News tagged with cadiz
The method of repairing Cadiz's walls has hardly changed since the 17th century
In the year 1596, a sacking at the hands of the Count of Essex almost destroyed the city of Cadiz. Since then, authorities have focused their efforts on establishing a barrier between the city and the sea, ...
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May 11, 2009 |
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Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Stars help to track space junk
A team of researchers from the Royal Institute and Observatory of the Navy (ROA) in Cadiz (Spain) has developed a method to track the movement of geostationary objects using the position of the stars, which ...
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May 27, 2011 |
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Philippine city holds mass circumcision for youths
(AP) -- Hundreds of boys in a Philippine city turned out Saturday for a daylong "circumcision party" to provide a safe, free procedure for a rite of passage that most local males undergo as preteens.
May 07, 2011 |
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GOES-13 satellite animation shows US severe storms and tornado outbreak
The GOES-13 satellite captured images of the powerful weather system that triggered severe weather in the southern U.S. this weekend, and NASA created an animation to show its progression. GOES-13 satellite ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Looking for the Lost City of Atlantis
Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, a team of experts (led by University of Hartford professor and archaeologist Richard ...
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Mar 13, 2011 |
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Tiny foraminifera shells can help assess recovery after oil spill
(PhysOrg.com) -- Millimeter-size marine organisms called foraminifera have been used to monitor pollutants in marshes and oceans, and could help to assess recovery in the Gulf of Mexico following the three-month ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Conservators restore valuable maritime logbook
Experts have painstakingly restored the logbook from a celebrated warship from the era of the Napoleonic Wars which Nelson himself sailed upon.
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Jul 30, 2010 |
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3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than a month after the tragic events that set off the largest oil spill in U.S. history, scientists and BP officials continue to disagree over the amount of oil that has escaped into ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Expert: Caution required for Gulf oil spill clean-up
With millions of gallons crude oil being spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the focus now is on shutting down the leak. However, in the cleanup efforts to come, "extreme caution" ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Exotic plant takes over dunes of Southern Spain
Introduced more than 40 years ago, Galenia pubescens, an exotic plant from South Africa is found in great numbers in altered coastal environments in the south of Spain. Since its impacts on the ecosystem are un ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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