Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots; Sun Also Bombards Earth with High-Speed Streams of Wind

The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Michigan, finds that Earth was bombarded last year…

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Discover the Tiny Tyrannosaur: Nature’s Small Wonder

When you think of Tyrannosaurus rex, a small set of striking physical traits comes to mind: an oversized skull with powerful jaws, tiny forearms, and the…

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New Camera Network Uncovers Rare Meteorite in Australian Desert

Meteorites are the only surviving physical record of the formation of our Solar System and by analysing them researchers can glean valuable information about…

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Arctic Sea Ice Hits 2009 Minimum: Third Lowest Recorded

The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in…

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Mapping Greenland’s Ice Sheet: New Insights from Danish Research

The key concern is how stable the ice cap actually is and new Danish research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen can now show the…

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Quiet Sun Unleashes Powerful Winds on Earth

“The Sun continues to surprise us,” says lead author Sarah Gibson of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. “The solar wind can…

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Chloride Levels Threaten Aquatic Life in Northern US Streams

Chloride levels above the recommended federal criteria set to protect aquatic life were found in more than 40 percent of urban streams tested. The study was…

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Climate Change’s Impact on UV Radiation: A Toronto Study

“Climate change is an established fact, but scientists are only just beginning to understand its regional manifestations,” says Michaela Hegglin, a…

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Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet

Scientists from Durham University have deciphered the landforms and created a model of the British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) which reveals for the first time…

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New Telescope Camera Reveals Stunning Black Hole Nest Images

A team led by astronomy professor Stephen Eikenberry late last week captured the first images of the cosmos ever made with a UF-designed and built…

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NASA Satellites Capture Stunning Views of Super-Typhoon Choi-Wan

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Choi-Wan on September 15 at 1:30 p.m. local time, and captured an infrared image of the storm using the Atmospheric Infrared…

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Koppu Strikes South of Hong Kong: NASA’s Insightful Image

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Koppu about 8 hours before its center made landfall, and revealed strong thunderstorms with very cold cloud tops as…

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Digging Deeper Below Antarctica's Lake Vida

Perpetually covered by more than 60 feet of ice, the brine below — water that is five to seven times more salty than seawater — has been found to be home to…

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Texas A&M researcher shows possible link between 1918 El Niño and flu pandemic

El Niño occurs when unusually warm surface waters form over vast stretches of the eastern Pacific Ocean and can affect weather systems worldwide. Using…

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Hidden Figurines of Aphrodite of Roman Empire Era Discovered in Hippos

*During the tenth season of excavations, under the directorship of Prof. Arthur Segal and Dr. Michael Eisenberg of the University of Haifa, a public building…

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UA Scientists Explore Human Impact on Arctic Climate Change

“What’s understudied is the living component of the Arctic and that includes humans,” said Syndonia “Donie” Bret-Harte, associate professor of biology at the…

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