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American Antarctic team manages to sample Subglacial Lake Whillans — located underneath 800 meters of ice — this will eventually make an interesting comparison with Russian results from Lake Vostok, 3406 meters down and presumably older 0

Citations — to pertinent articles Christine Dell’Amore, Russian Scientists Breach Antarctica’s Lake Vostok—Confirmed, National Geographic – Daily News (08 February 2012) Subglacial Lake Ellsworth Consortium, Antarctic lake mission called off, British Antarctic Survey (27 December 2013) First Samples Obtained from Sub-Glacial Antarctic Lake, RIA Novosti (10 January 2013) Susan Kelly and Sonia Esperanca, In a [...]

Categories: Biology,Evolution,Geology,Glaciology,Hydrology,Planetary science,Science

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29 January 2013 – 16:59
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By BrainiYak

World record 25-Tesla magnet at Florida State’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory produces 500,000 times the Earth’s magnetic field 0

This should produce some exciting experiments Florida State reported that: In addition to being 43 percent more powerful than the previous world best, the new magnet also has 1,500 times as much space at its center, allowing room for more flexible, varied experiments. All of the magnet’s forces are focused on the center of the [...]

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15 July 2011 – 12:22
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By BrainiYak

30 “critical zone observatories” around the world are attempting to track and model changes to the Earth’s life-supporting surface 0

Courtesy of the National Science Foundation and the European Commission The National Science Foundation and the European Commission have funded a program that supports thirty “critical zone observatories” around the world. The University of Sheffield explains: In some parts of the world, losses due to erosion are greatly outstripping the natural rate of soil formation [...]

Categories: Agriculture,Environment,Science

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11 June 2011 – 07:29
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By BrainiYak