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University Park PA (SPX) Dec 10, 2004The length of time necessary to recover from a mass extinction may seem like a problem from the past, but a team of Penn State researchers is investigating recovery from the second largest extinction in Earth's history at the end of the Ordovician 443 million years ago and sees some parallels to today's Earth. Deep Tremors Under San Andreas Fault Could Portend Earthquakes 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2004University of California, Berkeley, seismologists have discovered mysterious tremors deep under the San Andreas Fault that may portend future earthquakes. |
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What Have Scientists Learned Since Mount St. Helens Erupted
Portland OR (SPX) Dec 09, 2004When Mount St. Helen's blew its top in 1980, Charlie Crisafulli was 22 years old and just beginning his career as a research ecologist. One of his first assignments: travel to Mount St. Helens 2 months after the historic eruption and study the aftermath. Speed Of Tectonic Plate Activity Controls Geologic Processes 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 09, 2004A new study has revealed a mechanism that counters established thinking on how the rate at which tectonic plates separate along mid-ocean ridges controls processes such as heat transfer in geologic materials, energy circulation and even biological production. Ocean Tides Once Spread Massive Icebergs: Study 
Toronto ON (SPX) Dec 09, 2004Labrador Sea ocean tides dislodged huge Arctic icebergs thousands of years ago, carrying gigantic ice-rafted debris across the ocean and contributing to the ice age's deep freeze, say an international team of university researchers. Blair Seeks To Secure Bush Backing For New Climate Treaty: Times 
London, UK (AFP) Dec 09, 2004British Prime Minister Tony Blair is seeking to secure US President George W. Bushs backing for a new international treaty that would end US isolation in the fight against global warming, a newspaper said Thursday. Calling The Roll On The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge 
Boulder CO (UPI) Dec 01, 2004The new makeup of the U.S. Senate is giving Republicans their best opportunity since the Bush administration took office to open up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and natural gas. Spotlight On Space Debris 
Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Dec 06, 2004At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand km per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris can cause serious harm to spacecraft; larger ones cause catastrophe. Near-Earth missions, like the International Space Station, now carry ever-more sophisticated shielding. Argo Robotic Instrument Network Now Covers Most Of The Globe 
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2004Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans. |
NASA Study Finds Glacier Doing Double Time
WASHINGTON DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2004A NASA-funded study found the world's fastest glacier, Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed of ice flow between 1997 and 2003. The study provides key evidence of newly discovered relationships between ice sheets, sea level rise and climate warming. New Evidence Supports Terrestrial Cause Of End-Permian Mass Extinction 
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 01, 2004Two hundred and fifty million years ago, ninety percent of marine species disappeared and life on land suffered greatly during the world's largest mass extinction. The cause of this great dying has baffled scientists for decades, and recent speculations invoke asteroid impacts as a kill mechanism. Phillipines Storm Leaves 300 Dead, 150 Missing 
Real, Philippines (AFP) Nov 30, 2004Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors Tuesday after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 300 people and left at least 150 others missing, many buried alive under tonnes of debris. New International Effort To Uncover Microbial Diversity In World's Oceans 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2004In an unprecedented effort to catalog the Earth's known marine microbes, and explore the ocean's yet untold microbial diversity, scientists have launched the International Census of Marine Microbes, the first global effort to focus on the biodiversity of single-celled organisms in the world's oceans. The Origin Of Life On Earth 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2004Neil deGrasse Tyson, author and host of the NOVA series, "Origins, Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", gives a galvanizing tour of the cosmos revealing what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us. WHO: Bird Flu Outbreak Will Likely Cause New Human Flu Pandemic 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Nov 29, 2004The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe. Millions could die. Evacuation Of Volcano-Hit Papua New Guinea Island Gets Underway 
Port Moresby, PNG (AFP) Nov 28, 2004An urgent evacuation of around 9,000 villagers from Papua New Guinea's remote Manam Island got underway Sunday amid fears the the island's volcano was on the verge of a major eruption, officials said. |
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