Monthly Archives: July 2009

Solar Cycle Affects Global Climate

Establishing a key link between the solar cycle and global climate, research led by scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., shows that maximum solar activity and its aftermath have impacts … Continue reading

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Are the deserts getting greener?

It has been assumed that global warming would cause an expansion of the world’s deserts, but now some scientists are predicting a contrary scenario in which water and life slowly reclaim these arid places.The evidence is limited and definitive conclusions … Continue reading

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Chandrayaan-1 develops critical malfunction

India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-I, launched in October last with a two-year life span, has lost a major sensor and may meet a premature end, ISRO said on Friday. ( Watch ) “Unfortunately, during the last month we have lost … Continue reading

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Highest and Lowest Points on Mars

The image above is a colorized topographic map of Mars. This Mercator projection map shows low elevations as a deep blue color and high elevations as a white color (see elevation scale below). The map was prepared by NASA and … Continue reading

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