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2 NASA satellites spy Alberto, the Atlantic Ocean season's first tropical storm

Tropical Storm Alberto formed 13 days before the official start of hurricane season (June 1) and ramped up quickly. Alberto's maximum sustained winds jumped to…

Mercury in dolphins: Study compares toxin levels in captive and wild sea mammals

The study found lower levels of mercury in the captive animals, particularly compared to wild dolphins tested off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida, a…

Visualizing the imprints of past and present Earth dynamics

New Lithosphere articles posted online 16 May 2012 report on (1) seismic anisotropy measured beneath 14 broadband stations in southeastern India; (2) why…

Elephant seal tracking reveals hidden lives of deep-diving animals

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one…

UMD Finding May Hold Key to Gaia Theory of Earth as Living Organism

Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts?A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to…

Real Science in Virtual School Labs

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg followed upper-secondary students from the Swedish town of Lysekil for one year. The study was part of the…

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