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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2004NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft arrived in Florida on Oct. 23 to begin final preparations for launch on Dec. 30. Deep Impact was removed from its shipping container and is now undergoing its Functional and Mission Readiness testing, scheduled for completion on November 23. Extinction In Ocean's Mud Presages Key Ecological Changes 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 12, 2004The loss of seemingly inconsequential animal species in the marine benthos - the top 6 inches or so of mud and sediment on the floors of the world's oceans - is giving scientists a new look ahead at the consequences of the steady decline of the world's biological diversity. |
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Arctic Ice Cap Melt: A Boon For Shipping With New Northern Route
Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) Nov 10, 2004The melting of the Arctic ice cap could in the future open a new northern waterway, creating a shorter route for ships sailing between Europe and Asia and providing a safe haven from piracy and terrorism, experts say. Ancient Creature Fossilized By The Bacteria That Ate It 
Denver CO (SPX) Nov 11, 2004High in the mountains of Antarctica, Ohio State University geologists unearthed the fossil remains of a 180-million-year-old clam-like creature that was preserved in a very unusual way: by the ancient bacteria that devoured it. Not The End, But The Beginning Of The World As We Know It 
University Park PA (SPX) Nov 10, 2004Widespread volcanic activity, cyanobacteria and global glaciation may sound like the plot of a new, blockbuster disaster movie, but in reality, they are all events in the mystery surrounding the development of our oxygen-rich atmosphere, according to a Penn State geoscientist. Birds, Bees And Cool Shades 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2004Michael Berry and Mark Dennis from the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Raymond Lee of the US Naval Academy, have successfully predicted the patterns of polarisation of skylight, explained in broad outline by Lord Rayleigh in 1871, using elliptic integrals - a type of mathematics with deep geometrical roots, often described as "beautiful". Researchers Sound Alarm Bells Over Rapid Arctic Warming 
Oslo (AFP) Nov 08, 2004With temperatures in the Arctic rising at twice the rate of elsewhere, the ice cover there will within the next 100 years completely disappear in summer and the biodiversity will change dramatically, according to a scientific study published on Monday. Global Warming Reshaping US Ecology: Report 
WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 09, 2004The effects of global warming on North American ecosystems can already be seen in the shifting habitats of butterflies and foxes and the earlier breeding and flowering patterns of some birds and plants, according to a study released Monday. Head Movements By Warblers Could Reveal Basis For Birds' Geomagnetic Sense 
Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 09, 2004Researchers have uncovered a major clue to a tantalizing and long-standing mystery: how migratory songbirds sense geomagnetic fields and use this information to orient their flight. |
Honeybees Defy Dino-Killing Nuclear Winter
New Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 08, 2004The humble tropical honeybee may challenge the idea that a post-asteroid impact "nuclear winter" was a big player in the decimation of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Counting On Toes 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2004Our four-legged, five-toed ancestors conquered the land earlier and more independently than expected, say paleontologists studying newfound 345 to 359-million-year-old tracks at an eroding beach in eastern Canada. New Global Coral Reef Library Now Online 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2004A collection of 1,490 coral reef images has become the basis for a new Internet- based library for the Millennium Coral Reef Project. It was created in a partnership with NASA, international agencies, universities and other organizations to provide natural resource managers a comprehensive world data resource on coral reefs and adjacent land areas. El Nino Holds The Reins On Global Rains 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2004NASA and Japan's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has enabled scientists to look around the globe and determine where the year-to-year changes in rainfall are greatest. Recently, scientists found that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation is the main driver of the change in rain patterns all around the world. Food Shortages Threaten Antarctic Wildlife 
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2004Antarctic whales, seals and penguins could be threatened by food shortages in the Southern Ocean. Numbers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a shrimp-like crustacean at the heart of the food chain, are declining. The most likely explanation is a dramatic decline in sea-ice. The results are published this week in the journal Nature. Is Shiva Another K-T Impact Zone From 65 Million Years Ago 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2004According to the Earth Impact Database, there are two craters - the 180 kilometer-wide Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, Mexico and the much smaller Boltysh crater in eastern Ukraine - that date back to the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction 65 million years ago. Ecosystem Remodelling Among Vertebrates During Permian-Triassic Extinction 
Bristol, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2004The biggest mass extinction of all time happened 251 million years ago, at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Virtually all of life was wiped out, but the pattern of how life was killed off on land has been mysterious until now. A team from Bristol University and Saratov University, Russia, have now laid the evidence bare. |
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