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WirelessTech Taking a Toll on Earth Science and Astronomy
Source: scientificamerican.com

Nearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless...is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access to the electromagnetic spectrum.

What the Heck is an Earth Scientist? [video]
Source: ScienceBlogs

What does an geoscientist do and how do you become one? The footage on this video is really remarkable.

Geoscientists call for disaster advisory panel
Source: abc.net.au

Geoscientists say Australia is in urgent need of an early warning system to alert governments of impending environmental disasters.

Antarctica reveals lost world frozen 14 million years ago
Source: the Mail online

Relics of a prehistoric world have been found frozen deep inside Antarctica, scientists said today. Researchers discovered mosses, beetles and midges that died and have remained in a natural deep-freeze for an incredible 14 million years.

Cold and Ice, and Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago
Source: The National Science Foundation

Geoscientists have long presumed that, like today, the tropics remained warm throughout Earth's last major glaciation 300 million years ago. New evidence, however, indicates that cold temperatures in fact episodically gripped these equatorial latitudes at that time.

Magellan MobileMapper 6 Introduced
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Magellan has introduced the latest addition to its MobileMapper GIS and mapping line of products – the MobileMapper 6. A rugged, waterproof, handheld GPS/GIS receiver, the MobileMapper 6 fulfills the requirements for low-cost, professional GIS field data collection.

Magellan Introduces ProMark 500
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Magellan this month introduced the ProMark 500, a dual-frequency GNSS receiver that processes GPS, GLONASS and SBAS signals to offer land surveyors fast, real-time centimeter-level accurate surveying.

Study reveals predation-evolution link
Source: EurekAlert!

The fossil record seems to indicate that the diversity of marine creatures increased and decreased over hundreds of millions of years in step with predator-prey encounters, Virginia Tech geoscientists report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Magellan Releases MobileMapper CX
Source: Canal Geomatics

Today Magellan launched a new version of it's MobileMapper product. MobileMapper CX is a highly flexible, accurate, affordable and rugged handheld GPS receiver for universal GIS use.

Water On The Gaza Strip: Time Bomb Or Ray Of Hope?
Source: Science Daily

Beneath the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip is a groundwater crisis that s rapidly depriving Palestinians of drinkable water.

Mud volcano in Java may continue to erupt for months and possibly years
Source: EurekAlert!

The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of mud a day for months, if not years to come, leaving at least 10 km2 around the  …

Overconfidence leads to bias in climate change estimations
Source: EurekAlert!

Just as overconfidence in a teenager may lead to unwise acts, overconfidence in projections of climate change may lead to inappropriate actions on the parts of governments, industries and individuals, according to an international team of climate researchers.

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