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Instruments to Study Space Weather Set for NASA Launch
A $32 million instrument
package set for launch Feb.
9 by NASA should help
scientists better understand
the violent effects of the
sun on near-Earth space
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Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey
By analyzing sediments up to
4,000 years old, an
environmental scientist is
hoping to provide a tool to
help predict future climate
change. Ancient records of
... > full story
Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
The fact that glaciers in
the Himalayan mountains are
thinning is not disputed.
However, few researchers
have attempted to rigorously
... > full story
Storm Runoff and Sewage Treatment Outflow Contaminated With Household Pesticides
Pyrethroid pesticides were
supposed to be a benign
replacement for
organophosphates used around
the home, but a new study
... > full story
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Conservation from Space: Landscape Diversity Helps to Conserve Insects
February 8, 2010 — Rugged, hilly landscapes with a range of different habitat types can help maintain more stable butterfly populations and thus aid their conservation, according to new findings. This has implications ... > full story -
Better Weather Forecasts With a Map Showing Atmospheric Vapor
February 8, 2010 — Weather forecasts, satellite navigation in cars and the inspection of dikes or natural gas fields: these applications using satellite data would all be even more accurate if we knew more about the ... > full story -
Haiti Earthquake a Reminder That Disasters Are Preventable, Expert Says
February 4, 2010 — Amid all the commentary focused on the historic tragedy in Haiti, a tough but important fact -- disasters are preventable -- has gone virtually unmentioned, according to a nationally recognized ... > full story -
Measuring Rainfall With Mobile Phone Antennas
February 3, 2010 — As rain interferes with radio signals, researchers have been able to measure rainfall using data supplied by the mobile telecommunications company Orange. The new method offers greater spatial ... > full story -
Upper Atmosphere Influences Weather Near Earth's Surface
January 30, 2010 — To what extent does what's happening in the stratosphere, tens of kilometers above Earth, influence the weather in the troposphere, the layer of atmosphere that touches Earth? Researchers performed a ... > full story -
Almost Half of Injured Haitians Are Likely to Be Children, Pediatric Emergency Study Indicates
January 28, 2010 — A new study indicates that the victims of the January 12 quake include an extraordinarily high number of children -- more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated ... > full story -
Forensic Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's Impact: Methods and Findings
January 27, 2010 — A recent special edition of the Elsevier journal Ocean Engineering provides an analysis of the impact of Hurricane Katrina and an overview of the lessons learned in the aftermath of the ... > full story -
Maximum Height of Extreme Waves Up Dramatically in Pacific Northwest
January 26, 2010 — A major increase in maximum ocean wave heights off the Pacific Northwest in recent decades has forced scientists to re-evaluate how high a "100-year event" might be, and the new findings raise ... > full story -
UK Under Snow as Seen from Space
January 26, 2010 — Scientists have released images of the UK under snow and they are exploring the possible causes of this recent extreme ... > full story -
Haiti Reconstruction Will Require Local Input
January 26, 2010 — Destruction in Haiti, the result of a January 12 earthquake, is staggering. The majority of the capital city of Port-au-Prince will have to be rebuilt from ... > full story
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