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First direct observations of biological particles in high-altitude ice clouds

First direct observations of biological particles in high-altitude ice clouds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1

A team of UC San Diego-led atmospheric chemistry researchers moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science when it made the first-ever direct detection of biological particles ...





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Ice-nucleating Bacteria

Rain, snow forms with aid of living organisms: study

Biology /

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Brent Christner, LSU professor of biological sciences, in partnership with colleagues in Montana and France, recently found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere. These ...


Ice clouds put Mars in the shade

Ice clouds put Mars in the shade

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 3

Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky. However, new results show that the arid planet possesses ...


Atoms Fly Apart in Direct Crystal Melting

Atoms Fly Apart in Direct Crystal Melting

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 19, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Using an intense laser and ultra-fast x-rays, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have observed the atomic events involved in rapid crystal melting.


Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'

Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...


Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure

Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 9

A recent experiment at the DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that a proton's nearest neighbors in the nucleus of the atom may modify the proton's internal structure.


Cloud formation affected by human activity, study says

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

University of Toronto researchers and their collaborators have discovered that solid ammonium sulphate aerosol – an airborne particle more prevalent in continental areas - can act as a catalyst to the formation of ice clouds, ...


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Giant Antarctic iceberg heads towards N.Zealand: experts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A giant iceberg twice the length of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Stadium has been spotted floating off Australia and could be headed for New Zealand, scientists said on Thursday.


Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...


Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (32) | comments 25

Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.


Newly drilled ice cores may be the longest taken from the Andes

Newly drilled ice cores may be the longest taken from the Andes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers spent two months this summer high in the Peruvian Andes and brought back two cores, the longest ever drilled from ice fields in the tropics.



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