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New definition could further limit habitable zones around distant suns
As astronomers gaze toward nearby planetary systems in search of life, they are focusing their attention on each system's habitable zone, where heat radiated from the star is just right to keep a planet's water in liquid form.   view more (2009-06-11)

Rushing fireball developed its own form of sugar digestion
Microbiologists from Wageningen have discovered a strange form of digestion in an exotic microorganism. The rushing fireball, Latin name Pyrococcus furiosus, has reinvented the wheel for several steps of sugar digestion. Pyrococcus furiosus, which was discovered 15 years ago on an Italian volcanic island, digests sugar somewhat differently from... view more... (2002-04-18)

Model gives clearer idea of how oxygen came to dominate Earth's atmosphere
A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth's atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, but a full understanding has proven elusive.   view more (2005-08-09)

'Nymph of the sea' reveals remarkable brood
The scientists discovered the mother complete with her brood of some 20 eggs and 2 possible juveniles inside, together with other details of her soft part anatomy including legs and eyes.   view more (2006-11-27)

Venus mission will hold surprises says U. of Colorado planetary scientist
University of Colorado at Boulder planetary scientist Larry Esposito, a member of the European Space Agency's Venus Express science team, believes the upcoming mission to Earth's "evil twin" planet should be full of surprises.   view more (2005-11-03)

African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making
In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial.   view more (2009-11-03)

Glowing Accolade For Scottish Solar Physicist
A University of St Andrews solar physicist has been awarded one of the world's most prestigious accolades for his shining contribution to solar theory. Professor Eric Priest of the School of Mathematics and Statistics was this week awarded the Hale Prize 2002, usually awarded every two years by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). It is the... view more... (2002-06-07)

AGU Journal European Highlights - 9 July 2002
American Geophysical Union AGU Journal European Highlights - 9 July 2002 ***** Contents I. Highlights, including authors and their institutions II. Ordering information for science writers ***** I. Highlights, including authors and their institutions ***** The following highlights are from Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), the Journal of... view more... (2002-07-09)

Journey to the center of the earth: Discovery sheds light on mantle formation
Uncovering a rare, two-billion-year-old window into the Earth's mantle, a University of Houston professor and his team have found our planet's geological history is more complex than previously thought.   view more (2008-04-11)

Burning asteroids may play 'more important climate role than previously recognized'
Dust from asteroids entering the atmosphere may influence Earth's weather more than previously believed, researchers have found.   view more (2005-08-26)

Journal of the Geological Society Contents Vol 157 / 3 May
The Journal of the Geological Society Volume 157, March 2000   view more (2000-03-02)

Friction Inside The Earth Is A Source Of Heat
There is high temperature inside our planet and the reason is not known yet. A common belief that the Earth`s interior is heated by radioactive elements is now doubted of. Professor Felix Letnikov from Irkutsk Institute of the Earth`s Crust have proposed an idea that the heat is formed in the outer core because of friction between its layers.... view more... (2002-06-28)

Predicting the radiation risk to ESA's astronauts
European scientists have developed the most accurate method yet for predicting the doses of radiation that astronauts will receive aboard the orbiting European laboratory module, Columbus, attached to the ISS this week.   view more (2008-02-14)

New Glacier Outburst Flood in Iceland
On July 9th researchers from Keele and Staffordshire Universities and the Icelandic Meteorological Office identified the source and drainage routes of a glacier outburst flood or 'jokulhlaup' which is currently draining from the western margin of Vatnajokull ice cap. The team are currently part of an Earthwatch funded project based at Skaftafell... view more... (2002-07-09)

The Sun`s Twisted Mysteries
Solar physicists at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL, University College London) in Surrey have found new clues to the thirty year old puzzle of why the Sun ejects huge bubbles of electrified gas, laced with magnetic field, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In a paper published this month in the Journal of Solar Physics, they... view more... (2002-08-30)

Mount Cameroon: a natural laboratory for reconstructing soil history
The mechanisms behind rock-weathering processes can provide vital clues for understanding and reconstructing the history of ancient environments and visualizing the physical conditions in which they were formed, especially climatic situations. Thick ancient coverings of weathered material such as laterites are still the most intensively studied to... view more... (2004-10-21)

Cassini's Infrared Camera Sees Tall Mountains on Saturn's Moon Titan
The infrared-sensitive camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has photographed the tallest mountains ever seen on Saturn's moon, Titan.   view more (2006-12-13)

Giant Deep-Sea Tubeworm's Meal Ticket Comes in as a Skin Infection
Giant tubeworms found near hydrothermal vents more than a mile below the ocean surface do not bother to eat: lacking mouth and stomach, they stand rooted to one spot.   view more (2006-05-22)

Engineered weathering process could mitigate global warming
Researchers at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University have invented a technology, inspired by nature, to reduce the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by human emissions.   view more (2007-11-08)

New research confirms increased greening
Greening seems to have increased during the 1980s and 1990s in the northern hemisphere from the arctic regions down to the 35th parallel of latitude (roughly southern Europe). This has been shown by measurements from space satellites. Some observers, however, have doubted the reliability of these measurements. In the latest issue of Science, a... view more... (2002-06-04)
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