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Scientists: No link cloud coverage and global warming
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May 11, 2009 |
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With the U.S. Congress beginning to consider regulations on greenhouse gases, a troubling hypothesis about how the sun may impact global warming is finally laid to rest.
Large meteorite hits northern Norway
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Jun 10, 2006 |
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A large meteorite struck in northern Norway this week, landing with an impact an astronomer compared to the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima.
New Arctic satellite data shows Arctic literally on thin ice
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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The latest data from NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center show the continuation of a decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice extent in the Arctic, including new ...
Researchers identify a 'heartbeat' in Earth's climate
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Dec 21, 2006 |
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A few years ago, an international team of researchers went to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and drilled down five kilometers below sea level in an effort to uncover secrets about the earth's climate history. ...
Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...
Yellowstone's Quiet Power
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A 17-year University of Utah study of ground movements shows that the power of the huge volcanic hotspot beneath Yellowstone National Park is much greater than previously thought during times when the giant ...
Conclusive proof that polar warming is being caused by humans
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions.
Antarctic Temperatures Disagree with Climate Model Predictions
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Feb 15, 2007 |
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A new report on climate over the world’s southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.
Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).
Meteor no longer prime suspect in great extinction
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Oct 25, 2007 |
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The greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history also may have been one of the slowest, according to a study that casts further doubt on the extinction-by-meteor theory.
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record. The new results, ...
Birth of a new ocean
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a remote part of northern Ethiopia, the Earth’s crust is being stretched to breaking point, providing geologists with a unique opportunity to watch the birth of what may eventually become ...
San Andreas Fault Set for the 'Big One' (Update)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A researcher investigating several facets of the San Andreas Fault has produced a new depiction of the earthquake potential of the fault’s southern, highly populated section. The new study shows that the fault ...
Yellowstone rising: Volcano inflating with molten rock at record rate
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Nov 08, 2007 |
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The Yellowstone “supervolcano” rose at a record rate since mid-2004, likely because a Los Angeles-sized, pancake-shaped blob of molten rock was injected 6 miles beneath the slumbering giant, University of ...
Voyage to the centre of the 'Plastic Vortex'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 25, 2009 |
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A group of conservationists and scientists is due to set sail for an obscure corner of the Pacific Ocean in the coming months to explore a vast swirl of waste known as the "Plastic Vortex."
