NASA satellites detect 'glow' of plankton in black waters
...technique to study the nature and origin of a dark plume event in the fall of 2003 near Charlotte Harbor, off the south Florida coast. Moderate concentrations of one of Florida's red tide species, were found from water samples. "Our study traces the black water patches near the Florida Keys to some 200 kil...Mysterious beach closures may be linked to contaminated groundwater, study finds
...h the surf zone. ''Although we didn't find a large plume of bacteria in the aquifer, we did find a mechanism for transporting contaminated groundwater to the surf zone,'' Boehm said. ''What we've shown, therefore, is that groundwater could be the direct source of bacteria or of nutrients that nourish bacte...Ocean dye to help Rutgers scientists trace Hudson River's path miles into the Atlantic
...ons per day. Preliminary studies indicate that the plume tends to sweep southward along the New Jersey coas... release will be determined by the position of the plume and other conditions. Robert J. Chant, professor of physical oceanography with Rutgers' Institute of...SensorNet proposed as system to protect millions nationwide
...ent personnel would know the projected path of the plume in time to take corrective action. Furthermore, it... status can be monitored in real time as well, and plume progressions are visible in two dimensions as well as in 3D. Protecting the nation's population i...Dirty air from Asia can push U.S. air pollution to unhealthy levels
...ich has not yet been published, indicates that the plume from the Siberian fires contributed about 15 parts per billion to that reading. Another occurrence came in April 2001, when windstorms kicked up dust from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and pushed it to more than 10,000 feet in altitude, where it could...Laser technology to map industrial plant gases available through Alberta Research Council
...te two- and three-dimensional maps of an emissions plume in the atmosphere. Companies using this technology can get a detailed measurement of emissions from their facilities, identify major sources of emissions and assign a dollar value to these emissions." The DIAL laser, owned and operated by Spectrasyne...Astronomers unravel a mystery of the Dark Ages
...g the very cold weather. This effect is known as a plume and is similar to that which was seen when comet Shoemaker-Levy-9 hit Jupiter in 1995. Historical references from this period - known as the Dark Ages are sparse, but what records there are, tell of crop failures and summer frosts. The work was carr...Computer model offers new tool to probe Woburn toxic waste site
... computer model, which simulates the movement of a plume of contamination as it spreads underground away fr...performed the work. Metheny and Bair described the plume model, as well as its implications to the Woburn trial and public health concerns, in two back-to-ba...Is this what killed the dinosaurs?
... we can witness seven huge remnants of such mantle plume activity. These are also known as 'hotspots' and are responsible for the volcanic activity on Iceland, the islands of Hawaii, Easter, Reunion, Tristan and Louisville as well as volcanism in the Afar region of Ethopia. "Mantle plumes are literally a h...Systems tool new resource to aid groundwater cleanup
... validity of SAC by comparing SAC results to known plume migrations at the Hanford Site over time. Researchers are preparing to conduct a composite analysis of the future impacts of remaining waste at Hanford. The results of this study will be considered as future waste disposal decisions are made at the s...Engineered proteins will lead to 'synthetic biology'
...erwater robots with the capability of "sniffing" a plume of TNT emanating from unexploded ordnance, tracking it to its source, to aid the U.S. Navy's cleanup program. The scientists' research is supported by the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Simulation of Bio-Mo...Five studies look at risks of differing particulate matter, including exposures on 9/11
...erally lifted out of the area by the gigantic dust plume visible in all the photographs and television images. It shot up for thousands of feet, initially transporting the smallest particles to the East River and out into the harbor. However, many of the earliest people on the scene, often working 12-hour...Unique fleet of underwater vehicles to gather elusive environmental data
... a fleet of AUVs to cooperatively find and track a plume in real-time. The two-feet-long cylindrical AUVs under construction in the Autonomous Systems and Controls Laboratory at Virginia Tech will be fitted with sensors for monitoring dissolved oxygen and other environmental parameters, including conducti...High-density storage of nuclear waste heightens terrorism risks
...of such a fire would be the release of a radiation plume that would contaminate eight to 70 times more land than the area affected by the 1986 accident in Chernobyl. The cost of such a disaster would run into the hundreds of billions of dollars, the researchers reported. The study builds in large part on a...January GSA BULLETIN media highlights
...f lavas that may be related to melting of a mantle plume currently underlying Yellowstone National Park; an...esent the surface expression of a spreading mantle plume head deflected against the ancient continental margin of North America....Stretch of I-40 part of ORNL, UT environmental lab initiative
... up arrays capable of measuring more of an exhaust plume rather than just examining one slice, as will be necessary in the beginning. Later, with a suite of detectors and instruments at the site, researchers hope to attract researchers from across the country and make a major contribution to understanding ...Envisats ASAR reveals extent of massive oil spill off Spanish coast
...p. The huge oil slick is clearly visible as a dark plume emanating from the stricken ship and stretching to the northwest coast of Spain. The image was captured by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) onboard the Envisat spacecraft, launched by ESA last March. The ASAR was operating in its wide-sw...NNSA's Livermore Lab partners with cities and counties to track biological, chemical releases
... agencies with an advanced operational atmospheric plume prediction capability that can be integrated with appropriate federal agency support for homeland security applications. In the initial stages of the pilot project, NARAC tools and services will be integrated with existing Seattle technology. The sy...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2002
...ent personnel would know the projected path of the plume in time to take corrective action. [Contact: Jim Kulesz] ENERGY Power to go . . . Ecotera Energys new microturbine-based engine promises to deliver high performance in a compact and energy-efficient package. The engine, based on a technology develo......the serendipitous proximity of the Galpagos mantle plume to a mid-ocean ridge; the Galpagos spreading center is <100 km north of Genovesa Island. The near-ridge origin of Genovesa Island and its surprisingly young age may shed some light on a longstanding question about Galpagos biogeography. Lava liza...