Geoscience
The talk of the world is – bio diversity, Eco Safe System, Global Warming and all the related. At the other end the techno world is growing with its devices and components at a rapid measure and meaning, spreading its wings through even the tiny sub industries. How to achieve the said Eco Friendly and avoid Global Warming …
Claims that coastal tree barriers can halt the might of a tsunami are false and dangerous, according to a team of international marine scientists.
Were those of us who believed an Obama administration would be more friendly to science right?
Increasing pressures from climate change will reach a tipping point in less than a decade triggering a significant decline in the health of the planet's coral reef ecosystems according to the findings in an international report issued today.
It's been a long year with a presidential election campaign that never seemed to end and a stock market that exploded with volatility, mostly on the down side.
So why are the powers that be adding more than the usual one day to this leap year, and why should you care?
I'm coming up for air during my hiatus with a request to Science Blog readers.
I want to use the quote below from Jacques Yves Cousteau as a featured quotation in a chapter on undersea exploration in a children's book I'm writing. It's all over the Internet, but no one cites the place it first appeared.
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
Can anyone here help? If so, you can post it here or find an e-mail link at my website.
Thanks all,
Fred Bortz
Recent simulated earthquake tests are expected to lead to retrofit schemes that make historic buildings safer.
The writing about global perspective is to provide guidance that will assist communities throughout the world in ongoing efforts to improve their capability for adopting and using real time communicating systems for the benefit of all sectors of the community.
Scientists have published new research in the journal Geology this month (November) shedding new light on a 500-million year old mystery.
Scientists say that a type of rock found at or near the surface in the Mideast nation of Oman and other areas around the world could be harnessed to soak up huge quantities of globe-warming carbon dioxide.
Portrayed as the most majestic mountains of the Rockies, Wyoming's Grand Teton range is as impressive as people say. So read along as Techno Tourist takes you on a scenic tour of Grand Teton National Park. As we go, we'll take a virtual tour of the Grand Tetons, where the largest peaks are known as the Cathedral Group.
America's Youngest Mountains?
The Tetons were formed as pressure deep within the mantle of the Earth caused a split along a fault line. In the west, a block rose and formed the Grand Teton mountain range. In the east, a block sank and formed the popular valley known as Jackson Hole.
Palin takes on basic science research as an example of government waste.
Join the Science Blog crew this Friday, October 24 at noon in Los Angeles to discuss Obama, McCain and the sciences, courtesy of Farmlab.
Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.
An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen, among sediment layers deposited during an ancient global-warming event along the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States.
