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Project Mohole
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National Academy of Sciences Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Project Mohole Fifty years ago an ambitious scientific endeavour dubbed "Project Mohole" succeeded in obtaining sample cores from 234 feet beneath the ocean bottom, operating in 12,000 feet of water, the first time such a v...
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2009 global land cover map
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ESA unveils latest map of world's land cover ESA's 2009 global land cover map has been released and is now available to the public online from the 'GlobCover' website. GlobCover 2009 proves the sharpest possible global land cover map can be created within a year. The map was produced using 12 months o...
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North American plate
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Raindrops reveal how a wave of mountains moved south across the country Analysing the isotope ratios of ancient raindrops preserved in soils and lake sediments, Stanford researchers have shown that a wave of mountain building began in British Columbia, Canada, about 49 million years ago and roll...
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Siderophiles
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Prospectors who lost out in the gold rush probably wouldn't agree but Earth has more gold than it should. The shiny stuff is one of several metals that are puzzlingly common. Now it seems a last-minute bombardment, after Earth formed, may have supplied these extra elements. The planets formed when t...
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Digital Tectonic Activity Map
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The Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) is a new visualization tool for both researcher and educator alike to better understand tectonic activity of our planet for the past 1 million years.
DTAM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) that displays a realistic synoptic view of pres...
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The Earth
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Title: Highly stable evolution of Earth's future orbit despite chaotic behaviour of the Solar System Author: Richard E. Zeebe Due to the chaotic nature of the Solar System, the question of its dynamic long-term stability can only be answered in a statistical sense, e.g. based on numerical ensembl...
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