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  News Headlines   10th March, 2010
MOUNT KINABALU Expedition Video
- Google Videos - expedition
World\'s Largest Dead Zone Suffocating Sea
Oxygen-sucking algae are blooming in the Baltic due to farm fertilizers and overfishing and new efforts to stop the disaster may be too late, experts say... - National Geographic News
Endangered in a Dangerous Land: Afghanistan expands its...
Nine months after it created its first list of protected endangered species , the government has added 15 more to the list, including what has been billed as \"the world\'s least-known bird.\" - Scientific American
Into a volcano to test suitcase-sized science lab
Some scientists will go anywhere for a proper test, including the mouth of a (sleeping) Hawaiian volcano. Dr. Inge Ten Kate, a University of Maryland Baltimore County research assistant, led an expedition into a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to test the prototype for an instrument that will be... - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Monitoring Volcanoes in the Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. Geological Survey and Southern Methodist University will use infrasound, seismometers, GPS and other methods to monitor lava and ash hazards in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth... - Geology News
Sferi - Off Road Tibet 2000 Cycling
Tibet 2000 cycling expedition by Sferi. Leo Tenenblat, Jean Phillipe Boubli, and Francisco Pontual travel 2000km off road across remote regions of ... - Google Videos - expedition
Spirited British attempt on Patagonian wall
The first of the 2010 BMC supported expeditions to leave these shores received a thorough battering by Patagonian weather, thwarting an attempt to make the first free ascent of the East Face of Cerro Catedral in the Torres del Paine. - The BMC News
Game reserve lions face death after funds for food dry ...
Officials at SanWild sanctuary in South Africa warn animals could be put down if money to feed them cannot be raised. Sixteen lions on a South African game reserve are facing death because of a shortage of funds to feed them, it emerged today - Environment news, comment and
Extinction beating species evolution
Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change. For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world\'s experts on bio... - Environment news, comment and
Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting.
Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting. - Ocean Today
Biggest, deepest crater exposes hidden, ancient moon
Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than five miles deep. - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Mountainfilm 2010: Artist Alex Beard on the Environment
Over the coming months, Outside will be posting interviews with adventurers, environmentalists, filmmakers, and others conducted by mountainfilm.org ... - The Outside Blog
Scientists See Fresh Evidence of More Water on the Moon
Relatively pureťice is believed to be in small craters near the lunar north pole, and researchers say it could be easily tapped by future explorers... - NYT > Science
New hope for mountain gorillas in Congo
Two baby primates orphaned in 2007 are safe now but grave challenges remain ... - Environment news, comment and
Running Lake Baikal: Cold, Damp and Hanging On
Checking in after Days Four and Five, when we\'ve made some decent mileage: 53 and 41 kilometers, respectively. The numbers are below our target daily average of around 60 kilometers, but we had to slow down and walk once we hit some ice rubble. As you can tell from the video, we\'re incredibly tire... - The Outside Blog
Antarctic Campaign Report Success Defending Whales!
After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheering supporters in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Saturday, March 6... - Sea Shepherd News - Sea Shephe
Drastic musk ox population decline 12,000 years ago due...
Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research is the first study to use ancient musk ox DNA collected from across the animal\'s former geographic range to t... - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Assignment Earth: Jaguars in peril
The capture and death of the last known wild jaguar in the U.S. raises new concern for the survival of the species north of the Mexican border. - All MNN Content
Maya fountain unearthed by archaeologists
Add plumbing to the mysterious arts of the ancient Maya, investigators report. In a Journal of Archaeological Science study, anthropologist Kirk French and civil engineer Christopher Duffy of Penn State, uncover a conduit designed to deliver pressurized water to Palenque, an urban center in southern... - USATODAY.com - Science Fair
Turkey Earthquake Pictures: The Day After
A strong earthquake rattled eastern Turkey Sunday, killing at least 51 and crumbling minarets, barns, and flimsily built mud-brick houses... - National Geographic News
Rescue efforts unable to reach extreme hiker in Tongass
Severe weather this afternoon prevented the rescue of a weakened \"extreme hiker\" stranded in Tongass National Forest without food, forcing him to spend another night on a glacier, according to the Coast Guard. - Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
STATION CREW CAPTURES VIEWS OF EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN CHIL...
EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN CHILE - JSC (NEW) Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 22 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi captured video of Chile .... - Google Videos - expedition
Space Photos This Week: Mars Streaks, Cosmic Web, More
Dark streaks paint a Martian trough, the Amazon shines, spring thaws out the Phoenix Mars lander, and more in the week\'s best space pictures...
- National Geographic News
Coins from Alexander the Great found in Syria
More than 250 silver coins dating back to the time of Alexander the Great were unearthed in northern Syria, a Syrian archaeologist said Thursday...
- The Seattle Times: Home
Doug Pulling on Arctic Ocean Baffin NP Expedition
- Google Videos - expedition
U.S. Geological Survey scientists, research help Haiti ...
USGS scientists are helping Haitians lay the groundwork for reconstruction and long-term earthquake monitoring in the wake of the Jan. 12, 2010, magnitude-7 earthquake, by providing geologic research that will assist with the establishment of new building codes in the country. - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Paleoclimatology: Snowball Earth Has Melted Back To a P...
