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Gannets Could Be Affected by Offshore Energy Developments
November 9, 2012 — Scientists have discovered that proposed offshore renewable energy developments in the English Channel have the potential to affect the foraging behavior of northern gannets from Alderney in the ... > full story -
Super Storm Tracked by European Space Agency Water Mission
November 9, 2012 — When millions of people are bracing themselves for the onslaught of extreme weather, as much information as possible is needed to predict the strength of the impending storm. The European Space ... > full story -
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Hurricane Sandy: Power Outage Prediction Model Was Accurate
November 1, 2012 — A team of researchers spent days tracking Hurricane Sandy's power outage potential as the storm made its deadly march up eastern seaboard. The researchers fed weather forecasts as well as real-time ... > full story -
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Americans Use More Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies
October 24, 2012 — Americans used less energy in 2011 than in the previous year due mainly to a shift to higher-efficiency energy technologies in the transportation and residential sectors. Meanwhile, less coal was ... > full story -
Earth's Magnetosphere Behaves Like a Sieve
October 24, 2012 — Our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions than previously believed. Earth’s magnetic field is our planet’s first line of defense against the ... > full story -
Turbulent Flows in 2-D Can Be Calculated in New Model
October 23, 2012 — Turbulent flows have challenged researchers for centuries. It is impossible to predict chaotic weather more than a week in advance. Wind resistance on a plane cannot be calculated precisely, since it ... > full story -
Military Safety Is Blowing in the Wind
October 17, 2012 — A command doctrine used by the US military and NATO designed to warn personnel of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological hazards could be overly conservative and degrade war fighting effectiveness or, ... > full story -
Documented Decrease in Frequency of Hawaii's Northeast Trade Winds
October 12, 2012 — Scientists have observed a decrease in the frequency of northeast trade winds and an increase in eastern trade winds over the past nearly four decades, according to a recent ... > full story -
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Sandia Labs Benchmark Helps Wind Industry Measure Success
October 4, 2012 — Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Oct. 1, 2012, and the results should help the nation's growing wind industry benchmark its ... > full story -
Hummingbirds Make Flying Backward Look Easy
September 27, 2012 — Animals that move backwards usually require a lot of energy, so a biologist was surprised when he realized that hummingbirds execute this maneuver routinely. Wondering how hummingbirds perform the ... > full story
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