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Geoscientists Drill For Earth Secrets Under Arctic Lake

In the next few days, a convoy of bulldozers and trucks will set out from a remote airport in Siberia, heading for a frozen lake 62 miles north of the Arctic…

Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods

Researchers used NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite and the European Space Agency's ENVISAT satellite to measure the height and extent of flooding in North…

Ocean acidification from CO2 emissions will cause physiological impairment to jumbo squid

The results of a study by Brad Seibel, URI assistant professor of biological sciences, and Rui Rosa, a former URI post-doctoral student now on the faculty at…

Looking for Extraterrestrial Life in All the Right Places

Cold “Super-Earths” — giant, “snowball” planets that astronomers have spied on the outskirts of faraway solar systems — could potentially support some kind…

Greenland's Glaciers Losing Ice Faster This Year than Last

Researchers watching the loss of ice flowing out from the giant island of Greenland say that the amount of ice lost this summer is nearly three times what was…

Salt Water Irrigation: Study Shows It Works

Their research highlights the promise of using salty water to turn the salty soil in the world's arid regions into sustainable agricultural land.Just published…

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