Sciencemag.org - Geoscientists report evidence that the tropics hosted glaciers more than 100 million years before the supposed global freeze in which Earth froze over from pole to pole more than a half-billion years ago.. - Science: This Week's News
The Gear Junkie Scoop: Wenger Patagonia
My head is still spinning. My feet are damaged but on the mend. To say the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race was a crazy time would understate the experience. After almost seven straight days of racing...
- The Outside Blog
Arctic Sea Belching Tons of Methane
Permafrost lining the Arctic seafloor is leaking massive quantities of the powerful greenhouse gas into the ocean and atmosphere, fueling concerns of accelerated global warming, researchers say...
- National Geographic News
Antarctica\'s Tunguska Event
Giant, extinction-sized asteroids hurtling into Earth may grab headlines and star in Hollywood blockbusters, but airbursts from smaller asteroids and comets are thought to occur once every 500-1,000 years, making them one of the most pressing threats to humanity from... - Discovery News - Earth News
Running Lake Baikal: Essential Gear
The last few days have been a flurry of activity as we have been organizing our gear and packing our sleds for our run across Lake Baikal.
- The Outside Blog
Dinosaurs were killed by Isle of Wight-sized asteroid, ...
After studying 20 years of research and data, panel of 41 scientists rules out volcanic explosions for dinosaurs\' demise. A mere 65 million years after the demise of the dinosaurs, a panel of the world\'s most eminent scientists have finally got to the bottom of the extinction... - Environment news, comment and
Chile Earthquake Altered Earth Axis, Shortened Day
Saturday\'s Chile earthquake was so powerful that it likely shifted an Earth axis and shortened the length of a day, NASA says... - National Geographic News
Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers
The remote glaciers of the Himalayan mountains have been the subject of much controversy, yet little research. Mason Inman looks at the clues scientists have garnered on the fate of these glaciers from ground- and space-based studies - Nature Reports: Climate Change
Sudan\'s land of \'black pharaohs\' a trove for archaeo...
There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt...
- Latest news, breaking news, cu
Chandrayaan-1 Data Show More Lunar Ice
New findings suggest there are at least 600 million metric tons of water ice preserved at the moon\'s North Pole... - AviationWeek.com Space Channel
Bird Wrists Evolved Among Dinosaurs
A partial restoration of Microraptor showing how the wrist could be flexed. From the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper.. - Dinosaur Tracking
Clues to Antarctica space blast
A large space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago, according to new research... - BBC News | News Front Page | U
Everest 2010: Lei Wang Wants 7+2
Outside Magazine - Lei Wang may be about to accomplish something by her calculations only nine other people have done thus far: stand on top of the 7 Summits and ski the last degree to north and south poles assuming she summits Everest about 3 - The Outside Blog
Ancient Egyptian Queen\'s Burial Chamber Discovered
French archaeologists working at Saqqara have unearthed the burial chamber of a 4,000-year-old queen, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), announced today. Badly destroyed, the 33-by 16-foot burial chamber belonged to Queen Behenu, wife... - Discovery News - Top Stories
Dinosaur ancestors split from crocodiles early
Dinosaurs split off early from the crocodile family tree, paleontologists suggested Wednesday, reporting a 240-million-year-old fossil \"archosaur\" ancestor of them all. - USATODAY.com - Science Fair
Egyptian tomb discovered with \'spells helping travel t...
Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt\'s Queen Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber... - Latest news, breaking news, cu
Marco Nannini enters Global Ocean Race
The Global Ocean Race (GOR) can announce entry #13 for the 2011-12, double-handed circumnavigation in Class40s. - Sail-World.com USA Latest News
Life Flourishes in Galapagos Upwelling
You might not expect to find lots of barnacles or other sea creatures clinging to a vertical surface in a cold, rapidly moving water current. Surprisingly, crustaceans can not only tolerate this environment, but are actually flourishing in the deep, upwelling waters of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands... - Geology News
Hydrothermal vents discovered off Antarctica
Scientists have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn more about seafloor formation and the bizarre life forms drawn to these extreme environments. - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Oldest known dinosaur relative discovered
Paleontologists have discovered a dinosaur-like animal living 10 million years earlier than the oldest known dinosaurs. The researchers suggest that dinosaurs and other close relatives might have also lived much earlier than previously thought. - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Lohit river, First kayak descent
- Google Videos - expedition
Activist seeks expansion of Denali wolf sanctuary
An animal rights activist flew from Connecticut to Fairbanks, Alaska, to push for expansion of a wolf sanctuary outside Denali National Park... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists have unearthed the massive head of one Egypt\'s most famous pharoahs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Somali pirates release Singaporean ship for cash
Somali pirates freed a Singaporean-flagged chemical tanker after a ransom was delivered by parachute Friday, a spokesman for the European Union Naval Force said, as an expert warned pirate activity was likely to spike in coming weeks... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Watch live as bald eagles are reintroduced to the Chann...
It may seem a little voyeuristic, but eagle fans all over the world are watching two stars, K10 and K26 -- via a solar-powered live Eagle Cam as they lay their eggs and incubate them on Santa Cruz Island, in the Channel Islands just off the Los Angeles coast. - USATODAY.com - Science Fair
DNA Sequencing of Polar Bear Fossil
Polar bear fossils are not a common find, so information about the bears’ evolution is relatively scarce. Researchers have sequenced the DNA of a Norwegian polar bear fossil, and conclude that the species descended from brown bears, and then evolved notably in the late Pleistocene.

