News tagged with maine water

Treated stormwater safe for growing food

Treated stormwater is safe to use on your humble household vegetable patch according to a new report by the Center for Water Sensitive Cities at Monash University.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Nutrient shift occurring in the Gulf of Maine could affect planktonic ecosystem

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Gulf of Maine waters are cooler, fresher and lower in nitrate than they were 30 years ago, causing a nutrient shift that has potential implications for the structure of the planktonic ecosystem, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measuring snow with a bucket, a windmill, and the sun?

In Maine, government scientists have figured out how to measure snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun - all the while saving money, energy, and, ultimately helping to save lives.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Putin receives 'prehistoric' water from Antarctic lake

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Europe's ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Spaceborne precipitation radar ships from Japan to U.S.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tidal forces could squeeze out planetary water

Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water, leaving behind hot, dry worlds like Venus, researchers said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Carbonized coffee grounds remove foul smells

For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life's best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells around – sewer gas?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?

Highly-tilted worlds would have extreme seasons, subjecting life to alternating periods of scorching and subzero temperatures. This could make the development of all but hardiest, simplest creatures a long ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Asteroid Vesta floats in space in high resolution 3-D

The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies Eastern Hemisphere taken by NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Progress and promise in DIAL LIDAR

For climatologists and environmental policy makers who need to determine the flux of greenhouse gases (GHG), there are three paramount questions: Where is it, how much is there, and how is it moving? A new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

(AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8


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