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World’s saltiest pond suggests water on Mars

March 25, 2013
News
A team of geologists led by Brown University have discovered the secrets of a pond in Antarctica with the world’s highest salt content. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, suggest...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Physics
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Sponge soaks up coal emissions

March 13, 2013
News
Materials ScienceA new energy-efficient ‘solar sponge’ developed by researchers at Monash University and CSIRO could drastically cut carbon emissions. The sponge is made from photosensitive material called a metal organic...
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Materials Science
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Glacier melting accelerated by dark microbial life

February 27, 2013
News
Scientists previously viewed glaciers as “lifeless lumps of ice” but an Aberystwyth University-led study has demonstrated how microbes that appear on their icy surface  may contribute to glacier melting.Glacier surfaces...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Microbiology
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Grand Canyon as old as the dinosaurs

January 16, 2013
News
One of the Seven Wonders of the World is older and with a more interesting history than was previously assumed. Mineral grains from the bottom of the western Grand Canyon...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology
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NASA happens upon forecast breakthrough

January 9, 2013
News
A researcher who set out to develop a formula to protect Apollo sites on the moon from rocket exhaust has happened upon a way to improve weather forecasting on Earth.John...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Colin Murrell: fighting climate change with microbiology

January 5, 2013
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Professor Colin Murrell is the first Director of the Earth and Life Sciences Alliance (ELSA), an initiative that aims to understand how earth and life systems respond to climate change. ...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Interviews
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Nearby ‘super-Earth’ may support life

December 17, 2012
News
An international team of astronomers have discovered an alien planet, believed to have a similar climate to Earth, which might be able to support life. The planet is located a...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physics
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Oceanic turbulence affects marine food web

December 10, 2012
News
Numerical simulations have shown for the first time that the movement of seawater can directly affect the ability of marine bacteria to absorb organic material, such as that produced by...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Oceanography
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See-through soil developed

November 16, 2012
News
Researchers from the James Hutton Institute and the University of Abertay Dundee have developed a transparent soil which will enable them to study roots in detail. The research is detailed...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Soil Science
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Weighing the ocean

October 1, 2012
News
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre and Newcastle University have proposed a method that will estimate the mass of the world ocean by weighing it at a single point.Global sea...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography
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