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  Geophysicists Show That Crust Temperature Variation Explains Half Of Elevation Differences In North America

  Geophysicists determined that tectonic mountain-building processes are not the only factor that determines elevation in North America. The temperature of the crust affects its density, and lower ... > more
• Mining
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  Engineers Use Mine Roof Simulator To Increase Mine Safety

  Industrial hygienists, applying geology and engineering, can test mine support systems with the only mine roof simulator of its kind. Using up to 3 million pounds of vertical force and 1.6 million ... > more
• 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
• Skin Cancer
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  Dermatologists Discover Sun Protection Under The Sea

  Dermatologists recognize the benefits of a compound called astaxanthin. Found in red ocean plants and animals such as salmon, astaxanthin is the most effective and efficient free radical sponge in ... > more
• Earthquakes
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  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
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  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
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  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

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