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New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers

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17 hours ago | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected ...

International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

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17 hours ago | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...

El Nino intensifies Latin America drought

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Nov 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.