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New coastland map could help strengthen sea defenses

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The 'Coastland Map' produced by scientists from Durham University and published in the Journal GSA Today, charts the post Ice-Age tilt of the UK and Ireland and current relative sea-level changes. According to the map, t ...


Shifting Baselines Confound River Restoration

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Steep reductions in the abundance of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic fauna in recent centuries are not restricted to animals that live in the sea: historical records show that species in rivers and lakes worldwide also ...


Trees won't stop tsunamis, scientists warn

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Claims that coastal tree barriers can halt the might of a tsunami are false and dangerous, a team of international marine scientists said today.





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Aircraft that can see for themselves

Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.


Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast

Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast.


How much is nature worth?

How much is nature worth?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

How much is nature worth? £1 billion? £100 billion? £1 trillion? The loss of our forests and biodiversity in general could cost us between £1.2-2.8 trillion a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, who is giving ...


Craigslist founder joins Wikimedia advisory board

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board.


You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.


Former Ida a huge rainmaker, causing flooding in the Mid-Atlantic

Former Ida a huge rainmaker, causing flooding in the Mid-Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The coastal low, formerly known as Ida, is currently quasi-stationary off the North Carolina coast, adding more rain on top of what it has already brought. The low is creating serious flooding from northeast ...


Does modernization affect children's cognitive development?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Societal and technological changes have taken place at a dizzying pace over recent decades. A new cross-cultural study aimed to determine whether these dramatic changes have had an effect on the thinking skills that are learned ...


Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.


Advances in malaria research show promise for fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting ...


Ida now a coastal low assaulting the Mid-Atlantic

Ida now a coastal low assaulting the Mid-Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ida is one stubborn girl. Her remnants have moved out to sea and reformed as a powerful coastal low pressure system that's been raining on the mid-Atlantic since Tuesday night, November 10. The Geostationary ...



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