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• Global Warming
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  Wind Screen Collects Cool Air To Help Save The Rhône Glacier In Switzerland

  December 6, 2008 — A small wind screen has been erected on a glacier to test the concept of collecting cool air and reducing melting caused by global warming. By constructing a wind screen on the Rhône glacier in ... > full story
• Seeds
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Life Sciences
   
  

  How Wildlife Corridors Work Over Time

  December 1, 2008 — At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens. They're actually budding ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Water
  Energy Technology
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
   
  

  'Fish Technology' Draws Renewable Energy From Slow Water Currents

  November 21, 2008 — Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. Engineers have made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations ... > full story
• Energy Technology
  Solar Energy
  Petroleum
  Fuel Cells
  Alternative Fuels
  Wind Energy
   
  

  New System Proposed To Optimize Combined Energy Use

  November 13, 2008 — Engineers in Spain have developed an algorithm that can optimize hybrid electricity generation systems through combined use of renewable energies, such as photovoltaic and wind power, and ... > full story
• Nebulae
  Black Holes
  Cosmic Rays
  Dark Matter
  NASA
  Stars
   
  

  Fingers, Loops And Bays In The Crab Nebula's Pulsar Wind Viewed By Chandra X-Ray Observatory

  November 5, 2008 — NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind ... > full story
• Saturn
  Astronomy
  Solar System
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  Space Fly-by Reveals New Insights Into Titan's Life

  October 12, 2008 — Cracking the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's mysterious moon, and how planetary atmospheres evolve, have come a step closer after evaluation of data from a successful fly-by of its ... > full story
• Mars
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Station
  Astrophysics
   
  

  Scientists Design A Chip To Measure The Wind On Mars

  October 3, 2008 — A new chip will be used to measure the wind on Mars. This chip is the key piece of the anemometer on a weather monitoring station run by Spanish scientists for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) ... > full story
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Northern Lights
  Solar System
  NASA
   
  

  Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space

  October 1, 2008 — Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are ... > full story
• Wind Energy
  Nature
  Energy Issues
  Birds
  Land Management
  Energy Policy
   
  

  Ecologists Allay Fears For Farmland Birds From Wind Turbines

  October 1, 2008 — Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study helps resolve a potentially major environmental conflict: how to meet renewable energy ... > full story
• Sun
  Astronomy
  Solar Flare
  Solar System
  Northern Lights
  NASA
   
  

  Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low, Ulysses Spacecraft Reveals

  September 24, 2008 — Data from the Ulysses spacecraft, a joint NASA-European Space Agency mission, show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available. The ... > full story

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