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Forecasters say El Nino may be developing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(AP) -- A new El Nino could be approaching. Sea-surface temperatures have been warming in the tropical Pacific Ocean, suggesting the potential for the development of the El Nino climate phenomenon this summer, according ...





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Martian rock arrangement not alien handiwork

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

At first, figuring out how pebble-sized rocks organize themselves in evenly-spaced patterns in sand seemed simple and even intuitive. But once Andrew Leier, an assistant geoscience professor at the U of C, started observing, ...


Astrophysicists find fractal image of Sun's 'Storm Season' imprinted on Solar Wind

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Plasma astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that key information about the Sun’s 'storm season’ is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind. This research ...


Spirit Rover Images of Martian Rocks

How Martian winds make rocks walk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.


Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...


Wind patterns could mask effects of global warming in ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that natural variability in the earth’s atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean. The research is published in journal ...


Experts examine risks to birds from wind turbines

Experts examine risks to birds from wind turbines (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Are wind turbines dangerous to billions of migrating birds?


Answers to huge wind-farm problems are blowin' in the wind

Answers to huge wind-farm problems are blowin' in the wind

Technology / Energy

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (14) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms could adversely ...


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Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes

Technology / Energy

created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (111) | comments 46

High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. ...


Detail from a Cassini radar image of sand dunes on Titan

Scientist finds alternate explanation for dune formation on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new and likely controversial paper has just been published online in Nature Geoscience by LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology Chair Patrick Hesp and United States Geological Survey scientist David ...


Wind farm to be built off Galveston Island

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created Oct 25, 2005 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One of the first offshore wind energy operations in the nation is to be built in an area seven miles off Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico.



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