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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest 2010 Extent, Third Lowest in Satellite Record

By Guest PostSeptember 17, 2010Environmentarctic sea, atmosphere, earth, greenhouse gases, ice, NASA, natural climate, satellites, serreze, shrinking arctic sea ice, snow and ice data center, university of colorado at boulder

The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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Chernobyl Effects Could Last for Centuries

By PravdaSeptember 4, 2010EnvironmentChernobyl, david sumner, Greenpeace, Hiroshima, iaea, ian fairly, international atomic energy agency, mir, mutations, Nagasaki, NASA, nuclear accident, nuclear power plant, oksana kostikov, pavol stracansky, radiation, radioactive contamination, rianne teuleI, russian space station, thyroid cancer, WHO, wladimir wertelecki, world health organization

Nearly 25 years after the worst nuclear accident in history, new scientific findings suggest that the effects of the explosion at Chernobyl have been underestimated. Experts last month published a series of studies indicating that, contrary to previous findings, populations of animals decreased in the exclusion zone surrounding the site of the former nuclear power plant, and that the effects of radioactive contamination after the outbreak had been “overwhelming.”

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Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents

By Guest PostJuly 22, 2010Scienceaist, autonomous underwater vehicles, auvs, black smoker, caribbean sea, cayman trough, chris german, ctd, dana yoerger, earth, hybrid vehicle, hydrothermal vents, interior, Japan, jon copley, ko-ichi nakamura, lost city, louis whitcomb, max coleman, mcr, mid-cayman rise, NASA, nereus, north american plate, piccard and walsh, r/v cape hatteras, woods hole oceanographic institution

*Method included first use of Nereus hybrid vehicle in ‘autonomous’ mode*

The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an interdisciplinary team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentEnvironment, Scienceberkeley lab, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, cool roof, cool the world, curb, doe, emissions, evaporation, goddard space flight center, hashem akbari, keith oleson, light-colored rooftops, model, NASA, ncar, radiation, steven chu, surabi menon, Technology, temperature, topography, urban heat

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change?

The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.

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Microsoft and NASA Bring Mars Down to Earth Through the WorldWide Telescope

By Guest PostJuly 13, 20102 commentsScience, Technologyames research center, Baltimore, california, california institute of technology, earth, energy, Environment, fay, high resolution imaging science experiment, hirise, hubble, intelligent robotics group, irg, mars, mars orbiter laser altimeter, martian surface, michael broxton, Microsoft, mola, NASA, nebula, pasadena, red planet, san josé, WorldWide Telescope

*Dramatic imagery from NASA Mars missions creates new user experiences in the Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before.

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‘Unexpected’ Discovery a Clue in Solving Galactic Mystery

By Guest PostApril 23, 2010Sciencebiosignature, Christine dellert, columbia university, earth-like planet, galactic mystery, joseph harrington, kevin stevenson, massachusetts institute of technology, methane-free world, NASA, neptune, oxygen, physics professor, smallest exoplanet GJ 436b, spitzer space telescope, ufc, university of central florida

A Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting a small star about 33 light years away could be a key stepping stone on the path to making sense of an Earth twin.

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Eyjafjallajokull

By PravdaApril 19, 2010Scienceecological catastrophe, eyjafjallajökull, fluoride gas, gravity, iceland-mountains glacier, Icelandic volcano, katla volcano, laki, maria neira, NASA, newtonwise, particulate, sulphur dioxide, terra satellite, volcanic plume, world health organization

Eyjafjallajökull. While some say it is “unpronounceable”, it would be a good idea to get used to the name because for sure it is going to be around the international media for a long time to come.

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‘Cocainizing the Astronauts’

By ShamsJanuary 27, 20105 commentsCulture, Scienceastronauts, baidu, cannabis, China, chinese, coca, cocaine, cosmonauts, discovery, drugs, extra vehicular activity, godfather, Google, great britain, heroin, hp, infinite zone, marijuana, maxim suraev, Microsoft, NASA, oleg kotov, opium, opium war, opiumize, poppy, queen victoria, shuttle, space walk, stephen hawking, third opium war

Heroin, Cocaine, Marijuana. You know them all. They are just brothers and sisters, and belong to one big and powerful family (commonly known as drugs, or druggs etc.).

May be you would like to ask, “OK, it’s a family, then who is the father”.

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