... - Geology News

Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circu...
Ice broken off from Mertz glacier is size of Luxembourg and may decrease oxygen supply for marine life in the area

- Environment news, comment and

Research group: China prepares for Arctic melt
China is starting to prepare for the commercial and strategic opportunities arising as global warming melts the polar-ice cover in the Arctic... - The Seattle Times
Officer suspected of stealing ivory in Philippines
A Philippine wildlife officer is suspected of stealing more than 1,500 pounds (700 kilograms) of smuggled elephant tusks seized last year, an embarrassing setback for the country\'s anti-poaching efforts, an official said Wednesday... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Paiju Peak (Baltoro Glacier) Baltistan - Pakistan
\'thumb\' - UKClimbing.com Photos
Vast Iceberg Dislodged in Antarctic Collision
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2010/2010-02-26-02.html
- ENS
Catalina Island wild foxes coming back in a big way
The animals, placed on the endangered species list in 2004 after being brought nearly to extinction by an outbreak of canine distemper, number about 950 today. - L.A. Times - Environment
Fossil of dinosaur-eating snake found

Prehistoric snake discovered in India was three metres long and preyed on baby sauropods

Even dinosaurs may have been afraid of snakes, a discovery suggests. Scientists have unearthed the almost complete fossil skeleton of a prehistoric snake that preyed on baby dinosaurs. The creature, whi... - Latest news and comment from B

