Set-up of Indian Ocean tsunami warning system completed
December 24th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): Six years after the tsunami disaster of December 2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed.The project ends ... Read more...
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Is El Nino causing ice to melt at the South Pole?
October 30th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences believe that the climate phenomenon El Nino may be causing ice at the South Pole to melt.The year-by-year change ... Read more...
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Clock ticking for Istanbul quake
March 13th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 13 (ANI): Reports indicate that the clock is ticking for an earthquake to strike the city of Istanbul in Turkey.The magnitude-6.1 earthquake that hit eastern Turkey on March 8 ... Read more...
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Alps growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking
November 6th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 6 (ANI): A group of German and Swiss geoscientists are on the verge of proving that the Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking.Due to ... Read more...
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Solar sneeze can upset climatic conditions on earth
August 28th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Sun spot frequency, the equivalent of a solar sneeze, can upset cloud formation and precipitation on earth.
Our sun radiates rather erratically, the best known example being the famous ... Read more...
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ESA satellite to map Earths gravity field in unprecedented detail
March 18th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 18 (ANI): The European Space Agencys (ESAs) has launched its Earth explorer satellite GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer), which will map Earths gravity field in unprecedented ... Read more...
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Earths continents function as a thermal blanket
January 23rd, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): Numerical modelling by scientists from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has determined that the continents of our planet function as a thermal blanket, which leads ... Read more...
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Indonesia launches tsunami early warning system
November 11th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 11 (DPA) A tsunami early warning system developed and funded by five donor countries began operations Tuesday in Indonesia, nearly four years after the Asian tsunami of December 2004, which ... Read more...
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Rapid changes in Earths core affecting the planets magnetic field
July 8th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Scientists have shown that motions in the fluid in the Earths core are changing surprisingly fast, and that this, in turn, affects the magnetic field of our ... Read more...
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Earths magnetic field has started to weaken
July 1st, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new study has determined that rapid changes in the churning movement of Earths liquid outer core are weakening the magnetic field in some regions of the ... Read more...
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Scientists putting together the next generation of cognitive robots
May 11th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 11 (ANI): Robotic engineers have long been trying to develop robots near to having human intelligence, and now European researchers are working towards piecing together a new generation ... Read more...
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Post brain injury, new nerve cells originate from neural stem cells: Study
March 12th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Researchers at German Research Centre for Environmental Health have revealed that new nerve cells originate from neural stem cells after a brain injury.Glial cells are supporting cells ... Read more...
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