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Volcano eruption near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland Several hundred people have been evacuated from their homes, as a volcano erupted in southern Iceland. The volcano near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier began to erupt shortly after midnight, leading to road closures in the area. It is...
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Australian scientists have identified two new species of ancient marine reptile, similar to the Loch Ness monster, in Scotland, that swam in an Australian outback sea 115 million years ago.
The reptiles, named Umoonasaurus and Opallionectes, belonged to the Plesiosaurs grou...
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Hawaii's W.M. Keck Observatory will use a grant from a charitable foundation to improve conditions for its summit crew.
The M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation of Dallas selected the observatory for a $75,000 donation, the observatory said Sunday night.
"One of Hudson Foundation's area...
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Antarctic Zhongshan Station
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Zhongshan Station is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on February 26, 1989. Read more
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Deep Life
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Half of Earth's life may lie below While astronomers scour the skies for signs of life in outer space, biologists are exploring an enormous living world buried below the surface of the Earth. Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in...
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Tyrebagger Stone Circle
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Looking north. This recumbent stone circle erected in the 3rd-2nd millennium BC, lies on a hill northwest of Aberdeen. The ten uprights are of red granite, while the massive 24-ton recumbent is of dark grey grani...
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Woolly Mammoth
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Scientists have pieced together part of the genetic recipe of the extinct woolly mammoth.
The 5,000 DNA letters spell out the genetic code of its mitochondria, the structures in the cell that generate energy.
The research, published in the online edition of Nature, gives an insight into the el...
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Phlegrean Fields
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Satellite images acquired by ESA’s Envisat satellite have revealed the volcanic region of the Phlegrean Fields, located in southern Italy near the city of Naples, has entered a new uplift phase.
Using Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR), scientists at the Institute for the Electroma...
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One of the most exciting dinosaur finds to date comes from Scotland. In the Isle of Skye, Paul Booth and Dugald Ross, found a set of fossilised footprints. Inside one of the footprints was another tiny fossil footprint that has turned out to be one of the most exciting finds in Scotland. Dinosaur tra...
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Ancient fossils
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Scotland is pioneering a new project to protect the planet's ancient fossils with the launch of the world's first national Fossil Code.
The code has been created to stop the damage caused by irresponsible collectors who use crowbars, sledgehammers and power saws in their search for relics.
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Arctic Ocean
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Exotic sea creatures never before seen by man. New varieties of plants and animals. Maybe even the clues to the origin of life on this planet. All that could be discovered when an international team of scientists takes a first-ever peek under the ice packs of the Arctic Ocean next month, providing the...
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The oldest mushroom
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The oldest mushroom ever discovered, encased in amber, is on sale for a mere US$100,000. The mushroom was discovered by Ron Buckley, a registered nurse and amateur fossil hunter in Florence, Kentucky. Buckley spotted it encased in a piece of Burmese amber that he had obtained from a Canadian import...
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South Georgia Island
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia - famous for its wildlife - was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results are published today (17 March) in the journal Nature Communications. Read more
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Montana has a new geologic map, the first one since 1955. It was compiled by staff of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology using data from hundreds of sources. The Geologic Map of Montana includes three parts. Plate 1 is the geologic map of the state (approx. 4x7ft). Plate 2 provides supporting and c...
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Chile Dark Skies
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Title: Protecting the Dark Skies of Chile: Initiatives, Education and Coordination Author: Guillermo A. Blanc (Carnegie Observatories, Universidad de Chile) During the next decade, Chile will consolidate its place as the 'World Capital of Astronomy'. By 2025, more than 70% of the world's infr...
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