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New life form that thrives on arsenic
NASA announced today a new life form that thrives on arsenic, toxic to most life as we know it, with implications for finding alien life.
December 2, 2010
The ocean’s own environmental sensor
Tiny copepod crustaceans have a major role to play when the effects of oil-spills are being calculated and acts as the ocean's environmental sensor.
December 1, 2010
Operation IceBridge on air again
Finally the weather lifted, and Operation IceBridge made a series of flights over the Antarctic Peninsula and a crucially important flight over the South Pole.
November 29, 2010
NASA’s IceBridge Antarctica 2010
NASA's IceBridge will collect data on the polar ice cover for a 6 year period. All was going without a hitch, until we arrived in Chile.
November 10, 2010
The Frozen Zoo: A cool place for endangered species
A breakthrough at San Diego's Frozen Zoo could mean new life for endangered species. It's more like a seedbank for animals.
November 8, 2010
Saving Indonesia’s ice climate record is a race against time
In summer 2010, Thompson traveled to Indonesia to collect data for the ice climate near the country’s highest peak. The ice is melting fast.
November 8, 2010
Tracking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from space
NASA satellites monitored the progression of the oil spill, from the initial blowout on April 20, throughout the summer months.
November 8, 2010
Frozen Zoo closer to saving endangered species
At the Frozen Zoo scientists have now created stem cells from frozen skin cells of a highly endangered monkey.
November 8, 2010
Biodiversity targets to slow loss by 2020
Delegates from nearly 200 countries met for two weeks in Nagoya, Japan, in late October 2010 to work out a set of targets that aim to slow biodiversity loss.
November 1, 2010
Rivers in trouble around the world
The world's rivers are in trouble, according to a new study that analyzed human impacts on Earth's rivers. Read more here about rivers in trouble.
October 25, 2010
