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  'Dark Energy' -- Life Beneath the Seafloor: Scientists Present Recent Findings on the Subsurface Biosphere

  November 19, 2012 — Scientists affiliated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) will discuss recent progress in understanding life beneath the seafloor at ... > full story
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  Four-Degrees Briefing for the World Bank: The Risks of a Future Without Climate Policy

  November 19, 2012 — Humankind’s emissions of greenhouse gases are breaking new records every year. Hence we’re on a path towards 4-degree global warming probably as soon as by the end of this century. This ... > full story
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  Himalayan Glaciers Will Shrink by Almost 10 Percent, Even If Temperatures Hold Steady

  November 16, 2012 — If Bhutan's climate did not warm, glaciers in the monsoonal Himalayas would still shrink by almost 10 percent within the next few decades. What's more, the amount of melt water coming off these ... > full story
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  Melt Water on Mars Could Sustain Life, New Research Suggests

  November 16, 2012 — Near surface water has shaped the landscape of Mars. Areas of the planet’s northern and southern hemispheres have alternately thawed and frozen in recent geologic history and comprise striking ... > full story
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  GOCE’s Second Mission Improving Gravity Map

  November 16, 2012 — ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better results. The Gravity field and ... > full story
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  'Space Gems': Rare Meteorites Created in Violent Celestial Collision

  November 15, 2012 — A tiny fraction of meteorites on Earth contain strikingly beautiful, translucent, olive-green crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. Called pallasites, these "space gems" have fascinated ... > full story
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  America's Ancient Hurricane Belt and the U.S.-Canada Equator

  November 15, 2012 — The recent storms that have battered settlements on the east coast of America may have been much more frequent in the region 450 million years ago, according to ... > full story
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  Tapping Into Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential of Mine Waste

  November 15, 2012 — Economic value should be placed on the CO2 storage potential of mine waste, experts ... > full story
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  At Least One-Third of Marine Species Remain Undescribed

  November 15, 2012 — At least one-third of the species that inhabit the world's oceans may remain completely unknown to science. That's despite the fact that more species have been described in the last decade than in ... > full story
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  Meteorites Reveal Warm Water Existed on Mars

  November 15, 2012 — Hydrothermal fractures around Martian impact craters may have been a habitable environment for microbial life. New research into evidence of water on Mars determined that water temperatures on the ... > full story

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