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• Global Warming
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  Meteorologists Find That Increased Ocean Temperatures Cause Increasingly Intense Hurricanes

  Climate change experts studying hurricanes documented a 35-year warming trend in ocean surface temperature and linked it to larger hurricanes. The increase has been 1 degree Fahrenheit, resulting in ... > more
• Birds
  Bird Flu Research
  Nature
  Environmental Science
  Recycling and Waste
  Zoology
   
  

  Poultry Nutritionists Remove Pollutants From Watersheds By Adding Enzyme To Chicken Feed

  Poultry nutritionists add an enzyme called phytase to chicken feed in an effort to decrease the amount of phosphorus that passes through them undigested. Research revealed the maximum amount of ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Natural Disasters
  Earthquakes
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  Water
  Earth Science
   
  

  Seismologists Devise New Technique To Measure Pollution

  Seismologists have tested a new way to measure the concentration of the dangerous groundwater contaminant Trichloroethylene (TCE). Ultrasonic waves called P-waves are sent through ground containing ... > more
• El Nino and La Nina
  Severe Weather
  Atmosphere
  Climate
  Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Geophysicists Blame La Nina Weather For Lost Time

  Geophysicists have identified the very real physical mechanism that can lengthen or shorten the amount of time the earth takes to complete one rotation. During La Nina the temperature of the Pacific ... > more
• Construction
  Earthquakes
  Electronics
  Civil Engineering
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  Sustainability
   
  

  Architectural Engineers Design Homes To Withstand Earthquakes

  Engineers have designed windows and walls that will not break when shaken by the intense motion caused by earthquakes. By installing glass panels that do not touch the corners of the frame, ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
   
  

  Geophysicists Discover Slippery Secret Of Weaker Underwater Earthquakes

  Seismologists investigating undersea earthquakes have found that molten rock lubricates faults. This decreases the amount of friction between sides of the fault and decreases the intensity of ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
  Materials Science
  Geography
   
  

  Engineers Create Recycling Plant That Removes The Need To Sort

  Engineers use the term single-stream recycling for their plant that takes the sorting out of the public’s hands. Trucks dump an unsorted mess of paper, plastic, and metal onto a conveyor belt. ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Forest
  Sustainability
  Earthquakes
  Desert
   
  

  Geographers Map Likeliest Places For Big Fires

  Foresters and geographers have mapped the locations in the Santa Monica mountains where the most destructive fires are likely to start. To make their map, they combined data about where fires were ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Weather
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Climatologists Forecast Completely New Climates

  Geographers have projected temperature increases due to greenhouse gas emissions to reach a not-so-chilling conclusion: climate zones will shift and some climates will disappear completely by 2100. ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Meteorologists Invent Better Way To Monitor Hurricane Strength

  Meteorologists have developed a new method for analyzing hurricane strength. A series of mathematical formulas transform data from Doppler radars into a 3-D picture of storm intensity every 6 ... > more

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