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Lebanon cave takes on Amazon for spot in new seven wonders
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Lebanon's Jeita Grotto on Tuesday was selected as one of 28 finalists for the seven natural wonders of the world, facing the Amazon, Mount Vesuvius and others for a spot on the prestigious list.
Forest Service closes caves to stop bat fungus
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
Voracious sponges save reef
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely environment is the very place where the rich and fertile coral reef grows. Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ...
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Japanese find Buddist caves near Bamiyan
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 30, 2006 |
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A Japanese research team has found some Buddhist caves in a valley about 62 miles from the Bamiyan archeological site in Afghanistan.
Researchers find possible caves on Mars
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Apr 02, 2007 |
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Applying techniques used to scope out caves on Earth to probe the possibility of caves on Mars is paying off.
Newly identified fungus implicated in white-nose syndrome in bats
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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A previously undescribed, cold-loving fungus has been linked to white-nose syndrome, a condition associated with the deaths of over 100,000 hibernating bats in the northeastern United States. The findings are published in ...
Researchers Study Cave's 'Breathing' for Better Climate Clues
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates.
Researchers go underground to reveal 850 new species
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Australian researchers have discovered a huge number of new species of invertebrate animals living in underground water, caves and "micro-caverns" amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback.
Glow worms glimmer on cue
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time.
World's oldest ship timbers found in Egypt
Mar 06, 2006 |
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The world's oldest remains of a seafaring ship have been found in caves at the edge of the Egyptian desert.
Ancient drawing of mammoth found in Cheddar caves
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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A possible Palaeolithic engraving has been discovered at Cheddar Caves and Gorge by members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS).
Largest-ever collection of coins from Bar-Kokhba revolt found
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew ...
Unusual microbial ropes grow slowly in cave lake
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Dec 20, 2008 |
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Deep inside the Frasassi cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the Earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
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