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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 -
Tropical Cyclones in the Arabian Sea Have Intensified Due to Earlier Monsoon Onset
September 24, 2012 — The tropical cyclones during the pre-monsoon season in the Arabian Sea have intensified since 1997 compared to 1979 as a result of decreased vertical wind shear and earlier occurrence of tropical ... > full story -
New Airport System Facilitates Smoother Take-Offs and Landings
September 19, 2012 — For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help is on the way. A new NCAR turbulence avoidance system has for the first time been approved for use at a U.S. airport and ... > full story -
U.S. Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change
September 17, 2012 — Model used by government all but ignores economic damages that climate change will inflict on future ... > full story -
World’s First Transformable Historic Organ Can Span Centuries
September 11, 2012 — Cornell University's new baroque organ has become the world's first organ with multiple historic wind systems. The $2 million organ is the culmination of more than seven years of research, and ... > full story -
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Predicting Wave Power Could Double Marine-Based Energy
September 10, 2012 — A scientist says that his new computer algorithm improves the functioning of Wave Energy Converters used in producing electrical energy from ocean waves. And, with improvements in the converters ... > full story -
More Accurate Wind Energy Forecasts
September 10, 2012 — Wind power is one of the most important forms of renewable energy. In order to exploit inland wind as effectively as possible, turbines must be optimally positioned and dimensioned. A 200-meter high ... > full story -
Enough Wind to Power Global Energy Demand: New Research Examines Limits, Climate Consequences
September 9, 2012 — There is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world's demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier and faster high-altitude winds into energy could generate even more power than ... > full storyMore: -
Albatross 'Dynamic Soaring' Achieved by Repeated Curve-Altitude Oscillation
September 5, 2012 — Albatrosses leverage the energy of the wind to fly with essentially no mechanical cost to themselves, very rarely flapping their wings, and new work offers insight into how exactly they accomplish ... > full story -
Northwest Barents Sea Warmed Substantially During the Last Decades
September 5, 2012 — A recent study by researchers in Norway shows that the northwest Barents Sea warmed substantially during the last decades. The temperature of the subsurface Atlantic Water in the northern Barents Sea ... > full story
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