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Tech advancements improving accuracy in predicting weather

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study weather reports online, and you might want to give up on meteorology. "Deadly" storms fizzle, while weaker-looking fronts devastate. Temperatures often soar above predicted highs or plummet below predicted lows.





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Study: Slowdown in warming last year not permanent

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 16

(AP) -- Cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing, government and academic scientists said Friday.


Researchers look at water-energy impacts of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate projections for the next 50 to 100 years forecast increasingly frequent severe droughts and heat waves across the American Southwest, sinking available water levels even as rising mercury drives up ...


China is set to launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media have reported

China to launch second lunar probe: state media

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.


Monster Waves on the Sun are Real

Monster Waves on the Sun are Real (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 2

Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar ...


Switchgrass produces biomass efficiently

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass ...


Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...


Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss

Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight - creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid ...


Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved

Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...


Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they can be a health ...


Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...



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