Posts Tagged ‘topography’
Gulf ‘swirl’ key to recovery after oil spill
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new computer model shows how bacteria, topography, and water currents combined to remove methane and other chemicals from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010. Continue…
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Map surfaces ice sheet’s underbelly
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A high-resolution map uses ice-penetrating radar to reveal some of the largest fjords on Earth at the Aurora Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 22, 2011 8:50 - 0 Comments
Barrier islands more abundant
DUKE (US) — Earth has 657 more barrier islands than previously believed, according to a new global survey that reports many in areas thought unable to sustain them. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 21, 2010 23:23 - 0 Comments
Flood forms canyon in 3 days
CALTECH (US)—In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley. The waters excavated a 2.2-kilometer-long, 7-meter-deep canyon in the bedrock in just three days, new analysis shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2010 14:46 - 2 Comments
Ocean may have covered one-third of Mars
U. COLORADO (US)—A vast ocean likely covered one-third of the surface of Mars some 3.5 billion years ago. The volume of the ancient Mars ocean would have been about 10 times less than current volume of Earth’s oceans, researchers say. Mars is slightly more than half the size of Earth. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 16:41 - 1 Comment
Shape of lake bottoms can spur epidemics
INDIANA U. (US)—In an effort to learn more about the ecology of disease, researchers studying lakes in Michigan have discovered that the shape of lake bottoms may control the onset of epidemics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2010 13:42 - 2 Comments
Satellite images guide Haiti relief efforts
U. TEXAS (US)—In the days following the Haiti earthquake, satellite and aerial imagery, along with elevation data, helped first responders distribute aid and medical care and conduct search and rescue missions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 14:21 - 4 Comments
Saturn’s oblong orbit linked to Titan’s lakes
CALTECH (US)—The eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet’s largest moon, Titan. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 23, 2009 11:41 - 0 Comments
Predicting power outages before the storm
JOHNS HOPKINS/TEXAS A&M (US)—Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other storms, researchers have created new computer models to help utilities better forecast hurricane-caused power outages in advance. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 11, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Wind energy that’s for the birds
“Conducting this research will help the wind industry make informed, science-based decisions about where future wind energy projects can be built and how they can be operated to minimize the impact on migrating wildlife, while still providing much-needed alternative energy,” explains John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
