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Beijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2004A 12-man Chinese expedition will leave Shanghai for Antarctica on October 25, targeting the highest polar icecap peak- 4,039 meters above sea level- in preparation for setting up the third Chinese scientific research station on the continent. How To Use Math And A CT Scanner To See How Trees Intercept Light 
Montreal QC (SPX) Oct 19, 2004What do trees and statistics have in common? Pierre Dutilleul, a statistician and professor in McGill's Department of Plant Science (Montreal, Canada), will tell you that many natural systems can be better understood using equations and models, provided appropriate data are collected. |
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Asian Giants India, China Bank On GM Technology To Feed Millions
Patencheru, India (AFP) Oct 17, 2004Asian giants India and China are accelerating investment in biotechnology research to fight the odds in agriculture and feed their teeming millions, say scientists and officials. New NOAA Research Vessel Completes Maiden Voyage 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Oct 18, 2004The newly commissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Hi'ialakai has completed its first mission with a successful, comprehensive, five-week survey of marine ecosystems in the waters of the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (NWHICRER). NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Amphibians In Dramatic Decline: 122 Extinct Since 1980 
Gland, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 15, 2004The world's amphibian species are under unprecedented assault and are experiencing tens of thousands of years worth of extinctions in just a century, according to the most comprehensive study ever conducted. When Will Mount St Helens Erupt? 
Bristol (SPX) Oct 15, 2004Monitoring the isotopic content of gases being emitted from the volcano right now might predict whether the next eruption will be catastrophic, and when it might occur. Edwards Centers Eye On Storm 
by Capt. Catie Hague, Public AffairsEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2004 Battling 155-mph winds, Edwards' testers took on the role of "hurricane hunters" for two weeks in mid-September, penetrating two storms, 15 times, while flying eight-and-a-half-hour missions. UK's Chief Scientists Doubts CO2 Problem 
London (UPI) Oct 14, 2004The U.K. government's chief scientific adviser said the current rise of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere may be just an aberration, not the start of a trend. Debating The Dinosaur Extinction 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2004The dinosaurs dominated the landscape for 160 million years, living over a thousand times longer than modern humans (Homo sapiens first evolved about 150 thousand years ago). During this vast stretch of time some dinosaur species became extinct, but overall the impression is one of an immensely tough class of animals that could endure whatever hardships the planet managed to throw at it. When the end finally came, it came from beyond Earth. |
Climate: Worrisome Trends In Antarctica
Boulder CO (UPI) Oct 11, 2004The conventional scientific wisdom has been that while most of the world has gotten warmer, Antarctica actually has cooled a little, except on its peninsulas and coasts; but new research indicates the polar continent is facing dramatic changes that probably are the result of global warming. Phoning Home From The Ocean Floor - By Computer 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 11, 2004Oceanographers will soon be able to sit in their labs ashore and communicate with instruments in the water at ocean observatories around the world, enabling researchers to direct instruments to respond to recent events like hurricanes and earthquakes in that area. Earth's Bow Shock: Origin of Ion Beams Revealed 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 08, 2004One hundred and thirty space scientists from around the globe gathered to discuss the most recent scientific achievements and goals of the Cluster mission, and chart out its next phase. Volcanic Gas May Have Played A Significant Role In Life's Beginning 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2004Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer to a longstanding question in research on the origins of life on Earth - how did the first amino acids form the first peptides? Arctic Sea Ice Declines Again This Year Finds Study 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 05, 2004Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that the extent of Arctic sea ice- the floating mass of ice that covers the Arctic Ocean- is continuing its rapid decline. Earthquake Forecast Program Has Amazing Success Rate 
WASHINGTON DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2004A NASA funded earthquake prediction program has an amazing track record. Published in 2002, the Rundle-Tiampo Forecast has accurately predicted the locations of 15 of California's 16 largest earthquakes this decade, including last week's tremors. NASA Infrared Images May Provide Volcano Clues 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2004NASA scientists took infrared (IR) digital images of Mount Saint Helens last week. The images revealed signs of heat below the surface one day before the volcano erupted last Friday in southern Washington. The images may provide valuable clues as to how the volcano erupted. |
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