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Earth Sciences RSS FeedsNASA's TRMM satellite measures flooding rains from Australia monsoon - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) A monsoon trough continues to drench northeastern Australia and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite measured and calculated the rainfall in the region....Feed Source: www.eurekalert.org NASA sees cyclone Jasmine's power and new eye - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Cyclone Jasmine continues to wind between New Caledonia and Vanuatu and bring cyclone-force winds, heavy rain and very rough surf. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early on Feb. 7 and noticed the strongest part of the cyclone was around the center and north and east of the center. Aqua data showed that an eye has developed.... NASA satellite sees tropical storm Cyril a strong, compact storm - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Cyril was known as "11P" has been strengthening since Feb. 6, and still appears very compact on infrared NASA satellite data.... Energy department to launch new energy innovation hub focused on advanced batteries and energy storage - (DOE/US Department of Energy) Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today plans to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub for advanced research on batteries and energy storage with an investment of up to $120 million over five years. The hub, which will be funded at up to $20 million in fiscal year 2012, will focus on accelerating research and development of electrochemical energy storage for transportation and the electric grid.... Scared of a younger rival? Not for some male songbirds - (Ohio State University) When mature male white-crowned sparrows duel to win a mate or a nesting territory, a young bird just doesn't get much respect. Researchers found that older male white-crowned sparrows don't put much of a fight when they hear a young male singing in their territory -- probably because the older bird doesn't consider the young rival much of a threat.... Planet Under Pressure conference (London, UK, March 26-29) - (Earth System Science Partnership) More than 2,500 leading thinkers in a wide range of global change research areas will present new findings in climate change, environmental geo-engineering, international governance, the future of the oceans and biodiversity, global trade, development, poverty alleviation, food security and more. Authoritative perspectives on today's State of the Planet and recommendations will form a contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20-22.... EARTH: Unearthing Antarctica's mysterious mountains - (American Geological Institute) Buried more than a kilometer beneath the East Antarctica Ice sheet, the Gamburstev Subglacial Mountains have proven to be a geological puzzle for more than five decades. How did these mountains form? When did they form? And what makes this ancient mountain range one of the least-understood tectonic features on Earth?... MIT: New tool for analyzing solar-cell materials - (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) An online tool called "Impurities to Efficiency" (known as I2E) allows companies or researchers exploring alternative manufacturing strategies to plug in descriptions of their planned materials and processing steps. After about one minute of simulation, I2E gives an indication of exactly how efficient the resulting solar cell would be in converting sunlight to electricity.... Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil - (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to Neanderthals.... Quantifying climate impacts: New comprehensive model comparison launched - (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Climate change has impacts on forests, fields, rivers -- and thereby on humans that breathe, eat and drink. To assess these impacts more accurately, a comprehensive comparison of computer-based simulations from all over the world will start this week. For the first time, sectors ranging from ecosystems to agriculture to water supplies and health will be scrutinized in a common framework.... Not the black sheep of domestic animals - (Public Library of Science) An international research team has provided an unprecedented in-depth view of the genetic history of sheep, one of the world's most important livestock species. The study, published Feb. 7 in the online, open-access journal PLoS Biology, maps out how humans have molded sheep to suit diverse environments and to enhance the specialized production of meat, wool and milk.... Research: Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes - (Arizona State University) Although many anthropologists believe that modern humans ancestors "wiped out" Neanderthals, it's more likely that Neanderthals were integrated into the human gene pool thousands of years ago during the Upper Pleistocene era as cultural and climatic forces brought the two groups together.... Penn researchers uncover a mechanism to explain dune field patterns - (University of Pennsylvania) In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution to basic science, but the findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a "tipping point" under climate change, going from valuable grazing land to barren desert.... NASA satellite sees cyclone Jasmine heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.... NASA watches a Gulf Weather system for unusual subtropical development - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico doesn't begin until June 1, 2012, but a low pressure area in the Gulf called System 90L, is being watched on Feb. 5 and 6 for possible development into sub-tropical depression although the chances are now slim to none. Data from the GOES-13 satellite was created into an image at NASA, and it showed System 90L raining on south Florida today.... NASA's Aqua satellite sees small new tropical storm near Tonga - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.... Fair to bring future scientists and engineers to UC Riverside - (University of California - Riverside) What are you really eating when you’re eating chicken? Do different types of wood produce the same heat when burned? Do twins have similar fingerprints? How does sleep affect your memory? Does your eye color matter? Hundreds of K-12 students from 33 local schools will answer these and other intriguing questions at the 23nd annual Science and Engineering Fair at the University of California, Riverside, Feb. 7-9.... Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases - (National Science Foundation) The joint National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program funded the study. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research. It provides evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases such as Bartonellosis and Toxoplasmosis. Both can be spread from cats to people.... Global extinction: Gradual doom as bad as abrupt - (National Science Foundation) Thomas Algeo, a geologist at the University of Cincinnati, and 13 colleagues have produced a high-resolution look at the geology of a Permian-Triassic boundary section on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.... UNH ocean scientists shed new light on Mariana Trench - (University of New Hampshire) An ocean mapping expedition has shed new light on deepest place on Earth, the 2,500-kilometer long Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam. Using a multibeam echo sounder, state-of-the-art equipment for mapping the ocean floor, scientists from the University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center found four "bridges" spanning the trench and measured its deepest point with greater precision than ever before.... Navy to begin tests on electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher - (Office of Naval Research) The Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun program will take an important step forward in the coming weeks when the first industry railgun prototype launcher is tested at a facility in Dahlgren, Va., officials said Feb. 6. The long-range weapon fires projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants. Magnetic fields created by high electrical currents accelerate a sliding metal conductor, or armature, between two rails to launch projectiles at 4,500 mph to 5,600 mph.... More environmental rules needed for shale gas, says Stanford geophysicist - (Stanford University) In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama praised the potential of the country's tremendous supply of natural gas buried in shale. But the "Halliburton exclusion" passed by Congress says gas companies don't have to disclose the chemicals used in fracturing fluids. That was a real mistake because it makes the public needlessly paranoid, says Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback.... Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes - (University of California - Santa Barbara) Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of dedicated conservationists, efforts to save our closest living relatives from ecological extinction are largely failing, and new scientific approaches are necessary to analyze major threats and find innovative solutions.... Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change - (Ohio State University) More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds. In a study of public opinion from 2002 to 2010, researchers found that public belief that climate change was a threat peaked in 2006-2007 when Democrats and Republicans in Congress showed the most agreement on the issue.... What drives public opinion on climate change? - (Springer) The researchers reveal that the driving factor that most influences public opinion on climate change is the mobilizing efforts of advocacy groups and elites. The study conducted an empirical analysis of the factors affecting US public concern about the threat of climate change between January 2002 and December 2010. The five factors that were examined were extreme weather events, public access to accurate scientific information, media coverage, elite cues and movement/countermovement advocacy.... Copyright © 2012, Plugin Profit Site. All Rights Reserved. |