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Papahanaumokuakea National Monument facing Hurricane Neki
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A hurricane warning is in force for the Papahanaumokuakea National Monument from Nihoa Island to French Frigate Shoals to Maro Reef. Hurricane conditions likely there by 5 a.m. HST on Friday, October 23.
Ancient mammal tracks found at national monument
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hundreds of tiny footprints left by mammals some 190 million years ago have been found on a canyon wall in a remote part of Dinosaur National Monument, park officials said Thursday.
'Cursus' is older than Stonehenge
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 10, 2008 |
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Archeologists have come a step closer to solving the 285-year-old riddle of an ancient monument thought to be a precursor to Stonehenge.
Calif. solar firm hits desert swarm
Sep 29, 2009 |
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BrightSource Energy has encountered some storm clouds in its quest to bring a solar future to large stretches of the western United States. The Oakland, Calif.,-based developer of solar farms has been forced to scuttle its ...
New deep-sea coral discovered
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists identified seven new species of bamboo coral discovered on a NOAA-funded mission in the deep waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Six of these species ...
Hawaii researchers explore previously unseen coral
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach.
Burials held at Stonehenge for hundreds of years: research
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 29, 2008 |
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England's famous Stonehenge monument was used as a burial site from its inception around 3000 BC until well after the massive stones were erected there around 2500 BC, scientists said Thursday.
Stonehenge 'No Place for the Dead', Says Expert
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Professor Timothy Darvill, Head of the Archaeology Group at Bournemouth University, has breathed new life into the controversy surrounding the origins of Stonehenge by publishing a theory which suggests that ...
Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States.
The fragility of the world's coral is revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Apr 06, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be more effectively ...
Megalithic rock art discovered in Anglesey
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 10, 2006 |
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Spectacular megalithic rock-art has been discovered within one of Britain’s most important Neolithic monuments and recorded by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol.
Petrified forest found in New Mexico
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 12, 2007 |
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An amateur paleontologist has uncovered petrified forests near the proposed Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in New Mexico's Robledos Mountains.
Researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus
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May 06, 2006 |
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A Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate and a National Park Service researcher have discovered a new genus of cave cricket.
NASA satellite still sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Neki
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2009 |
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Tropical Storm Neki continues moving north and over the weekend it will be in open waters in the Central Atlantic. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Neki early on October ...
'Blue Stonehenge' discovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have released an artist’s impression of what a second stone circle found a mile from Stonehenge might have looked like.
