News tagged with geophysical sciences
Analysis finds strong match between molecular, fossil data in evolutionary studies
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 28, 2009 |
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During a seminar at another institution several years ago, University of Chicago paleontologist David Jablonski fielded a hostile question: Why bother classifying organisms according to their physical appearance, ...
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Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.
Scientists Use High-energy Particles from Space to Probe Thunderstorms
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark it should behave like ...
Cyclones spurt water into the stratosphere, feeding global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at Harvard University have found that tropical cyclones readily inject ice far into the stratosphere, possibly feeding global warming.
Antarctic ice yields student research discovery
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2007 |
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While researching the “bottom of the world,” Jeffrey Geddes made a discovery
about sea ice formation that has the potential to provide scientists with another piece of the climate-change puzzle.
Earth's temperature linked to earthquakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Spanish scientists have linked the temperature of the Earth's crust to the planet's seismic activity.
Russia prepares for volcano eruption
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Residents of Kamchatka in far eastern Russia are on alert for yet another volcano eruption.
University of Nevada, Reno, surveys earthquake faults through downtown
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2009 |
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The Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is finishing the first phase of seismic surveying through downtown as part of U.S. Geological Survey study to create an earthquake hazard map in the ...
Commercial ships spew half as much particulate pollution as world's cars
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate pollution into the air as the total amount released by cars, according to a new study. Ship pollutants affect both the Earth's climate and the health of people ...
Hurricanes not likely to disrupt ocean carbon balance
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hurricanes are well known for the trail of damage and debris they can leave on land, but less known for the invisible trail left over the ocean by their gale-force winds — a trail of carbon ...
Scientists pinpoint the 'edge of space'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Where does space begin? Scientists at the University of Calgary have created a new instrument that is able to track the transition between the relatively gentle winds of Earth's atmosphere and the more violent flows of charged ...
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