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Our Solar System’s “shocking” origin

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2017Sciencealan boss, iron 60, myriam telus, radioactive isotopes, sandra keiser, shocking origin, solar system

Washington, DC— According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova. The shock wave injected material from the exploding star into a neighboring cloud of dust and gas, causing it to collapse in on itself and form the Sun and its surrounding planets. (more…)

Changes in Coastal Upwelling Linked to Variability in Marine Ecosystem Off California

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2014Environmentaditya sinha, annette boesmeier, austin, blue sunrise, california, changes, climate pattern, daniel griffin, diverse ecosystem, enso, fishery, iso himmelsbach, marine ecosystem, North America, pm per kilogram, reproductive success, ruediger glaser, shocking origin, traditional stoves, university of texas, variability, wood burning stoves

AUSTIN, Texas — In findings of relevance to conservationists and the fishing industry, new research links short-term reductions in growth and reproduction of marine animals off the California coast to increasing variability in the strength of coastal upwelling currents — currents that supply nutrients to the region’s diverse ecosystem. (more…)