Earth Sciences

Band-i-Amir On The Road To Civilization: Afghanistan Gets Its First National Park

input into all management decisions. The park will provide employment, tourism-derived revenue, and ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2009 - 1:31am

A Shale Solution To The Looming Energy War?

than on reviving stalled pipeline diplomacy. "For all the United States' good intentions, ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 4:34pm

Sea Level Rise Threat From West Antarctic Ice Sheet Has Been 'Greatly Overestimated'

current rate due to all sources.  Professor Bamber added: "Interestingly, the pattern of sea level ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2009 - 9:00pm

Biological Clouds? Holy Grails Of Climate Change? Here's The Scoop

surface area only, they’d all try to get smaller. But if the particles were only concerned with volume, ...

Article - Stephanie Pulford - May 19 2009 - 9:00am

Thor Comes To Philly- The Science Of Thunder

conditions. Nearly all lightning is generated by thunderstorms. However, the NLSI says, "lightning has ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 10 2009 - 4:20pm

Are Pets our slaves.?

euthanasia or gas chamber. See the earthlings movie http://bit.ly/u3FG5 •Do all species have an equal right ...

Blog Post - Sandip Sen - Jun 26 2009 - 10:02pm

Fast-Response Fuel Blending: A Potent Recipe For Cleaner, More Efficient Engines

designed to cut about 90 percent of all particulate matter (soot) and 80 percent of all nitrogen oxides ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2009 - 3:41pm

Water In Earth's Mantle May Be Responsible For Unexpected Conductivity

there is many times more water below the ocean floor than there is in all the oceans of the world ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2009 - 5:43pm

Finally, Climate Model Incorporates The Nitrogen Cycle (and Things Still Look Grim)

date, climate models ignored the nutrient requirements for new vegetation growth, assuming that all ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2009 - 2:41pm

Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells: Energy Of The Future?

"not very far away at all," and could probably be ready for commercialization within a few years. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2009 - 1:35pm