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Researcher finds higher summer ozone concentrations in southeast metro Atlanta

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Georgia State University researcher has found that the highest concentrations of summertime ozone -- a major air pollutant and respiratory health hazard — tended to occur in the southeastern part of metro ...


California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes ...





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Ski Runs Are Not Created Equal

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Building a new ski run by bulldozing a mountainside rather than only cutting its shrubs and trees is far more damaging ecologically, yet might offer only a week's earlier start to the downhill season, says ...


Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid ...


Greenland glaciers:  What lies beneath

Greenland glaciers: What lies beneath

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Scientists who study the melting of Greenland's glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined.


Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...


Energy savings in black and white

Color-changing roof tiles absorb heat in winter, reflect it in summer

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever stepped barefoot onto blacktop pavement on a hot sunny day knows the phenomenon very well: Black surfaces absorb the sun's heat very efficiently, producing a toe-scorching ...


Arctic at warmest levels in 2,000 years or more

Arctic at warmest levels in 2,000 years or more

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (64) | comments 25

Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides ...


Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north (AP)

Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (77) | comments 27

(AP) -- Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence - and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots around the polar world.


Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California

Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (50) | comments 3

From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for this typically arid region ...


Aura Marks Five Years of Sky-High Atmosphere Research

Aura Marks Five Years of Sky-High Atmosphere Research

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Imagine Earth without an atmosphere - without clouds, wind or air. Earth's atmosphere protects, transports, and reacts to life on Earth.


Summer haze has a cooling effect in southeastern United States

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering ...



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