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Published on 2010-06-12 19:37:00
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7 Strange and Sad Facts About the Gulf Oil Spill
Published on 2010-06-11 06:34:00
By Stuart Fox, LiveScience Staff Writerposted: 14 May 2010 07:35 pm ET Even after weeks of spilling crude into the sea, the Gulf oil spill remains remarkably fluid, with size estimates and plans for containment changing almost daily. Meanwhile, the event has generated its fair share of odd containment attempts and other offbeat situations. 1. Engineers contemplated stuffing the leak with golf
The Loss of our Biodiversity
Published on 2010-06-08 02:36:00
Biodiversity refers to the diversity of life forms inside a given ecosystem. Biodiversity is frequently used as a gauge of the condition of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth the present includes many millions of different biological species. Biodiversity is the web of existence that embraces all Species on earth involving the full-range of Ecosystems, their component species,
22-Mile Oil Plume under Gulf nears Rich Waters
Published on 2010-06-06 04:04:00
By MATTHEW BROWN and JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writers Matthew Brown And Jason Dearen, Associated Press Writers – Fri May 28, 10:31 am ETNEW ORLEANS – A thick, 22-mile plume of oil discovered by researchers off the BP spill site was nearing an underwater canyon, where it could poison the food chain for sea life in the waters off Florida.The discovery by researchers on the University of South
2010 Warmest on Record So Far
Published on 2010-06-05 18:12:00
This year is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record so far, temperature measurements indicate. The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January through April, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has records going back to 1880. The data suggests that 2010 will be in
At worst, oil spewed already could fill 102 gyms
Published on 2010-06-05 17:57:00
By SETH BORENSTEIN and GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writers COVINGTON, La. – Drip by drip, day by day, the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is adding up to mind-boggling numbers.Using worst case scenarios calculated by scientists, a month's worth of leaking oil could fill enough gallon milk jugs to stretch more than 11,300 miles. That's more than the distance from New York to Buenos Aires
El Niño Phenomenon
Published on 2010-06-05 03:50:00
The El Niño phenomenon is an unusual weather pattern that takes place every two to seven years. The name (Spanish for "the Christ Child") was at first used by 19th-century by Peruvian fishermen to depict the yearly flow of warm equatorial waters southward around Christmastime. The term is now used for a strong ocean warming that sweeps from the western Pacific to South America. This "irregular