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When accounting for the global nitrogen budget, don't forget fish

Recent research by the Université de Montréal (Canada) and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Millbrook, New York) has revealed an important, but seldom…

New radar satellite technique sheds light on ocean current dynamics

By employing a new technique – based on the same principle as police speed-measuring radar guns – to satellite radar data, scientists can now obtain…

Seismic images show dinosaur-killing meteor made bigger splash

The Chicxulub crater was formed when an asteroid struck on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Most scientists agree the impact played a major role in the “KT…

Ecologists, material scientists pursue genetics of diatom's elegant, etched casing

The shells of diatoms are so heavy that when they die in the oceans they typically sink to watery graves on the seafloor, taking carbon out of the surface…

WMO strengthens satellite strategy to monitor climate change

The backing came during a two-day high-level meeting that ended 16 January, 2008, in New Orleans, USA. The annual WMO Consultative Meetings on High-level…

Man-Made Changes Bring About New Epoch in Earth's History

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams at the University of Leicester and their colleagues on the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London have…

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