Satellite eye on Earth

Breakaway glaciers, submarine volcanos and multicoloured lakes were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month


[Category: Glaciers, Environment, Satellites, Meteorology, Science, World news, Water, guardian.co.uk, Editorial]<... - Environment news, comment and

Buried Glacial Ice in the Mars Subsurface
PASADENA, Calif. -- Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. - Geology News
Spitzer Climb Nominated for Piolet d’Or
A huge climb in northern China by Kyle Dempster and teammates Jed Brown and Bruce Normand is one of five nominees for this year\'s Piolets d\'Or. Dempster received a 2009 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award from the AAC for this expedition, which also included American Jared Vilhauer; the team complete... - INCLINED
Kilimanjaro\'s Snows Gone by 2022?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091102-kilimanjaro-glaciers-disappearing-ice-cap-snows/ - National Geographic News
Prehistoric Snake Fed on Baby Dinosaurs
About 67.5 million years ago, in what is now western India, sauropod dinosaurs laid nests of up to 12 eggs. Unlike their parents, the developing and newborn sauropods were not large enough to defend themselves from most predators,... - Dinosaur Tracking
Haiti\'s Legacy of Environmental Devastation Compounded...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=earth-talk-haitis-legacy - Scientific American
Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall
An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era. - News
Australia threatens Japan over whaling program
Australia\'s prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face legal action. - News
Pilot, guide Bud Helmericks dies at 93 in Arizona
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Arctic explorer, bush pilot and author Harmon \"Bud\" Helmericks died Jan. 28 in Wickenburg, Ariz. He was 93. - Alaska news
Following the evolutionary trail of massive filter feed...

The gargantuan plankton-eating whales of today--such as the humpback whale and the blue whale–have long been thought to be the evolutionary masters of their filter-feeding technique. New research, published online February 18 in two papers in Science, however ... - Scientific American

2010 Cliff Climbing Closures
Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting peregrine falcons at Zion National Park will be temporarily closed on March 1, 2010, in order to protect the nesting success of this bird which is in recovery from an endangered species status. - Mountain Climbing
The world\'s endangered primates
Nearly half of all primates are in danger of becoming extinct. Here are some of the species under threat... - Environment news, comment and
Quake rattles border region of Russia, China, North Kor...
Moscow - A severe earthquake has hit the border region of Russia, China and North Korea Thursday morning, news reports and the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake, which measured magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale, was located 110 k ... - The Earth Times Online Newspap
Astronauts unveil new window view of Earth
In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station’s new observation deck yesterday and were humbled by spectacular views of Earth from inside the elaborate atrium of windows... - Boston.com / Boston Globe -- N
La conquete de l`Everest
http://www.trilulilu.ro/alonewolf/c76d92de3ceed5 - Google Videos - expedition
Argentina steps up row over Falklands oil exploration
Britain says drilling for hydrocarbons will go ahead despite Argentine moves to require permits. Britain and the Falkland Islands today brushed off Argentinian moves to impede oil and gas exploration in British-controlled waters in the south Atlantic, saying there was no threat to shipping...
- Latest news and comment from B
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA Finds Warmer Ocean Spee...
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-050 - WHOI In The News
Ancient Arabic inscription found in Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists say a 1,100-year-old Arabic inscription has been found during renovations at a home in Jerusalem... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Foraminifera in Challenger Deep
There are creatures living in even the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean – like the foraminifera that populate the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. Core samples taken by the KAIKO ROV contain foraminiferan tests made with material from coccoliths. This suggests that the seafloor organisms ma... - Geology News
Perseverance: A Video Essay after a Photo taken by Sir ...
Series discussing a photograph taken by Sir Edmund Hillary of the first successful trip to the top of Mt. Everest in 1953. ... - Google Videos - mt. everest
Ancient Wine Press Discovered in Israel
Archaeologists have uncovered a wine press that was exceptionally large and advanced for its time... - Discovery News - Top Stories
NASA\'s WISE satellite spots a new, big comet
http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=D3C896E0-0238-968F-018D397837AD2025
- Scientific American
Stationary glacier worries scientists

