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Restoring Coastal Wetlands? Check the Soil
September 7, 2010 Researchers use soil moisture and salinity of porewater combined with other data to develop tools for restoring coastal ... > full story -
Satellite Navigation Steers Unmanned Micro-Planes
September 1, 2010 An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA's Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have already helped ... > full story -
Fires and Floods Key to Dinosaur Island Secrets
August 24, 2010 Fires and floods which raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago made the island the richest source of pick ’n’ mix dinosaur remains of this age anywhere in the world. A ... > full story -
Can One-Time Tillage Improve No-Till?
June 28, 2010 Researchers test whether a one-time tillage of no-till could help manage certain perennial weeds, and reduce phosphorus stratification and runoff. They also wanted to determine if a one-time tillage, ... > full story -
Canyon Carved in Just Three Days in Texas Flood: Insight Into Ancient Flood Events on Earth and Mars
June 20, 2010 In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake -- the reservoir of the Canyon Dam -- to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley in a planned ... > full story -
Climate Change Increases Hazard Risk in Alpine Regions, Study Shows
June 15, 2010 Climate change could cause increasing and unpredictable hazard risks in mountainous regions, according to a new study. The study analyzes the effects of two extreme weather events -- the 2003 ... > full story -
Taking the Guesswork out of Soil Classification
June 7, 2010 A researcher has developed a technique that uses digital imaging of soil samples to take some of the guesswork out of wetland ... > full story -
Major Hurricane Could Devastate Houston
May 26, 2010 With the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season less than a week away, a new report is warning that a major hurricane could devastate the Houston/Galveston region.The report indicates that even a moderately ... > full story -
First Detailed Underwater Survey of Huge Volcanic Flank Collapse Deposits
May 5, 2010 Oceanographers are mapping an extremely large landslide deposits offshore from an active volcano on Montserrat in the Lesser ... > full story -
Researchers Model Movement of Radioactive Materials in Soil
April 23, 2010 Agricultural scientists are helping US Nuclear Regulatory Commission experts model the movement of radioactive materials in the soil. Their findings can be used to fine-tune the risk assessment ... > full story
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