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Charcoal evidence tracks climate changes in Younger Dryas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked ...
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Professor talks about latest in Younger Dryas work in Science article
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2008 |
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University of Cincinnati Professor of Geology Tom Lowell is featured in the July 18 issue of Science, discussing the latest research into the question of whether the significant climate change event about ...
Ice age not a global phenomenon: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2007 |
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If the Earth is heading for a new ice age, Australia may not be as affected as countries in the Northern Hemisphere, according to new research from The Australian National University published today in Science.
Comet impact theory disproved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009 |
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New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that travelled across North America at hundreds of kilometres per hour and triggering ...
Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna?
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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The end of the Pleistocene Epoch was marked with steadily warmer temperatures and the great ice age glaciers that covered vast areas of North America were in retreat.
Six North American sites hold 12,900-year-old nanodiamond-rich soil
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous ...
Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2007 |
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New scientific findings suggest that a large comet may have exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, explaining riddles that scientists have wrestled with for decades, including an abrupt cooling of much ...
Clue to sudden climate change found in Arctic: study
Jun 28, 2005 |
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Climate could change extremely rapidly with very dramatic effects The sudden deep freeze of the northern hemisphere that occurred 13,000 years ago has been traced to events originating in northern Canada, according to Universi ...
Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and ...
Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...
Tracking down abrupt climate changes
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Aug 01, 2008 |
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In an article in the scientific magazine Nature Geosciences, the geoscientists Achim Brauer, Peter Dulski and Jörg Negendank, (emeritus Professor) from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Gerald Haug from the DF ...
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