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Climate Change Affecting Overall Weather Patterns, May Affect Water Availability, in California
November 2, 2012 Climate change is affecting overall weather patterns, scientists say, and could affect water availability in ... > full story -
Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size Are Friendly to Life
November 1, 2012 Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a new study. Researchers suggest that the size and ... > full story -
Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past
November 1, 2012 The European Space Agency's Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin aiming cameras at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the ... > full story -
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Let It Snow! Solar Panels Can Take It
October 24, 2012 Even if the weather outside is frightful, solar cells can still generate a delightful amount of ... > full story -
NASA'S Operation Icebridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica
October 12, 2012 Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, ... > full story -
Deep Cleaning With Carbon Dioxide
October 8, 2012 In server components, hard disks, or clock mechanisms, the smallest impurities lead to malfunctions and short circuits; in optical components such as lenses, they impair quality because they scatter ... > full story -
Deforestation in Snowy Regions Causes More Floods
October 3, 2012 New research suggests that cutting down swaths of forest in snowy regions at least doubles -- and potentially quadruples -- the number of large floods that occur along the rivers and streams passing ... > full story -
A Curious Cold Layer in the Atmosphere of Venus
October 2, 2012 Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or ... > full story -
Species Richness and Genetic Diversity Do Not Go Hand in Hand in Alpine Plants
September 25, 2012 Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a high level of species diversity in alpine plants does not necessarily go hand in hand with a high level of genetic diversity. This finding ... > full story -
Shrinking Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice Threatens Ringed Seal Habitat
September 17, 2012 University of Washington scientists found that the habitat required for ringed seals -- animals under consideration for the threatened species list -- to rear their young will drastically shrink this ... > full story
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