Sun's Magnetic Field May Impact Weather And Climate: Sun Cycle Can Predict Rainfall Fluctuations
The sun's magnetic field may
have a significant impact on
weather and climatic
parameters in Australia and
other countries in the
... > full story
Satellites Flying In Formation To Help Improve Understanding Of Earth
Based on the outstanding
success of the first tandem
mission between ERS-2 and
Envisat last year, ESA has
paired the two satellites
... > full story
ESA Tests Laser To Measure Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A recent ESA campaign has
demonstrated how a technique
using lasers could be
employed to measure carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere.
The campaign supports one of
... > full story
Loggerhead Turtle Territories Defined By Salinity of Sea Water In Western Mediterranean
Researchers have shown that
the salinity of sea water
could act as a "barrier",
preventing the turtles from
moving between the areas of
... > full story
- Sun's Magnetic Field May Impact Weather And Climate: Sun Cycle Can Predict Rainfall Fluctuations
- Satellites Flying In Formation To Help Improve Understanding Of Earth
- ESA Tests Laser To Measure Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
- Loggerhead Turtle Territories Defined By Salinity of Sea Water In Western Mediterranean
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Finding Baby Critically Endangered Goliath Grouper Fish Hiding In Mangroves With Help Of High-tech Sonogram
December 4, 2008 Researchers have announced the world's first use of an acoustic underwater camera to survey juveniles of goliath grouper in mangrove ... > full story -
Climate Clues In Southern Ocean: Ocean Currents Surprisingly Resistant To Intensifying Winds
December 2, 2008 The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the current system with the largest volume transport in the world ocean. Between 40° and 60°S strong westerlies move about 140 million cubic meters of ... > full story -
Rivers Are Carbon Processors, Not Inert Pipelines
December 2, 2008 Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologists note that our understanding of how rivers and ... > full story -
Accelerated Melting Of Continental Icepacks Is Major Reason For Rise In Sea Level Between 2003 And 2008
December 2, 2008 The accelerated melting of continental icepacks is the major reason for the rise in sea level over the 2003 to 2008 period, something which has minimized the effect of thermal expansion of seawater, ... > full story -
Rare Mineral Can Track Ancient Climates, And Foretells Major Meltdown
December 2, 2008 By discovering the meaning of a rare mineral that can be used to track ancient climates, geologists are helping climatologists to better understand what we're probably in for over the next century or ... > full story -
Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking
December 2, 2008 It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice ... > full story -
Why Atmospheric Pressure Peaks At 10am And 10pm In The Tropics
December 2, 2008 For over two centuries, meteorologists were puzzled by the observation that atmospheric pressure in the tropics peaks at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. nearly every ... > full story -
Invasive Garden Ants As New Pest Insects In Europe
December 2, 2008 A new study illuminates where Lasius neglectus, a new ant that was discovered in 1990, comes from, how it organizes its supercolonies, and how it attained its pest status. The study provides a ... > full story -
ESA Satellites Focusing On The Arctic
December 2, 2008 The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 ... > full story -
Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos, First Comprehensive Inventory Of Antarctic Life Shows
December 1, 2008 The first comprehensive "inventory" of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity and has more species than the Galapagos. The study ... > full story
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