News tagged with mount
Nepal will measure exact height of Mount Everest
Nepal has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Highest-flying bird crosses the Himalayas in record time
The Bar-headed goose is one impressive creature: it migrates over the immense Himalayan mountain range twice a year, holding the record for the world's highest-flying bird.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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3D-Model mimics volcanic explosions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3-D model of a volcanic explosion, based on the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, may enhance our understanding of how some volcanic explosions occur and help identify ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Orbiting astronauts chat with Italy's president
(AP) -- The astronauts circling Earth got another VIP call from Rome on Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2011 |
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Twitter hits new high with Everest 'tweet'
A renowned British climber has taken Twitter to a new high, firing off the first "tweet" from the peak of world's tallest mountain.
May 06, 2011 |
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Sky's no limit in high-аlying goose chase
Jessica Meir turns around and looks at the gaggle of geese behind her and asks "Are you guys ready?"
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Massive iceberg shears off after N. Zealand quake
A 30 million tonne block of ice sheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes after a violent earthquake devastated the city of Christchurch, officials said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Everest pedal explores thin air
(PhysOrg.com) -- A trek to Everest base camp is helping Oxford University researchers investigate the links between heart failure and the low oxygen levels suffered by patients with a range of serious diseases.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Mount Etna bursts into life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily, erupted briefly yesterday sending flames and ash hundreds of metres into the air.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Climbing Mount Everest: Noble adventure or selfish pursuit?
Adventure seekers are plunking down more than $50,000 to climb Mount Everest, but a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that people who pay for transformative experiences often lack the communitarian spirit ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Life and death (and sex and sewage) in a Roman town
Forget your preconceptions about the civilised, sparkling, white cityscapes of the ancient world: Real-life Pompeii was an altogether more sordid proposition, as Cambridge classicist Mary Beard is set to explain.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Indonesia downgrades Mount Merapi volcano alert
Indonesian scientists Friday downgraded the alert status of Mount Merapi from its highest level after it killed more than 350 people in a series of violent eruptions that started in late October.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Mount St. Helens rises from the Ashes
When Mount St. Helens blew its top in 1980, it wasn't a surprise that it happened, but even today the extent of the damage is hard to fathom. The eruption knocked down 100-foot trees like matchsticks and killed ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Indonesia volcano shoots new blast; 21 more rumble
(AP) -- Evacuees cringed and fled for cover Monday as an erupting volcano - one of 22 showing increased activity in Indonesia - let loose booming explosions of hot gas and debris in its most powerful blast in a deadly week. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Tweet it from Everest: 'OMG! we're halfway up!'
(AP) -- You can't get away from a cell phone call, even at the top of the world.
Oct 29, 2010 |
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