(Phys.org) —We all know that the Earth rotates beneath our feet, but new research from ANU has revealed that the center of the Earth is out of sync with the rest of the planet, frequently speeding up and slowing down. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
By Mike WallSpace.com Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars. About 78,000 people have applied to become Red Planet colonists with the nonprofit organization Mars One since its application process opened on A … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). These high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are the latest in a trend of above… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Researchers revisit measurements to determine the temperature of the Earth’s core, finding it to be 6,000C – as hot as the surface of the Sun. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Scientists have determined the temperature near the Earth’s centre to be 6000 degrees Celsius, 1000 degrees hotter than in a previous experiment run 20 years ago. These measurements confirm geophysical models that the temperature difference between the solid core and the mantle above, must be at least… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore’s law. Now geneticists have extrapolated this trend backwards and found that by this measure, life is older than the Earth itself Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
It has had its fair share of international criticism. But the island once famed for financial ruin is fighting back with love: Iceland is, officially, the most welcoming nation on earth. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
New research reported here today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the ACS provides further support for the idea that comets bombarding Earth billions of years ago carried and deposited the key ingredients for life to spring up on the planet. Original post on acs.org Comments on reddit.com
Scientists have just unveiled the lightest human-made substance on Earth. How light are we talking? Let’s put it this way: it’s less dense than helium. Original post on io9.com Comments on reddit.com
Climate could become a Original post on physicsworld.com Comments on reddit.com
Physicists announced further proof Wednesday for a theory that mysterious particles called neutrinos which go ‘missing’ on the journey from the Sun to Earth are in fact shape-shifting along the way, arriving undetected. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Japanese scientists have found vast reserves of rare earth metals on the Pacific seabed that can be mined cheaply, a discovery that may break the Chinese monopoly on a crucial raw material needed in hi-tech industries and advanced weapons systems. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago, widely implicated in killing off the dinosaurs, was probably a fast-moving comet, researchers say. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Get the latest environment and green stories. Scientists have found a thriving community of microbes living at the deepest known point on the surface of the Earth – a massive underwater canyon in the Pacific Ocean nearly 7 miles below sea level. Original post on weather.com Comments on reddit.com
On March 23, a billion or more people will participate in “Earth Hour” by turning off their lights from 8:30-9:30 in the evening. The organizers say that they are providing a way to demonstrate one’s desire to “do something” about global warming, but the stark reality is that Earth Hour will increase carbon emissions. Original post on project-syndicate.org Comments on reddit.com
With data from 73 ice and sediment core monitoring sites around the world, scientists at Oregon State University and Harvard University have reconstructed Earth’s temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age. Their analysis reveals that the… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study. Original post on nasa.gov Comments on reddit.com
Google has offered a $20m grand prize to the first privately-funded company to land a robot on the moon and explore the surface. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) designs, builds, and runs the world’s most sophisticated radio telescopes for scientists to study the Sun, planets, solar system, distant stars, galaxies, black holes, and other mysterious objects millions to billions of light-years away. Original post on nrao.edu Comments on reddit.com
There is water inside the moon – so much, in fact, that in some places it rivals the amount of water found within the Earth. Over the last five years, spacecraft observations and new lab measurements of Apollo lunar samples… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Explosion rivalled nuclear blast, but rock was still too small for advance-warning networks to spot. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its closest approach to Earth at 2:25 p.m. ET Friday, and the world’s astronomers have been on the lookout for it. Take a look at this sequence of images, sent by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from the Faulkes Telescope South, in Siding Springs, Australia: Image credit: LCOGT/Faulkes via NASA/JPL. These pictures were taken when the asteroid was still about 465,000 miles away from us. Most of the dots in these very enlarged images are stars in the distant background; the asteroid stands out because it is moving in front of them. NASA says the animation was… Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
Asteroid set for close call TASMANIAN space buffs can catch sight of a newly discovered asteroid that will pass Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Leaked documents reveal Pluspetrol is eyeing a region where biodiversity ‘exceeds that of any other place on Earth’ Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
