News About Earth 09-NOV-09 en-us Washington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - Where does it come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and floors.]]> Reston VA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009 - While most people head to Myrtle Beach for vacation, a group of scientists have been hitting the famous South Carolina beach for years to figure out how to keep the sand from washing away.]]> Toronto, Canada (SPX) Oct 26, 2009 - According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin.]]> Panaji, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 - India's resort state of Goa has been hit by several setbacks in the last 18 months, including high-profile crime and the knock-on effects of Islamist extremist attacks up the coast in Mumbai.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2009 - NASA's "Eyes on the Earth 3D" is back and better than ever before. This online experience now offers new features that allow users to view the latest data beamed back from NASA space satellites - in some cases, less than a few hours old.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Aug 13, 2009 - What do the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," global climate change, and acid rain have in common? They're all a result of human impacts to Earth's biology, chemistry and geology, and the natural cycles that involve all three.]]> Richland WA (SPX) Jul 28, 2009 - The newest supercomputer in town is almost 15 times faster than its predecessor and ready to take on problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry.]]> Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jul 15, 2009 - Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2009 - Studies of climate evolution and the ecology of past-times are often hampered by lost information - lost variables needed to complete the picture have been long thought untraceable but scientists have created a formula which will fill in the gaps of our knowledge and will help predict the future.]]> Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Jun 09, 2009 - Author and democracy activist Frances Moore Lappe says we already know how to solve the pressing issues of our time, such as climate change and world hunger.]]>