Monthly Archives: December 2009

US Geological Survey Study of Oceanic Circulation

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

USGS released an important study of the deep ocean’s temperature variability and circulation system .According t this study the deep ocean is apparently affected more by surface warming than previously thought, and this understanding allows for more accurate predictions of … Continue reading →

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Indian state to deploy GPS to curb road accidents

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

In an effort to reduce the number of road accidents in the hill state, primarily due to “human error”, an Indian state government (Himachal Pradesh) is contemplating to install GPS in state-run and private buses. Read Here

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Global Warming Likely to Be Amplified by Slow Changes to Earth Systems

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

The kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global temperatures than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale University geologists. read it here

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Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA’s THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Movies of the phenomenon were … Continue reading →

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Black Carbon and Himalayan Warming

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

A new modeling study from NASA confirms that when tiny air pollution particles we commonly call soot — also known as black carbon — travel along wind currents from densely populated south Asian cities and accumulate over a climate hotspot … Continue reading →

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Stromatolite :The Original Producers of Oxygen and Oldest Fossils encoding the mysteries of Deep Time

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

Stromatolites are considered the most intriguing fossils that are our window  into deep time on earth, the emergence of life, and the eventual evolving of the beautiful life forms from Cambrian to modern time. In broad terms, stromatolites are fossil … Continue reading →

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China gets first laser based mobile mapping system

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

3D Laser Mapping has delivered StreetMapper, the first laser based mobile mapping system to China. StreetMapper 360 is a joint development between 3D Laser Mapping and German guidance and navigation specialist IGI, has been specifically designed for the rapid 3D … Continue reading →

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Icy Moons of Saturn and Jupiter May Have Conditions Needed for Life

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

Scientists once thought that life could originate only within a solar system’s “habitable zone,” where a planet would be neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface. But according to planetary scientist Francis Nimmo, … Continue reading →

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