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Jellyfish joyride a threat to the oceans
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.
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Caspian Tiger Extinct But Lives On In Siberian Tiger
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The extraordinary Caspian Tiger became extinct over 40-years ago. Through modern genetic analysis it has been discovered the Caspian Tiger and the Siberian or Amur Tiger still in existence ...
Future looks bleak for 1 of world's smallest seal species
Oct 06, 2008 |
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One of the smallest seals – the Caspian - has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of extinction.Scientists from the University of Leeds together with international partners have documented the disastrous decline ...
Cassini Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. One such feature is larger than any ...
Glint of Sunlight Confirms Liquid in Northern Lake District of Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, ...
Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue ...
Impact of sea-level rise on atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The rise in sea level since the last ice age has prevented us from feeling the full impact of man-made global warming. The sea level rise has resulted in more harmful greenhouse gases being absorbed by the ...
A fossilized giant rhino bone questions the isolation of Anatolia, 25 million years ago
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Contrary to generally accepted belief, Anatolia was not geographically isolated 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch): this has just been demonstrated by researchers from the Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts ...
Surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in array can have narrower spectral widths
Nov 14, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic array can have considerably ...
Eutrophication affects diversity of algae
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Eutrophication of the seas may have an impact on genetic variation in algae, research at the University of Gothenburg shows.
Quagga mussels threaten western U.S. waters, researcher reports
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Pipe-clogging invasive mussels caused up to $1.5 billion in damage across 23 states between 1989 and 2007. Now, fingernail-sized quagga mussels, a close relative of zebra mussels, have spread to the West and ...
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