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Rapid changes in the winter climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5

The Baltic Sea winter climate has changed more in the last 500 years than previously thought. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that our part of the world has experienced periods of both ...


Iceberg Scour Affects Biodiversity

Iceberg Scour Affects Biodiversity

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is ...





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In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth (AP)

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.


Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish

Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Corals depends on the products of photosynthetic algae for most of their food, but they also eat tiny plankton. Now, for the first time, there is evidence of a coral eating jellyfish.


Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'

Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals.


El Nino Picking Up Steam

El Nino Picking Up Steam

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.


Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.


Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises (AP)

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.


Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time

Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Satellite tracking has allowed a research team to uncover the mysteries of the migration of Eleanora's falcon for the first time. In total, the bird flies more than 9,500 kilometres across the African continent ...


Growth versus global warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming.


Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals

Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals

Biology / Other

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the ...


Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend, says U. of Colorado report

Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend ...



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