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Expedition Directory -
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| glacimarine environments | | The glacimarine environment is that part of the world's seas that is affected by glaciers and ice sheets, which influence the ocean system through the delivery of sediments, meltwater and icebergs. Gl... |
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| microplastics of the alaskan gulf | | The Abyssal Plain is considered the largest ecosystem on Earth and a major setting for vast amounts of biodiversity. The deep sea is full of life with a wide ranging number of species; however, we kno... |
| | Duration : Jun 2017 - Mar 2017 |
| | Duration : Jun 2017 - Jun 2017 |
| 2017 nautilus expedition | | The 2017 Nautilus Expedition will launch the third year of exploration in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and will be one of the most extensive seasons to date. From May to November, Nautilus will document... |
| | Duration : May 2017 - Nov 2017 |
 | | everest base camp trek | | The Everest Base camp Trek route is rich in flora and fauna has contain a variety of botanical diversities. It is difficult, but not impossible to confront some of the wildlife inhabitants of this reg... |
| | Duration : Nov 2016 - Dec 2016 |
| granite bedrock and sequoia forests | | Bedrock influences forests—and the landscapes of which they are a part—more than was thought, according to researchers funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Critical Zone Observator... |
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| soil moisture active passive (smap) | | SMAP is an Earth satellite mission designed to measure and map Earth\'s soil moisture and freeze/thaw state to better understand terrestrial water, carbon and energy cycles. It will launch on a Delta ... |
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| geology and the shaping of the american southwest | | The Rio Grande Rift runs north from Mexico into central Colorado, and is made up of a series of basins that are bounded by faults. Over the past 25 million years, these basins developed as tectonic st... |
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| geologic climate research in siberia | | An international team of researchers from the United States, Germany, Russia, and Austria will be traveling to northeast Russia to conduct a large-scale scientific drilling project in Lake E\'gygytgyn... |
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News
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Many dead after another powerful earthquake hits Nepal
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At least 48 people have died and another 1,261 have been injured in Nepal due to the latest large earthquake there, said Nepalese government spokesman Minendra Rijal. Thirty-two of the Asian nation's 75 districts were affected. ... |
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Bizarre Russian rock contains 30,000 diamonds
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Here's the perfect Christmas gift for the person who has everything: A red and green rock, ornament-sized, stuffed with 30,000 teeny-tiny diamonds. The sparkly chunk was pulled from Russia's huge Udachnaya diamond mine and donated... |
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Small 'Underwater Pompeii' Found Off Greek Island
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Remains of an ancient settlement, complete with a ruined pottery workshop, have been found on the bottom of the Aegean sea off the small island of Delos, the Greek ministry of culture has announced. Dubbed by the Greek media “a ... |
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New Earthquake Alarm Could Save Thousands
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In September 1985 a devastating earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale smashed into Mexico City killing 10,000 people and leaving parts of the city in ruins. Since then, the populous Latin American nation of 122 million has... |
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Lava Threatens Homes
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With a mixture of resignation and dread, residents here are watching this gray and orange advance, this 2,000-degree river of molten rock.
Each passing hour, lava from Kilauea Volcano is inching closer to their homes in Pahoa ... |
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Supervolcano Cleared in Neanderthals' Demise
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Neanderthals disappeared from Europe 40,000 years ago, about the same time as the region's biggest volcanic blast in the last 200,000 years. But don't blame the volcano, a new study suggests.
Most of the eruption's climate-cool... |
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Discovery News - Earth News
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$400K Gold Nugget
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The term nugget doesn't quite do it justice. This thing is more like a whopper. A more than 6-pound chunk of gold sold over the weekend for $400,000, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
An anonymous Bay Area buyer snatch... |
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Seattle's Suburban Airport
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The Navy needed an airport, and by being in the upper left corner of the country, Seattle was a natural place for it. They found a site out of town, and Seattle had one of its first airports. Nope, not Sea-Tac. Not Boeing Field, e... |
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Finding Fracking Fluids In The Environment
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New geochemical tracers can identify any hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that could have spilled into the environment, according to field tests at a spill site in West Virginia and downstream from an oil and gas brine wastewa... |
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Heat, drought cited in massive Mount Shasta mudslide
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Glaciers are not known as fast-moving objects. Yet on Saturday, things started happening very quickly at a glacier high on the slopes of Mount Shasta.
At about 3 p.m. Saturday, wilderness rangers working for the Shasta-Trinity ... |
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Philippine Volcano Forces Thousands to Flee
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Thousands of people living near the Philippines' most active volcano began leaving their homes on Tuesday as lava trickled down its slopes and authorities warned of a dangerous eruption. Mayon, a volcano famed in equal parts for i... |
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