http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:52:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/colder,_snowier_winters_for_central_europe Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer CalTechNews Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:16:19 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/sun_delivered_curveball_of_radiation_at_earth A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred on Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade CalTechNews Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:36:48 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/little_ice_age_triggered_by_volcanoes_ A new international study may answer contentious questions about the onset and persistence of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of widespread cooling that lasted for hundreds of years until the late 19th century CalTechNews Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:35:30 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/what_really_happened_before_snowball_earth_ Scientists suggest that the large changes in the carbon isotopic composition of carbonates which occurred prior to the major climatic event more than 500 million years ago, known as 'Snowball Earth,' are unrelated to worldwide glacial events. CalTechNews Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:04:16 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/life_beyond_earth_underwater_caves_in_bahamas_could_give_clues Discoveries made in some underwater caves by researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:38 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/waiting_for_death_valley_s_big_bang In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer. Geologists have determined that the half-mile-wide Ubehebe Crater, formed by a prehistoric volcanic explosion, was created far more recently than previously thought -- and that conditions f CalTechNews Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:15 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/massive_flares_heading_to_earth A powerful solar eruption, the largest since May 2005 according to NOAA, is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth, which could force planes to be re-routed CalTechNews Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:06:29 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/tornadoes_first_step_in_short-term_forecasting Meteorologists can see a busy hurricane season brewing months ahead, but until now there has been no such crystal ball for tornadoes, which are much smaller and more volatile CalTechNews Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:25:39 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/plant-eating_dinosaur_in_antarctica_discovered For the first time, the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs in Antarctica has been recorded CalTechNews Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:07:06 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/visual_tour_of_earth_s_fires NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002 CalTechNews Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:16:07 +0100