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Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life Discovered in NASA Oceanographic Expedition

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

NASA Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in phtoplanktons, … Continue reading →

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Bike-Friendly Campuses in America

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Guest Post by Tim Handorf May is National Bike Month, and we’re totally on board, even as the month wraps up. Biking is such a fun, healthy way to get around campus, and these days, so many colleges are making … Continue reading →

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Earth Formed More Quickly than Previously Thought

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers from Israel, the U.S. and Japan are  saying that the nuclear clock used to measure the age of the solar system has been “ticking faster” than previously thought and that the Earth formed much more quickly than originally believed.Paul … Continue reading →

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Reassuring News:Greenland’s Ice Melting Not As Fast As Expected

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

A new study has some reassuring news. Greenland’s glaciers hold  water to raise sea level by 20 feet, and they are melting as the planet warms, so there’s a lot to worry. A few years ago, the Jakobshavn glacier in … Continue reading →

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