Satellite tracking unlock mystery of Hawksbill migration in South Pacific
Arnavons, Solomon Islands (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
The Nature Conservancy and local conservation officers launched the first hawksbill sea turtle satellite tagging program in the largest rookery in the South Pacific - the Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area (ACMCA) in the Solomon Islands.
"While turtle tagging has been done before, a comprehensive hawksbill satellite program has never been done in the Arnavons, which is a crucial br ...
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MUOS-5 Secure Communications Satellite Encapsulated for June 24 Launch
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
The homologous temperature of a crystalline material is defined as the ratio between temperature and the melting (solidus) temperature (Tm) in Kelvin. Because Tm of a crystalline material is controlled by the bonding force between atoms, T/Tm has been widely used to compare the creep strength of crystalline materials.
As the most abundant mineral in the upper mantle, olivine is the solid s ...
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Global ethane concentrations rising again
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
Global emissions of ethane, an air pollutant and greenhouse gas, are on the uptick again, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
The team found that a steady decline of global ethane emissions following a peak in about 1970 ended between 2005 and 2010 in most of the Northern Hemisphere and has since reversed, said CU-Boulder Associate Research Professor Detlev ...
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When Britain was fringed by tropical seas
Bristol UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
A team from the University of Bristol has shed new light on the creatures that inhabited the tropical seas surrounding Britain at the start of the age of the dinosaurs.
Some 210 million years ago, Britain consisted of many islands, surrounded by warm seas. Europe at the time lay farther south, at latitudes equivalent to North Africa today. Much of Europe was hot desert, and at this point w ...
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Life's origins may result from low-energy electron reactions in space
Wellesley MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2016 -
Wellesley College professor Chris Arumainayagam has opened the American Astronomical Society (AAS) national conference in San Diego, Calif with a discussion about how the earliest building blocks of life may have been produced when low-energy ( 20 eV) electrons interact with cosmic (interstellar, planetary, and cometary) ices.
His recently published results suggest that low-energy, electr ...
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Canadian gas exports expected to drop
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Jun 16, 2016 -
Even with the addition of exports of liquefied natural gas, exports from Canada are expected to drop off substantially in the years ahead, a regulator said.
Canada relies heavily on the North American market for exports. With Asian economic growth outpacing that of North America, the government is keen on tapping into new foreign markets for gas with port facilities like Kitimat in Brit ...
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North Dakota oil output falls 6 percent
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Jun 16, 2016 -
The decline in crude oil prices is the primary reason that production from North Dakota shale basins fell 6 percent, a state regulator said.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission reported total crude oil production in April, the last full month for which data are available, at 1.04 million barrels per day, about 6.3 percent lower than March and 15 percent below the all-time high of 1.2 ...
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