http://www.ccnmag.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:50:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_lost_world_beneath_caribbean_to_be_explored Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, are set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a 'lost world' five kilometres beneath the Caribbean. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/how_last_ice_age_affected_mediterranean_sea_region A new study published in the scientific journal Science reveals the circulation of the atmosphere over the Mediterranean during the last ice age, 23,000 to 19,000 years ago, and how this affected the local climate. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/august_a_big_month_for_disasters_ The month of August is known for more than the northern hemisphere's hottest, most sultry days of summer. Geoscientists who study Earth's natural hazards can tell you it's also a big month for disasters. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/earthquakes_may_endanger_new_york_more_than_originally_thought A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/greenland_ice_core_reveals_history_of_pollution_in_the_arctic Coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around Earth's polar regions, according to new research. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ancient_graveyard_reveals_a_green_sahara The largest Stone Age graveyard found in the Sahara, which provides an unparalleled record of life when the region was green, has been discovered in Niger by National Geographic Explorer. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/stronger_atlantic_hurricane_season_predicted Forecasters attribute this adjustment to atmospheric and oceanic conditions across the Atlantic Basin that favor storm development - combined with the strong early season activity. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/cold_gripped_tropics_300_million_years_ago 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 CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/european_birds_flock_to_warming_britain University have found that birds such as the Cirl Bunting and Dartford Warbler are becoming more common across a wide range of habitats in Britain as temperatures rise. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/sahara_dust_storms_sustain_life_in_atlantic_ocean Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. CalTechNews Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100