Space and Earth Sciences News http://news-about-space.org/ en-us Your daily source for the latest space and earth sciences news Shocking recipe for making killer electrons (w/ Video) Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That's the shocking recipe revealed by ... http://news-about-space.org/space-exploration-news/cluster3846456/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:02 EST 3846456 Arctic Seed Vault becomes world's most diverse collection of crop diversity Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard "Doomsday" Global Seed Vault is receiving this week thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million ... http://news-about-space.org/environment-news/cluster3840183/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:16:02 EST 3840183 Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today Since 2004, University at Buffalo anthropologist Ezra Zubrow has worked intensively with teams of scientists in the Arctic regions of St. James Bay, Quebec, northern Finland and Kamchatka to ... http://news-about-space.org/earth-sciences-news/cluster3837231/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:08 EST 3837231 Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper into Universe (PhysOrg.com) -- Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by ... http://news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster3836985/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:46:02 EST 3836985 More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions In the March issue of BioScience, researchers present a sophisticated new analysis of the effects of boosting use of maize-derived ethanol on greenhouse gas emissions. The study, conducted by ... http://news-about-space.org/environment-news/cluster3843258/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:16:37 EST 3843258 The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air. http://news-about-space.org/earth-sciences-news/cluster3833787/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:59 EST 3833787 Texas earthquakes may be linked to wells for gas mining Saltwater pumped into the earth to release natural gas offers a "plausible," but not definitive, explanation for small quakes ... http://news-about-space.org/earth-sciences-news/cluster3832557/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:16:03 EST 3832557 Study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matter An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe - at least up to a distance ... http://news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster3834402/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:59 EST 3834402 Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog's site fidelity may lead to further decline USDA Forest Service researchers found that site fidelity, the tendency to return to previously occupied habitats, is strong in the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog. Research showed how the cumulative ... http://news-about-space.org/environment-news/cluster3849162/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:16:20 EST 3849162 Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious ... http://news-about-space.org/environment-news/cluster3843996/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:15:42 EST 3843996