NASA’s Aquarius mission launched to study Earth’s oceans salinity
June 11th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday announced that its Aquarius mission was successfully launched in order to study Earth's oceans salinity.On Friday, an international ... Read more...
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How heat is transported to Greenland glaciers
March 29th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 29 (ANI): A new study has shed light on how heat is transported to Greenland glaciers.Warmer air is only part of the story when it comes to Greenland's rapidly melting ... Read more...
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Global warming was ‘more common 50m yrs ago’
March 17th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 17 (ANI): Periods of intense global warming lasting tens of thousands of years occurred more frequently in the past than previously believed, according to a new study.A team, led by ... Read more...
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GOCE satellite maps Earth’s gravity with precision
March 5th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): The European Space Agency says that its GOCE satellite has reached its ambitious goal of mapping Earth's gravity with unprecedented accuracy.In two short years, the sophisticated satellite has ... Read more...
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Ocean circulation changes ‘more dramatic than previously thought’
January 15th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): A new study from Cardiff University has revealed that ocean circulation changes this winter may have been more dramatic than previously thought.The study found that as the last ... Read more...
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Large CO2 release accelerates ice age melting
August 27th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Using radiocarbon dating, researchers traced the pathway of carbon dioxide released from the deep ocean to the atmosphere at the end of the last ice age and found ... Read more...
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Goce satellite data allows boffins to map Earth’s gravitational pull
June 29th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 29 (ANI): Data gathered by the European Space Agency's Goce satellite has allowed scientists to draw a map that traces the pull of gravity across the globe.Known as a ... Read more...
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Gravitational force in the Himalayas being determined
May 8th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 8 (ANI): ESA's GOCE satellite is determining the gravitational force in the Himalayas.The satellite's, which has been orbiting the Earth for more than a year and surveying its gravitational field ... Read more...
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Launch of CryoSat-2 ice satellite successful
April 9th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 9 (ANI): CryoSat-2 ice satellite, Europe's first mission aimed at studying the Earth's ice, has been successfully launched from Kazakhstan.From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to ... Read more...
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Iceberg the size of Luxembourg breaks off from Antarctica
February 27th, 2010 - 3:24 am ICT by BNO News
SANDY BAY, TASMANIA (BNO NEWS) – A large iceberg broke off from the Mertz Glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory, the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre said Friday.Australian and French ... Read more...
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More tropical cyclones in ancient past could play role in Earth’s warmer future
February 25th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): A team of climate scientists has determined that more frequent tropical cyclones in Earth's ancient past have contributed to persistent El Nino-like conditions, which could have implications for ... Read more...
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Researchers design archaeological ‘time machine’
February 15th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Researchers have designed a new archaeological tool which could answer key questions in human evolution.
The new calibration curve, which extends back 50,000 years, is a major landmark in ... Read more...
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Archaeological ‘time machine’ might answer key questions in human evolution
February 12th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): Scientists at Queen's University in Canada have helped produce a new archaeological 'time machine' that could answer key questions in human evolution.The new calibration curve, which extends back ... Read more...
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How volcanoes snuffed out ocean life 100 million years ago
February 1st, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): A new research has suggested that a spate of volcanic activity may have triggered environmental changes that led to widespread destruction of life in the oceans some 100 ... Read more...
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GOCE satellite probing how pull of gravity varies across Earth
December 25th, 2009 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 25 (ANI): Reports indicate that Europe's GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite is returning remarkable new data on the way the pull of gravity varies across Earth.GOCE ... Read more...
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‘Big freeze’ plunged Europe into ice age in months 13,000 years ago
December 1st, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, December 1 (ANI): New research has indicated that a 'big freeze' that Europe went through almost 13,000 years ago, plunging it into an ice age, happened over the course of a ... Read more...
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Climate change may quicken with world’s oceans absorbing less CO2
November 25th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 25 (ANI): A geophysicist from Yale University, US, has found that the world's oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide (CO2), which could quicken the pace of climate change.The scientist in ... Read more...
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How aquatic animals mix ocean water
November 23rd, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has built models of how marine animals mix the waters ocean-wide and concluded that the effect may be extensive.Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the ... Read more...
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Extent of Arctic Sea ice is third lowest on record
October 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The extent of the Arctic Sea ice this year or the area covered by floating ice was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979. ... Read more...
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ESA’s satellite sends data for development of best gravity map ever
October 1st, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, October 1 (ANI): Reports indicate that the European Space Agency's (ESA's) GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) has started sending data that will lead to the development of the ... Read more...
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Tipping points trigger abrupt shifts in people, society, nature
September 5th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, global finance market and epileptic seizures have in common?
All of them share ... Read more...
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Scientists identify ‘tipping points’ at which sudden shifts to new conditions occur
September 3rd, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 3 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have identified 'tipping points' at which sudden shifts to new conditions occur in the world.The research was done by Martin Scheffer of Wageningen ... Read more...
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‘Motion picture’ of past warming paves way for snapshots of future climate change
July 17th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): By accurately modeling Earth's last major global warming and answering pressing questions about its causes, a team of scientists is unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt ... Read more...
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Ocean current shutdown may take place more slowly than previously believed
July 17th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): A new research has determined that the ocean current shutdown may take place more slowly and gradually than previously suggested.The research, based on the longest experiment of its ... Read more...
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Scientists conduct first remote underwater detection of harmful algae and its toxins
July 15th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): A team of scientists has successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface.The detection was made by scientists ... Read more...
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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean
July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ... Read more...
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Sea-level rise may pose greatest threat to Northeast US and Canada this century
May 28th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 28 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of ... Read more...
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How mercury makes its way into the ocean and contaminates seafood
May 3rd, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A new study has documented for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make ... Read more...
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Latest satellite imagery shows Arctic teetering on thin ice
April 7th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 7 (IANS) Latest satellite imagery shows that the Arctic is virtually teetering on a layer of thin ice, not to speak of its shrinking ice area over the decade.
Researchers from ... Read more...
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ESAs GOCE satellite completes early orbit phase
March 21st, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, March 21 (ANI): The European Space Agencys GOCE satellite has completed its early orbit phase.During the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase, beginning with separation from its booster on ... 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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Russian rocket puts European satellite into orbit
March 18th, 2009 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 17 (RIA Novosti) A Russian Rockot launch vehicle successfully put into orbit Tuesday a European satellite, which will measure and map the Earth's gravitational field, a spokesman for Russia's Space ... Read more...
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New York at risk from predicted sea level rise due to global warming
March 16th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 16 (ANI): A new study has suggested that global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern U.S. coast to rise almost twice as fast as ... Read more...
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Rising sea levels triggered by global warming threaten New York
March 16th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 16 (IANS) Global warming is expected to raise sea level along the northeastern US almost twice as fast as that elsewhere during this century, exposing New York City to ... Read more...
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Agulhas Current in southern hemisphere may stabilise or destabilise Europes climate
March 11th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11 (ANI): New data has emerged that provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that the Agulhas Current, in the southern hemisphere, may stabilise or destabilise climate in Europe.The ... Read more...
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