News tagged with north
Past regional cold and warm periods linked to natural climate drivers
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Intervals of regional warmth and cold in the past are linked to the El Niño phenomenon and the so-called "North Atlantic Oscillation" in the Northern hemisphere's jet stream, according to a team of climate scientists. These ...
Dutch build more dunes against rising seas
Nov 20, 2009 |
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On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding.
Rosetta sees a living planet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere.
Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.
Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer with an Upside
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found by collaborating scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole ...
North Atlantic fish populations shifting as ocean temperatures warm
Nov 02, 2009 |
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About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing from U.S. waters as they ...
Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.
9 in 10 high schoolers short on fruits, veggies
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit.
Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years, a new study by a University of Georgia researcher reveals.
Germany paves way to offshore wind farms
Sep 16, 2009 |
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The German government on Wednesday agreed a plan to set aside special zones off its northern coast for a host of wind farms that could provide energy for more than eight million homes.
SKorea to train 3,000 'cyber sheriffs': report
Sep 13, 2009 |
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South Korea plans to train 3,000 "cyber sheriffs" by next year to protect businesses after a spate of attacks on state and private websites, a report said Sunday.
Did drug-resistant swine flu spread at NC camp?
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health officials are reporting what may be the first instance of a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus spreading from one person to another.
World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway
Sep 08, 2009 |
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The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday.
The lost voyage: First English-led expedition to North America
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of a previously unknown voyage to North America in 1499, led by a Bristol explorer, is to be published this week in the academic journal Historical Research.
SKorea rocket takes off, satellite launch fails
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- South Korea's first rocket launch Tuesday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months the communist nation's own launch drew ...
