Archive for ‘scientists’
Venezuelan expedition reaches Antarctica
March 1st, 2008
Venezuelan scientists and military officers reached the Antarctica after a 15-day trip, opening the South American nation’s first expedition to the frozen continent, officials said Saturday.
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Blue Crab Scarcity Leads To Harvest Cuts In Md.
February 29th, 2008
Harvest cuts could be coming to Maryland if crab counts are as low as expected by biologist.
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Glow in the Dark Cats
February 21st, 2008
Exxon posts sets a new record for profits in 2007, the Water Cube embraces the idea of bubbles, and scientists clone cats that glow in the dark.
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Mysterious creatures found in Antarctica
February 19th, 2008
Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.
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From Ocean Depths, Strange Sightings
February 19th, 2008
Scientists collecting specimens off Antarctica find strange creatures, including organisms looking like slender glass and giant spiders living deep in the ocean.
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Venezuelan scientists head to Antarctica
February 16th, 2008
Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out on their country’s first expedition to Antarctica, leaving Friday aboard an Uruguayan naval research ship
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La Nina Pacific cooling may last to mid-year -U.N.
February 11th, 2008
A sea-surface cooling in the Pacific, which may have contributed to strong hurricanes in the United States and a freeze-up in China, could last at least until mid-year, the U.N. weather body WMO said on Monday.
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Ancient trees give clues to climate change
February 8th, 2008
On the shores of lake Nahuel Huapi, in the wild mountains of Argentina’s Patagonia, live some of the world’s most ancient trees. Known in Spanish as the alerce, the Patagonian cypress grows extremely slowly, but can reach heights over 50 metres (165 feet) and live for 2,000 years or more, putting some of them among the oldest living …
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Deadly US winter tornadoes not rare
February 6th, 2008
Winter tornadoes that ripped across parts of the American South this week were unusually lethal but not particularly rare, a U.S. government meteorologist said Wednesday as the death toll mounted.
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New shrew-like mammal in Tanzania, in rare find
February 1st, 2008
A new type of shrew-like creature with a snout similar to an elephant’s trunk has been found in the mountains of Tanzania, the first new species of the mammal found since the 19th century, scientists said.
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$50M grant will finance plant research
January 31st, 2008
A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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Latest scientists’ views of sea level rise
January 31st, 2008
Six of the 10 experts contacted by Reuters in the last 10 days stuck to projections by the U.N. Climate Panel that sea levels will rise by between about 20 and 80 cms by 2100. Four said gains could be higher because of likely bigger thawing of Antarctica and Greenland. None thought the IPCC was exaggerating the risks.
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First Antarctic marine census launched
January 29th, 2008
U.S., New Zealand and Italian marine scientists began a two-month voyage to Antarctica’s northern coast Tuesday as part of the first-ever census of Antarctic marine biodiversity, Prime Minister Helen Clark said.
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Long-ago lead exposure, and possibly other pollutants, may hasten old-age mental decline
January 28th, 2008
Could it be that the “natural” mental decline that afflicts many older people is related to how much lead they absorbed decades before? That’s the provocative idea emerging from some recent studies, part of a broader area of new research that suggests some pollutants can cause harm that shows up only years after someone is exposed.
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Camping in Antarctica
January 27th, 2008
If you think a sunseeker is someone who likes lounging on Caribbean or Mediterranean beaches, meet Joern Dybdahl. In the southern summer, the 46-year old Norwegian works in Antarctica as a technician at a research station. The rest of the year he is on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen — so he almost always lives in the land …
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