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Help students think like soil scientists
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Emphasizing cross-disciplinary concepts in teaching soil science courses, such as mass-volume relationships, can help undergraduates learn real-world, problem-solving skills that are crucial to their success in soil science ...
Subterranean oceans on Saturn's moon Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have a subterranean ocean of hydrocarbons and some topsy-turvy topography in which the summits of its mountains lie lower than its average surface elevation, ...
Water table depth tied to droughts in Great Plains
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Will there be another “dust bowl” in the Great Plains similar to the one that swept the region in the 1930s? It depends on water storage underground. Groundwater depth has a significant effect ...
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Groundwater threatens Egyptian treasures
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Encroaching groundwater threatens the foundations, columns and walls of Egyptian treasures in Cairo's Giza Plateau, scientists and engineers say.
Pesticides -- easier detection of pollution and impact in rivers
Sep 04, 2009 |
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The long-term effects of pesticides on living organisms in rivers and on water quality can now be assessed more easily. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have developed ...
Yucca Mountain: Good spot for nuke waste?
Dec 06, 2007 |
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A U.S. government study suggests the proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive waste repository in Nevada is arguably the best location for such storage.
Global warming predicted to hasten carbon release from peat bogs
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Billions of tons of carbon sequestered in the world's peat bogs could be released into the atmosphere in the coming decades as a result of global warming, according to a new analysis of the interplay between peat bogs, water ...
Hydrophobic Sand Could Combat Desert Water Shortages
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water scarcity is a major problem for people living in desert areas, including much of the Middle East and Africa. According to the United Nations, more than 1.6 million people die every year ...
Ultra-fine coatings on sediment grains influence nitrate and sulfate storage in soil
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the grains. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Pesticides persist in ground water
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Numerous studies over the past four decades have established that pesticides, which are typically applied at the land surface, can move downward through the unsaturated zone to reach the water table at detectable concentrations. ...
Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...
New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2009 |
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New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...
Study links guns and hormones in men
May 09, 2006 |
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U.S. psychologists say they've found that handling a gun creates a hormonal reaction in men that can prime them for aggression.
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