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Discovered: world's largest tsunami debris

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 0

A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date. Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to 1.6 million kilograms ...





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New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.


Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt (AP)

Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago.


Fortuitous research provides first detailed documentation of tsunami erosion

Fortuitous research provides first detailed documentation of tsunami erosion

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away ...


Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.


Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet

Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ice sheets that sculpted the landscape of northern Britain moved in unexpected ways and left distinctive egg-shaped features according to new research.


NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts

NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth ...


In tiny 'Tuk,' they man climate's front line

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(AP) -- Caught between rising seas and land melting beneath their mukluk-shod feet, the villagers of Tuktoyaktuk are doing what anyone would do on this windy Arctic coastline. They're building windmills.


Shrinking Bylot Island glaciers tell story of climate change

Shrinking Bylot Island glaciers tell story of climate change

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (59) | comments 8

The U.S. Geological Survey has released the results of a long-term study of key glaciers in western North America, reporting this month that glacial shrinkage is rapid and accelerating and a result of climate ...


40 years later, moon still giant leap for mankind (AP)

40 years later, moon still giant leap for mankind

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The measure of what humanity can accomplish is a size 9 1/2 bootprint. It belongs to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. It will stay on the moon for millions of years with nothing to wipe ...


Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity

Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Neil Armstrong was supposed to be asleep. The moonwalking was done. The moon rocks were stowed away. His ship was ready for departure. In just a few hours, the Eagle's ascent module would blast off the Moon, ...



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