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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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