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 Artificial volcanoes could cool the earth [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 30, Hits: 342]
Spewing Tons Of Sulphur-Based Particles Into Upper Atmosphere Could Help Curb Warming
Updated On: 9/2/2009
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Royal Society, Volcanic eruptions, Climate change, Global programme, Studies geo-engineering, Earth, Global warming, World cool, United Nations, Copenhagen, Carbon dioxide emissions, Scientists, Ken Caldeira, Earth scientist, Stanford University, California, Royal Society working group on geo engineering, Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, Britain premier science institution, Brian Launder, Professor at Manchester University, Tim Lenton, Professor of earth sciences, University of East Anglia, Construction of mirrors in space, Amazon, Africa
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 ‘Global warming will affect Earth’s tilt’ [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 37, Hits: 517]
Influx Of Water From Shrinking Ice Sheets Will Change The Axis Of Rotation From The Present 23.5°
Updated On: 8/22/2009
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Global Warming, Heat up oceans, Earth axis to tilt, New Scientist, Earth wobbles, Earth spins, Planet axis, Distribution of mass around the Earth, Felix Landerer, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Changing climate, Fresh water from shrinking ice sheets, Melting of Greenland ice, Greenhouse Gases, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Carbon dioxide levels, Direction of Alaska and Hawaii, Sea level
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 How animals react to solar eclipse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 48, Hits: 338]
Did you know animals and birds often prepare for sleep or behave confusedly during total solar eclipse?
Updated On: 8/18/2009
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Animals react to solar eclipse, Animals and Birds, Solar Eclipse, 90 percent covering moon, Start at sunrise in India, Eastern Hemisphere, Saros Cycle, Moon shadow travels, North and South poles, Temperatures, Modern atomic clocks, Astronomers, Slowing Down in Earth Rotation, Akash Ganga Center for Astronomy, India
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 Antarctic glacier thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 51, Hits: 357]
A new research has determined that one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago.
Updated On: 8/17/2009
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London, Antarctica Largest Glaciers, Antarctic Glacier Thinning, Professor Duncan Wingham, London University College, Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica Ice, Andrew Shepherd, Leeds University, Ice Sheet Affect, Inland, Melting Glacier, Global Sea, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Professor Jason Box, Ohio State University, Climate Warming, South Greenland Glaciers
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 How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 491, Hits: 4213]
Their legs are locked in the proper position during sleep...
Debby Birli | Updated On: 6/19/2008
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Defensive purposes, Muscle Cramps, American Association, Veterinarians, Stand Continuously, Wayne O. Kester, D.V.M. Executive Director, American Association of Equine Practitioners, Relatively fragile bones, Wild horses
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 How to handle Earthquake? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 616, Hits: 4734]
Develop a Family Plan and locate the following...
US Geological Survey | Updated On: 6/19/2008
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Before quake, Develop Family Plan, Safest places, Most dangerous places, alternative exits, Utility shutoff valves, First aid kit, Fire Extinguishers, US Geological Survey, Intensity Scale, Richter Scale, Seismologist, Killer Quakes, Tangshan, Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, Killer Quakes, Tangshan, China, Kwanto, Japan, Ashkhabad, USSR, Turkmenistan, Gujarat, India
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 Why Do We Carve Jack-o'-Lanterns on Halloween? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 521, Hits: 4310]
As Christian belief overcome pagan superstition in Ireland and Scotland, celebrants took over the role of mischief-makers from supernatural apparitions...
Debby Birli | Updated On: 10/15/2007
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Halloween celebration, Saints Day, Pope Gregory III, Sambain, Christian celebration, Irish legends, Celtic year, Witches, Ghosts, Hobgoblins, Evil Spirits
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 Panama Hat [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 768, Hits: 4015]
It has graced the heads of Winston Churchill, Nikita Khrushchev, Humphrey Bogart and Michael Jordan - and many more...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
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North America, South America, Ships sailing, waterways, Australia, United States
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 PANAMA [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 949, Hits: 5434]
It is an inter-oceanic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Isthmus of Panama...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
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North America, South America, Ships sailing, waterways, Australia, United States
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 Polar Regions [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 937, Hits: 3873]
The northern and southern ends of the earth's axis are known as North and South Poles respectively...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
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North America, South America, Ships sailing, freezing point, Cape Horn, United States
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