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Scientists: Earthquakes, El Ninos fatal to earliest civilization in Americas

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did in America's earliest civilization.





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This undated file picture shows part of the Pastoruri snowcapped mountain in the central Peruvian Andes

'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 11

A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat.


The fisherman is a predator like any other

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created Jul 02, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

For Peru fishing is a prime source of foreign exchange, second only to mining. The country’s anchovy fishing fleet, which seeks the Peruvian anchovy Engraulis ringens, is the world’s largest single-species fishery, with an ...


Prehistoric equatorial penguins reached 5 feet in height

Prehistoric equatorial penguins reached 5 feet in height

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created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along with U.S., Peruvian and Argentine collaborators ...


Tanker spills oil in San Francisco Bay

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A ruptured fuel line on a Panamanian-registered tanker released oil into San Francisco Bay before dawn on Friday, authorities said.


Fisheries Linked to Decline of Waved Albatross Population

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 04, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world’s waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists.


Peruvian glacial retreats linked to European events of Little Ice Age

Peruvian glacial retreats linked to European events of Little Ice Age

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study that reports precise ages for glacial moraines in southern Peru links climate swings in the tropics to those of Europe and North America during the Little Ice Age approximately ...


Microbes beneath sea floor genetically distinct

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created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 2

Tiny microbes beneath the sea floor, distinct from life on the Earth's surface, may account for one-tenth of the Earth's living biomass, according to an interdisciplinary team of researchers, but many of these minute creatures ...


Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England

Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding ...


Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue

Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...


Giant Skull of Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.



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