
North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
About half of 36 fish stocks
in the Northwest Atlantic
Ocean, many of them
commercially valuable
species, have been shifting
... > full story

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Satellite Forms Three-pointed Star In The Sky
Following the launch of
ESA's SMOS satellite on Nov.
2, the French space agency
CNES, which is responsible
for operating the satellite,
... > 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 Insight Into Predicting Cholera Epidemics In The Bengal Delta
In Bangladesh cholera
epidemics occur twice a
year. Scientists have tried,
without much success, to
determine the causes -- and
... > full story
- North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Satellite Forms Three-pointed Star In The Sky
- Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
- New Insight Into Predicting Cholera Epidemics In The Bengal Delta
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Engineers Strive To Make Algae Oil Production More Feasible
November 4, 2009 Engineers are assessing systematic production methods that could make the costs of algae oil production more reasonable, helping move the U.S. from fossil fuel dependency to renewable energy ... > full story -
Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
November 3, 2009 Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming, warn ... > full story -
African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making
November 3, 2009 In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent ... > full story -
Navy Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
November 3, 2009 Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by the Naval ... > full story -
Mapping Nutrient Distributions Over The Atlantic Ocean
November 3, 2009 Large-scale distributions of two important nutrient pools -- dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus have been systematically mapped for the first time over the Atlantic Ocean in ... > full story -
SMOS Satellite Successfully Launched: First-ever Satellite To Attempt To Measure Ocean Salinity From Space
November 2, 2009 A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from ... > full story -
Snail Fossils Suggest Semiarid Eastern Canary Islands Were Wetter 50,000 Years Ago
November 2, 2009 Isotopic measurements performed on fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands resulted in oxygen isotope ratios that suggest the Spanish archipelago off ... > full story -
Blue Energy Seems Feasible And Offers Considerable Benefits
November 2, 2009 Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy – 'blue energy' – is ... > full story -
Iron Controls Patterns Of Nitrogen Fixation In The Atlantic
November 2, 2009 Scientists have discovered that interactions between iron supply, transported through the atmosphere from deserts, and large-scale oceanic circulation control the availability of a crucial nutrient, ... > full story -
Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies
October 30, 2009 Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles ... > full story
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