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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Science News

ScienceDaily: Top Science News


Amount of coldest Antarctic water near ocean floor decreasing for decades

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Scientists have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to 2011.

10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4 to 3 degrees by 2050

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT

A project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers' home computers has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is 'equally plausible' as a rise of 1.4 degrees.

New isotope measurement could alter history of early solar system

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The early days of our solar system might look quite different than previously thought, according to new research. The study used more sensitive instruments to find a different half-life for samarium, one of the isotopes used to chart the evolution of the solar system.

Golfers can improve their putt with a different look: Visualize a great big hole

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Golfers looking to improve their putting may find an advantage in visualizing the hole as bigger, according to a new study.

Coral links ice sheet collapse to ancient 'mega flood'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 meters.

New light shone on photosynthesis

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:52 AM PDT

One of the outstanding questions of the early Earth is how ancient organisms made the transition from anoxygenic (no oxygen produced) to oxygenic photosynthesis. Scientists have now moved closer to solving this conundrum.

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