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Cave extremeophiles
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Cave extremeophiles (microbes that live in very difficult environments) have been the object of Hazel Bartons research for a long time. Barton, a professor of microbiology at Northern Kentucky University has visited more than 1000 caves in the United States, Britain, Greenland, Mexico, Belize...
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Alaska's permafrost
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A warming climate has heated much of Alaska's permafrost to temperatures just below freezing and drastic changes are expected in the coming decades as that layer of frozen soil thaws, a prominent scientist said on Wednesday.
Vladimir Romanovsky, an associate professor at the University of Ala...
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Yuangwang 5
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Yuangwang 5, a 25,000 tons displacement, new-generation tracking ship, was delivered on September 29 to China Satellite Maritime Telemetry and Telecontrol Department by the Jiangnan Shipyard. The ship is equipped to provide information for shipping, tracking and control, communicati...
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Satellite Images
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Satellite Images Corroborate Eyewitness Accounts of Human Rights Abuses in Burma, AAAS Reports A new analysis of high-resolution satellite images completed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) pinpoints evidence consistent with village destruction, forced rel...
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Tropical Storm Lorenzo
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Tropical Storm Lorenzo is forecast to make landfall in Mexico within 9 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% probability for TS is 80% currently
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The balloon
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When four-year old Alice Maines released her balloon at her school fete on a rainy day in Manchester, UK, never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that it would end up being found by Xie Yufei in a park in Guangzhou, a sprawling metropolis 75 miles north of Hong Kong. The balloon, that cost just one pou...
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Salmonella typhimurium
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Scientists have shown how bacteria in space can gain virulence. When Salmonella typhimurium food bugs were flown in special flasks on the shuttle, they were found to alter the way they expressed 167 genes. The bacteria were almost three times as likely to kill infected mice compared with standard s...
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Tropical Strom Karen
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A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Karen early today in the open Atlantic Ocean, where it posed no immediate threat to land. At 11 a.m., Karen was centred about 1,515 miles east of the Windward Islands, with top sustained wind near 40 mph. [url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/n...
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Cadeby Henge Project
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An archaeological dig to try to uncover the secret surrounding the "Stonehenge of the North" got under way in Cadeby this week. Entitled the "Cadeby Henge Project", history enthusiasts hope that the excavation will uncover evidence of an ancient stone circle that dates bac...
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Orakei volcano
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Scientists drilling into the Orakei Basin in Auckland have found the Orakei volcano is probably three times as old as previously thought.
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Cape Cod Bay
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Seafloor geologists create map of Cape Cod Bay From protecting fisheries to determining whether an offshore wind farm is feasible, the need for accurate geologic maps of the seafloor has become a priority, according to state and federal scientists. A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Off...
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Typhoon Wipha
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Typhoon Wipha is forecast to make landfall in China in about 24 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 55% probability for TS is 80% Taiwan probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 12 hours probability for TS is 80% in about 12 hours Wenling (28.4 N, 121.4 E) ...
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Typhoon Nari
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Typhoon Nari is forecast to make landfall in South Korea in about 48 hours. probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 65% Okinawa (26.3 N, 127.8 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 90% in about 24 hours probability for TS is 100% within 12 hours
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Tropical Storm Nari
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Tropical Storm Nari is forecast to make landfall in Okinawa (26.3 N, 127.8 E) in about 30 hours. probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% probability for TS is 75%
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Hurricane Humberto
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Hurricane Humberto made landfall in the US at 5:15 GMT, 13 Sep, 2007.
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