Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Ancient Flying Pterosaur Also Sailed Seas

However, researchers at Texas Tech University, the University of Kansas and University of Florida have found that the animal’s strange body actually made it a…

Earth Sciences

Cuts to Mississippi levees could build new land in sinking delta

For decades, sea-level rise, land subsidence, and a decrease in river sediment have caused vast swaths of the Mississippi Delta to vanish into the sea. The…

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NASA's TRMM Sees Some Heavy Rains in Neki as it Heads Toward Johnston Island

A Hurricane Watch is already in effect for Johnston Island. That means hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Hurricane Warning may be…

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U.S. Coal Peak Production: Insights from Leading Experts

Highly regarded experts, Dr. David B. Rutledge of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Dr. Frank Clemente of Pennsylvania State University…

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Seismic Noise Reveals Hidden Hurricane Records

“Looking for something like hurricane records in seismology doesn't occur to anybody,” said Carl Ebeling, of Northwestern University in Evanston. “It's a…

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Predicting Hurricane Power Outages: A Game Changer for Utilities

The information provided by their computer models has the potential to save utilities substantial amounts of money, savings that can then be passed on to…

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World’s oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years

These remarkable findings have been made public by the Greek government after the start of a five year collaborative project involving the Ephorate of…

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Meteorite from September 25 fireball event recovered and presented

Making note of the ‘unusual’ rocks he later found on the car’s hood, Garchinski chalked the incident up to vandalism and filed a police report. It wasn’t until…

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European Deep-Sea Research: Climate Impact in the Mediterranean

In the framework of their expedition, the German research vessel Maria S. Merian visits for the first time the port of Cyprus on 22 October 2009. The Maria S….

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Giant Impact Near India–Not Mexico–May Have Doomed Dinosaurs

Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University and a team of researchers took a close look at the massive Shiva basin, a submerged depression west of India that is…

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Magnetic Leaves Reveal Most Polluted Byways

Leaves along bus routes were up to 10 times more magnetic than leaves on quieter streets, the study found. That magnetism comes from tiny particles of…

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Plant Fossils Reveal Early Neotropical Rainforest Secrets

Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and UF, among others, found that many of the dominant plant families existing in today’s Neotropical rainforests —…

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Global Temperature Report: September 2009

On top of a record-setting month in the tropics, September 2009 was also the second warmest September on record both globally and in the Northern Hemisphere.”Who would have predicted those temperatures in the atmosphere when the sea surface temperature has been bumping along so nonchalantly?” Christy asked….

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Researchers Develop Improved Analysis for Predicting Hurricane Power Outages

“Hurricanes have caused severe damage to electric power systems throughout the world, and electric power is critical to post hurricane disaster response as…

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Field Guide Showcases Pacific Northwest Geology and Terroir

Use this guide to visit and learn the latest geoscience details on Mount Hood, Newberry Volcano, and Mount St. Helens; the Channeled Scabland of Columbia…

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RV Polarstern Begins 26th Antarctic Expedition from Bremerhaven

Research vessel Polarstern will start its journey October 16th from Bremerhaven to its 26th expedition into Antarctica. The expedition consists of four legs…

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