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Studying the Deep Sea in the Alvin What's it like to visit the deep sea in a manned submersible? ...
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VOCALS: Climate Science in the Southeast Pacific For six weeks this October and November, ...
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Adelie Penguins of the Antarctic 2008-2009 Starting in November, the Penguin Science team ...
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Tracking Changes in Antarctic Ice Sheets The amount of water locked up in ice sheets is so ...
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What's it like to use a telescope at an observatory? The Gemini 8-meter telescope NOAO/AURA/NSF ...
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From October until December 2008 a research team explored below the sea ice ...
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Postcards from the Field Annapurna Dare to Dream 2008, is an expedition to Annapurna - the ...
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A Family Expedition Looking for Sharks in the Bahamas This family of five is embarking on ...
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Antarctica is unique. It's cold. It's remote. And for the most part it is covered with ice. ...
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Studying storms to improve weather forecasts During the summer of 2007 (June to August) a ...
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planets and five
dwarf planets, according to the International Astronomical Union?
Did you know that the ancient Greeks revered Gaea as the Earth goddess, and that she was the mother of the Titans and the first humans?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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P-wavexP-wave : A compressional wave (or pressure wave) in the Earth's surface that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving
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Research Highlights
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a side effect: pollutants from the region are wafting up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the...
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