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Greenland's Glaciers Pick Up Pace In Surge Toward The Sea (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| With warming temperatures as the possible underlying cause, scientists wonder what is pushing Greenland's glaciers out to sea as much as 50 percent quicker than before. As a glacier loses large pieces of ice on its leading edge, a process called calving, openings may be created for ice to stream through more quickly, sort of like water flooding through a break in a dike or dam, suggests a glaciologist with the University of Washington. |
Tutored By Sept. 11 Experience, Genetics Experts Aid Efforts To Identify Hurricane Katrina Victims (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Experts at Johns Hopkins are joining efforts to identify more than 70 bodies recovered after Hurricane Katrina, which struck last Aug. 29, killing more than 1,200 in Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of those killed have already been identified and buried by their families |
Asteroids: Treasures Of The Past And A Threat To The Future (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:18
| If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 -- about 500 m in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the Earth it could spell disaster for much of our planet. As part of ESA's Near-Earth Object deflecting mission Don Quijote, three teams of European industries are now carrying out studies on how to prevent this. |
Nanoporous 'Sponge' Removes Mercury From Offshore Produced Waters (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:22
| Researchers at PNNL have developed a novel nanoporous sorbent thiol-SAMMS, or thiol-functionalized Self Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports, to specifically remove mercury and other contaminants such as cadmium and lead from produced waters and condensate liquids from natural gas. |
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