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USGS Scientists Document Widespread Increases In Streamflow And Changes In The Timing Of Snowmelt Over The Past 50 Years
June 19, 2005 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have identified nationwide trends toward increasing streamflow in many areas of the nation since 1940 based on data collected from long-term USGS streamgages. ... > full story -
Students Tackle Flooding In Honduras
May 2, 2005 Eight MIT students -- five graduate students and three undergraduates -- spent spring break 2005 in Tocoa, Honduras, working on an automated flood early warning system and visiting towns that had ... > full story -
'Dead Zone' Area In Gulf Could Be Increasing, Researchers Say
April 26, 2005 The "dead zone" area of the Gulf of Mexico -- a region that annually suffers from low oxygen which can result in huge marine life losses -- has appeared much earlier this year, meaning it ... > full story -
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Beneficial Beetles Battle Pesky Saltcedar
April 21, 2005 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist C. Jack DeLoach, ARS ecologist Raymond I. Carruthers, and their co-investigators have found that a leafbeetle that they've investigated and helped ... > full story -
'Dead Zone' Area In Gulf Could Be Increasing, Researchers Say
April 13, 2005 The “dead zone” area of the Gulf of Mexico – a region that annually suffers from low oxygen which can result in huge marine life losses – has appeared much earlier this year, ... > full story -
Fossil Records Show Biodiversity Comes And Goes
March 26, 2005 A detailed and extensive new analysis of the fossil records of marine animals over the past 542 million years has yielded a stunning surprise. Biodiversity appears to rise and fall in mysterious ... > full story -
Wetlands Clean Water And May Control Neighborhood Flood Problems
March 9, 2005 Constructed wetlands in planned communities can aid in surface water cleanup and flood prevention, according to Purdue University scientists who completed a five-year study on the management ... > full story -
Antarctic Ice Shelf Retreats Happened Before
February 24, 2005 The retreat of Antarctic ice shelves is not new according to research published this week (24 Feb) in the journal Geology by scientists from Universities of Durham, Edinburgh and British Antarctic ... > full story -
Frozen Sea Discovered Near Martian Equator From 3D Images Of Mars Express
February 24, 2005 The discovery, by an international team of scientists led by University College London (UCL), the Open University (OU), and the Free University of Berlin, of a frozen sea close to the equator of Mars ... > full story -
ESA’s Mars Express Sees Signs Of A 'Frozen Sea'
February 23, 2005 A new image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, shows what appears to be a dust-covered frozen sea near the Martian ... > full story
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