alan Werner, professor of geology at Mount Holyoke College, said that decreasing amounts of Arctic snow and ice in summer will lead to a greater degree of heat…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Captures Tropical Storm Oswald Remnants

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the eastern side of the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured…

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NASA Observes Intensifying Tropical Cyclone Garry

NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Garry when it was located about 330 nautical miles (379.8 miles/ 611.2 km) east of Pago…

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NASA Analyzes Heavy Rainfall from Tropical Storm Oswald

Tropical cyclone Oswald's sustained winds have never been greater than 35 knots (~40.2 mph) but the storm's extreme rainfall has resulted in widespread…

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NASA Tracks Rare Life of Tropical Cyclone Peta

Early on Jan. 22, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) gave System 93S a high chance for development into a tropical depression. At that time, System 93S…

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Analysis: Scientists underestimated potential for Tohoku quake. Now what?

Now earthquake scientists are going back to the proverbial drawing board and admitting that existing predictive models looking at maximum earthquake size are…

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New Findings Reveal More Small Meat-Eating Dinosaurs

(Edmonton) University of Alberta researchers used fossilized teeth to identify at least 23 species of small meat-eating dinosaurs that roamed western Canada…

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NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Oswald weaken over Queensland's Cape York Peninsula

Tropical Storm Oswald was hugging the southwestern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia when NASA's Aqua satellite first flew overhead on…

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Prediction of Asian summer monsoon rainfall and tropical storm activity close at hand

Though meteorologists and climate scientists have worked for years to develop helpful prediction systems, seasonal predictions of these two types of weather…

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Martian Underground Could Contain Clues to Life's Origins

Up to half of all life on Earth consists of simple microorganisms hidden in rocks beneath the surface and for some time, scientists have suggested that the…

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Climate Change to Profoundly Affect the Midwest in Coming Decades

Those are some of the conclusions contained in the Midwest chapter of a draft report released last week by the federal government that assesses the key impacts…

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Andes Glacier Melting: Climate Change’s Impact Explained

The researchers blame the melting on rising temperatures as the region has warmed about 0.7°C over the past 50 years (1950-1994). This unprecedented retreat…

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Warmer soils release additional CO2 into atmosphere; Effect stabilizes over longer term

The study, from University of New Hampshire professor Serita Frey and co-authors from the University of California-Davis and the Marine Biological Laboratory,…

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In the Eastern U.S., Spring Flowers Keep Pace with Warming Climate

The new study is important because it gives scientists a peek inside the black box of ecological change in response to a warming world. In addition, the work…

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