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Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
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Jul 01, 2009 |
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The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of ...
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Measurements link magma melting rate to tectonic plate subduction rate
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Nov 08, 2007 |
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Determining the origin and rate of magma production in subduction zone volcanoes is essential to understanding the formation of continental crust and the recycling of subducted materials back into Earth’s mantle.
Equatorial region known for massive storms
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Jun 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's the birthplace of some of the world's strongest storms, a nearly continuous band of colliding weather systems near the equator where the Air France jet vanished in the night.
Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted (w/ Video)
Jul 25, 2009 |
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NOAA-supported scientists, led by Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square ...
Biofuel production could undercut efforts to shrink Gulf 'Dead Zone'
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Scientists in Pennsylvania report that boosting production of crops used to make biofuels could make a difficult task to shrink a vast, oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico more difficult. The ...
Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Look out Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka. A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been developed in Japan.
A NASA 2-for-1: Carlos and Dolores in 1 satellite image
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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It's not too often that two tropical cyclones are close enough to each other to be within a satellite's view as it tracks far above the Earth, but it happened this week with Carlos and Dolores in the Eastern ...
Golf course putting greens show their age
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Just like the rest of us, golf courses show their age -- especially on putting greens, which experience more foot traffic than anywhere else on golf courses. Putting greens, which comprise only about 1.6% of the total area ...
Atlantic to Pacific feedback discovered
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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French scientists say an exchange of water vapor from the Atlantic to the Pacific might be an important feedback mechanism for abrupt climatic changes.
Researchers predict large 2009 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'
Jun 18, 2009 |
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University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" could be one of the largest on record, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a half-billion-dollar ...
Hybrid bluegrasses analyzed for use in transition zone
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The transition zone can be one of the most challenging places to maintain high-quality turfgrass; changeable growing conditions in these regions often prove too hot for some grasses and too cold for others. Finding turfgrass ...
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