youtube.com - Google Videos - mt. everest

Ellesmere Island Expedition - Eric McNair-Landry Inter...
Ellesmere Island Expedition team member Eric McNair-Landry talks with us at the Steger homestead, about being raised in the Arctic and the ... - Google Videos - expedition
Melt faster than \'pessimistic models\'
Two more scientific reports have added to the sound of alarm bells in the Arctic with the results being presented to the world\'s most powerful finance ministers and bank heads who met in Canada\'s Nunavut Territory Feb. 5 and 6. - Petroleum News RSS Feed to HTM
Captain Paul Watson Demands An Apology From Japan
\"If Japanese Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu has any sense of honor and dignity he will apologize for the lies that the Institute of Cetacean Research have made in accusing Sea Shepherd of injuring three Japanese whalers on February 11, said Paul Watson, the Captain of the Sea Shepherd ship...... - Sea Shepherd News - Sea Shephe
Only the lonely - archaeologist needed for Scotland\'s ...
An archaeologist is being sought to fill a position on the remote islands group of St Kilda.
- BBC News | News Front Page | U
The Godfather of Extreme Skiing
Meet, Yuichiro Miura, the man who skied down Mt. Everest 40 years ago...
- History & Archaeology | Smiths
Idaho deal urges landowners to protect sage grouse
Federal wildlife officials are hailing an agreement between the U.S. and the state of Idaho as the first of its kind for a bird being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. - The Seattle Times
NOAA to Review Status of 82 Species of Coral
NOAA\'s Fisheries Service today announced the agency will evaluate the status of 82 species of stony coral that the Center for Biological Diversity has asked to be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. - NOAA News Releases
Swimming Spinosaurs
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/02/12/swimming-spinosaurs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+smithsonianmag%2FDinosaur+%28Dinosaur+Tracking%29 - Dinosaur Tracking
Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocea...
Extremely long waves could have initiated 2008 collapse events. Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, scientists discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America impact Antarctic ice shelves and could play a role in their cata...
- ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
IWWF launches year of the tiger to safeguard endangered...
WWF has joined the Russian government and the World Bank in a bid to safeguard the future of tigers. Only 3,200 tigers are believed to remain in the wild... - Environment news, comment and
Saving species from climate change
How can we save some of our most charismatic animals from extinction due to climate change? One US biologist, Camille Parmesan, has a radical suggestion: just pick them up and move them...
- Environment news, comment and
Archaeological \'time machine\' greatly improves accura...
Researchers have produced a new archaeological tool which could answer key questions in human evolution. The new calibration curve, which extends back 50,000 years, is a major landmark in radiocarbon dating -- the method used by archaeologists and geoscientists to establish the age of carbon-based m... - ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Marine Protected Areas : a solution for saving the peng...
Researchers have shown that closing fishing zones in the ocean has a beneficial effect on Cape penguins, an endangered species endemic to Southern Africa, which feeds exclusively on fish.
- ScienceDaily: Latest Science N
Arctic could be ice-free in future summers
(ENN.com) - Ocean Today
Satellites Crucial for Glacial Studies
To what extent are the Himalayan glaciers melting? Satellites are a crucial tool for monitoring and studying glacial changes. The ESA’s GlobGlacier project is recording data on around 20,000 of our planet’s glaciers, including the Baltoro Glacier in the Kashmir region, and the Gangotri Glacier of Ga... - Geology News
When Tyrannosaurs Roamed New Mexico
For years paleontologists have been finding teeth and isolated scraps of tyrannosaurs in the southwestern United States, but figuring out which specific dinosaurs they belonged to has been another matter.... - Dinosaur Tracking
Byzantine-era street uncovered in Jerusalem
Archaeologists say they have unearthed a section of a stone street in Jerusalem that provides new evidence of the city\'s commercial life in Byzantine times... - Boston.com -- Latest news
Video: Exploring Antarctica
outside.away.com - Eric Larsen and his two traveling buddies do on a typical day trekking in Antarctica. Somehow, the guys find time and energy to play snow football and make ice castles.

- The Outside Blog



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