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Orcas Have an Underestimated Potential for Intelligence, Scientists Say
09.03.2010
In exploring the brain of a dead killer whale with an MRI, scientists found enormous potential for intelligence. They found the whales to have the second-largest brains among all ocean mammals, and while not as rich in memory cells as the brains of humans, their brains allow for fine sensing…
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Stores of Methane in Arctic Seabed Being Released into Atmosphere
08.03.2010
New results from an international study published in the journal Science show that the permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is perforated and releasing huge amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Three times as large as the Siberian wetlands, the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is…
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New Findings Back Snowball Earth Theory
05.03.2010
Reporting their findings in the journal Science, a team of geologists led by scientists from Harvard University has found evidence of sea ice reaching until the equator some 716.5 million years ago, adding new elements to support the snowball Earth theory, which theorizes that the Earth has in the past…
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Scientists Looking for Hydrothermal Vents off Antarctic Coast
04.03.2010
As described in the journal Geophysical Research Letters,scienetists have likely discovered new hydrothermal vents off the coast of Antarctica.
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Glacier Ice Loss in Alaska Overestimated; Rate Nonetheless Doubled over Past 40 Years
04.03.2010
According to a new study featured in Nature Geoscience that recalculates glacier melt in Alaska, previous studies might have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. The study shows that Alaskan glacier melts between 1962 and 2006 actually contributed about one-third less to sea-level rise…
