Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise
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Apr 14, 2009 |
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The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would ...
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2008 |
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A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon.
Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
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Feb 13, 2008 |
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Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting ...
Evidence mounts for sun's companion star
Apr 24, 2006 |
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The Binary Research Institute (BRI) has found that orbital characteristics of the recently discovered planetoid, "Sedna", demonstrate the possibility that our sun might be part of a binary star system. A binary star system ...
Catastrophic sea levels 'distinct possibility' this century: study
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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A breakthrough study of fluctuations in sea levels the last time Earth was between ice ages, as it is now, shows that oceans rose some three meters in only decades due to collapsing ice sheets.
Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
Nov 02, 2006 |
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In a study published in the November 3 issue of the journal, Science, an international group of ecologists and economists show that the loss of biodiversity is profoundly reducing the ocean’s ability to pro ...
New View of Doomed Star
Jun 20, 2007 |
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Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone's throw - astronomically speaking - from Earth at a distance of only about 7500 light years. The star is thought to be ...
Scientist says neutron stars, not black holes, at center of galaxies
Dec 01, 2005 |
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For the past 50 years, black holes have been all the rage. Now, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher says they never existed.
Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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New scientific findings suggest that a large comet may have exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, explaining riddles that scientists have wrestled with for decades, including an abrupt cooling of much ...
Scientists discover possible cosmic defect, remnant from Big Bang
Oct 25, 2007 |
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Scientists from the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA) and the University of Cambridge may have discovered an example of a cosmic defect, a remnant from the Big Bang called a texture. If confirmed, their discovery, ...
Climate change is already having an impact across the US
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Extreme weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life in many parts of the U.S. as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers report today in a new assessment. These and other ...
Black Holes May Fill the Universe with Seeds of Life
Apr 20, 2007 |
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New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of ...
Scientists warn of climate catastrophe
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts" as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected, according to research by international scientists released Thursday.
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
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Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next ...
Planet Earth may have 'tilted' to keep its balance
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Aug 25, 2006 |
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Imagine a shift in the Earth so profound that it could force our entire planet to spin on its side after a few million years, tilting it so far that Alaska would sit at the equator. Princeton scientists have ...
