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Wind resistance: Analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years -- one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that ...
Leviathans battle in remote depths: Great white sharks may migrate so they can dine on giant squids
Mar 12, 2010 |
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In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.
Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
Mar 11, 2010 |
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The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, Univer ...
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
Mar 11, 2010 |
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(AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime ...
The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2010 |
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The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.
Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future
Mar 08, 2010 |
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For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.
Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million years ago (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years, a panel of 41 scientists re-analyzed data and provided new evidence, ...
Improved near-real-time tracking of 2010 El Nino reveals marine life reductions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 03, 2010 |
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The ongoing El Nino of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ways that could affect the West Coast fishing industry, according to scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC ...
France's crumbling sea walls no match for ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 03, 2010 |
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(AP) -- The moon was full, the wind roared, the tide was high and people died by the dozens. After a wall of ocean water engulfed picturesque towns along France's Atlantic coast, residents, officials and ...
Old diving tank air extends CSIRO Air Archive
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Atmospheric scientists believe air contained in disused dive tanks can potentially extend what is already the longest record of greenhouse gases in the Southern Hemisphere.
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