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Earth Sciences RSS FeedsNASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean....Feed Source: www.eurekalert.org NASA sees Giovanna reach cyclone strength, threaten Madagascar - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on Feb. 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Residents of east-central Madagascar should prepare for this cyclone to make landfall by Feb. 13 according to forecasters.... Survival of the beautiful: scientists and artists face off on aesthetics of evolution - (New Jersey Institute of Technology) Why did the peacock’s tail vex Charles Darwin? Since natural selection could not explain it, he had to formulate a new theory of sexual selection positing that certain astonishingly beautiful traits became preferred even when not exactly useful, simply because they appealed to the opposite sex.... SFU cell biologist Lynne Quarmby will address top-flight American high school science students at AAAS conference in Vancouver - (Simon Fraser University) Lynne Quarmby, a Simon Fraser University cell biologist with a passion for promoting science, will deliver a talk to 30-top flight American high school science students and their teachers about the importance of basic science. Quarmby will be the keynote speaker at the Feb. 16 AJAS meeting at SFU Burnaby. It strategically brings together the crème de la crème of young American science students during the AAAS meeting in Vancouver.... University of Pittsburgh receives $22 million from the Richard King Mellon Foundation - (University of Pittsburgh) The Center for Energy in the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering has received a $22 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation -- one of the largest private foundation grants in Pitt's history. The gift will accelerate the research and education efforts of the center, which is dedicated to improving energy technology development and sustainability through the work of more than 70 world-class faculty members and their research teams.... $5.5 million gift aids search for alternative energy - (University of Missouri-Columbia) Scientists at the University of Missouri are the recipients of a five-year, $5.5 million gift from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation that will help focus efforts in fundamental, physical sciences in the search for new alternative energy sources.... 3-D laser map shows earthquake zone before and after - (National Science Foundation) Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape -- down to a few inches. It's giving scientists insights into how earthquake faults behave.... NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean.... NASA sees Tropical Storm 12S - a possible threat to Madagascar - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The twelfth tropical depression formed in the Southern Indian Ocean today and quickly became a tropical storm, dubbed Tropical Storm 12S. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm and captured infrared data that revealed a quickly developing tropical cyclone with powerful thunderstorms around its center of circulation.... Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon? - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA scientists are using computer models to help unravel the mystery of a record-setting snowfall in the Washington, DC area in early 2010.... Hydrogen from acidic water - (DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A technique from Berkley Lab for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the molybdenite catalyst paves the way for developing catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water.... ORNL's Zinkle elected to National Academy of Engineering - (DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Steven J. Zinkle, a senior materials researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.... 5-10 percent corn yield jump using erosion-slowing cover crops shown in ISU study - (Iowa State University) The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study by Ken Moore, Distinguished Professor of agronomy and primary investigator on the project, reveal that using cover crops can lead to higher yields -- by as much as 10 percent . The results are the best yet in the ongoing research. Moore plans to continue on the trials for at least one more growing season.... Sustainable land use strategies to support bioenergy described in Industrial Biotechnology journal - (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Applying 21st century tools and technologies to manage land use, maximize biomass production, and increase the efficiency of processes for extracting energy from renewable resources will enable the biofuels industry to overcome current challenges in bioenergy production, according to a comprehensive review article published in Industrial Biotechnology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert Inc.... Ocean warming causes elephant seals to dive deeper - (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Global warming is having an effect on the dive behavior and search for food of southern elephant seals.... Fuel from market waste - (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have developed a new facility that ferments this waste to make methane, which can be used to power vehicles.... Fighting crimes against biodiversity - (Queen Mary, University of London) Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.... 3-D laser map shows earthquake before and after - (University of California - Davis) Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and it's giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave.... Ocean microbe communities changing, but long-term environmental impact is unclear - (Oregon State University) As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere - but researchers say it's still unclear whether these processes will further increase global warming or decrease it. It could be either, they say.... Deadly bird parasite evolves at exceptionally fast rate - (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)) A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate. What's more, the fast-evolving microbe has lost a key chunk of its genome since jumping to its new host. The missing portion contained the genes that made up the microbe's immune system, researchers report in the journal PLoS Genetics.... Night owls and star gazers to gather at Night of the Open Door Festival - (Arizona State University) ASU's Night of the Open Door shines a spotlight on more than 165 activities to celebrate the sciences, arts, humanities and engineering on March 3 in Tempe, as part of the Arizona SciTech Festival.... NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Jasmine over Vanuatu and New Caledonia - (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Jasmine on Feb. 8, 2012 as it was passing between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. NASA imagery showed Jasmine had a 20 nautical mile-wide eye.... Soil resource inventory in US national parks - (American Society of Agronomy) An important program coordinates data of soil surveys at national parks, preserves, seashores, monuments and other designations. New logistical challenges will expand the soil science frontier.... EPA and DoD sign memorandum of understanding to make military bases more sustainable - (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Today, US Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator, Paul Anastas, and Department of Defense Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Dorothy Robyn signed an agreement that formalizes the partnership between EPA and DoD to develop and implement technologies that will help create sustainable American military bases all over the world.... Researchers study parenting behaviors of stressed-out birds - (Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech and Queens University researchers are studying stress hormones in tree swallows, what happens when stress is ongoing, and the impact on parenting.... Copyright © 2012, Internet Cash Machines. All Rights Reserved. |