News tagged with columbia lakes
Study first to show evolution's impact on ecosystems
Scientists have come to agree that different environments impact the evolution of new species. Now experiments conducted at the University of British Columbia are showing for the first time that the reverse is also true.
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In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a pristine body of water that may hold ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Looks like we’re still looking for earthly life forms on other planets
In late 2010, NASA set the Internet buzzing when it called a press conference to discuss an astrobiological finding that would impact the search for extraterrestrial life. Many speculated that some primitive ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains enigma unraveled in East Antarctica
The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet – a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 – is finally solved. The remarkably ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Ancient midges offer clues to climate variability 10,000 years ago
An analysis of the remains of ancient midges – tiny non-biting insects closely related to mosquitoes – opens a new window on the past with a detailed view of the surprising regional variability that ...
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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Help NASA find life on Mars with MAPPER
(PhysOrg.com) -- Would you like to participate in NASA's analog research program? Interested in helping scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars and elsewhere in the universe? Now you can, ...
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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Liquor store density linked to youth homicides
Violent crime could be reduced significantly if policymakers at the local level limit the number of neighborhood liquor stores and ban the sale of single-serve containers of alcoholic beverages, according to separate studies ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago, study says
A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. The st ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Replication of arsenic life experiment not successful so far
One of the most vocal and ardent critics of the so-called 'arsenic life' experiment which was published in December 2010 was biologist Rosie Redfield from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The s ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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US shuttle debris surfaces amid Texas drought
A piece of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia has surfaced in eastern Texas, where a severe drought has dried up a lake and exposed debris from the 2003 accident, NASA said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2011 |
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New EPA rule will clean the air for 240 million Americans
Pollution that blows hundreds of miles from coal-fired power plants into other states will be reduced under a final plan that the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.
Jul 10, 2011 |
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