A new 3D map of the interstellar gas within 300 parsecs from the Sun

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new 3D maps of the interstellar gas in the local area around our Sun. A French-American team of astronomers presents new absorption measurements toward ...

Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster

Space & Earth / Environment

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in Earth's natural systems will occur -- a worrisome finding ...

Professor: We have a 'moral obligation' to seed universe with life

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eventually, the day will come when life on Earth ends. Whether that’s tomorrow or five billion years from now, whether by nuclear war, climate change, or the Sun burning up its fuel, the last ...

URI researcher calls for global effort to monitor marine pollutants

Space & Earth / Environment

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A University of Rhode Island researcher who studies chemical pollutants in the marine environment has called on colleagues around the world to establish a global monitoring network to verify that the chemicals banned by the ...

New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti

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Virginia Key, Florida--Scientists at the University of Miami have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and just after Haiti's earthquake, on January 12. The images ...