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Earth's Early Ocean Cooled More Than A Billion Years Earlier Than Thought
The global ocean covering
the Earth 3.4 billion years
ago was far cooler than has
been thought, according to
researchers who analyzed
... > full story
Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
Scientists have used images
compiled over a decade to
study volcanic activity in
the African Rift. A new
article focuses on the
... > full story
New Antenna May Reveal More Clues About Lightning
Launch scrubs are nothing
new at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center. In fact, there have
been 116 space shuttle
scrubs; 72 for technical
reasons and 45 for inclement
... > full story
Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough To Slow Climate Change
Because land use changes are
responsible for 50 percent
of warming in the US,
policymakers need to address
the influence of global
... > full story
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Central Africa's Tropical Congo Basin Was Arid, Treeless In Late Jurassic
November 11, 2009 — The lush, tropical Congo Basin was much different 150 million to 200 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed Gondwana, the single continent formed by Africa and South America. Geochemical analysis of ... > full story -
Controversial New Climate Change Data: Is Earth's Capacity To Absorb CO2 Much Greater Than Expected?
November 11, 2009 — New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of CO2 having risen from ... > full story -
A Lightning Strike In Africa Helps Take The Pulse Of The Sun
November 11, 2009 — Scientists have developed a more definitive and reliable tool for measuring the sun's rotation when sunspots aren't visible ---- and even when they are -- based on observations of common lightning ... > full story -
Antarctica Glacier Retreat Creates New Carbon Dioxide Store; Has Beneficial Impact On Climate Change
November 10, 2009 — Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. ... > full story -
Climate Models Don't Tell The Full Story
November 10, 2009 — Climate models that predict heavy rainfall don't give the whole picture, according to the results of a new study. Researchers examined climate changes that have taken place over the past 800,000 ... > full story -
Cave Study Links Climate Change To California Droughts
November 10, 2009 — California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to analysis of stalagmites from a cave in the Sierra ... > full story -
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Green Heating And Cooling Technology Turns Carbon From Eco-villain To Hero
November 10, 2009 — Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers have now devised a novel way to miniaturize a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely ... > full story -
Amphibians As Environmental Omen Disputed
November 10, 2009 — Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a new ... > full story -
New Fossil Plant Discovery Links Patagonia To New Guinea In A Warmer Past
November 10, 2009 — Fossil plants provide clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Identifying fossil plants can be tricky, however, when plant organs fail to be preserved. Researchers recently ... > full story -
Health Care Accounts For Eight Percent Of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
November 10, 2009 — The American health-care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. Researchers used ... > full story
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