News tagged with aegean sea
A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards' tail-shedding abilities
Mar 25, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard's ability ...
Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2009 |
4 / 5 (6) |
0
(AP) -- A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week. Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze ...
Search results for aegean sea
New Evidence Suggests Need to Rewrite Bronze Age History
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 01, 2006 |
4.7 / 5 (32) |
0
Separated in history by 100 years, the seafaring Minoans of Crete and the mercantile Canaanites of northern Egypt and the Levant (a large area of the Middle East) at the eastern end of the Mediterranean were never considered ...
Bulgaria uncovers 2,000-year-old temple
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 24, 2006 |
4.4 / 5 (25) |
0
Archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age temple thousands of years old in southern Bulgaria, news reports said Monday.
Archeologists discover temple that sheds light on 'Dark Age'
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 15, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (10) |
2
The discovery of a remarkably well-preserved monumental temple in Turkey — thought to be constructed during the time of King Solomon in the 10th/9th-centuries BC -- sheds light on the so-called Dark Age.
Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 09, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (6) |
0
The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
Nov 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to New Data Analysis
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (13) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
Nov 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
(AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
King crab family bigger than ever
Dec 02, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
0
Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king ...
El Nino Picking Up Steam
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
4 / 5 (6) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.
List of search results for aegean sea
