NJIT physicists expect new super lens to reveal first light by early 2006
...es will be a remarkable achievement because now no observatory does this and people need this information," said Goode. "After all, if you want to forecast space weather, you have to have sharp images now. It does no one any good to have sharp images two days after the solar event occurred." People working wit...Earth from Space: unique Arctic landscape surveyed by Proba
...aluating whether to site a permanent environmental observatory there. In order to better quantify carbon budgets in the vast Lena Delta tundra wetlands, Earth Observation is being used by researchers to upscale local field measurements, with Proba images helping to validate tundra surface and vegetation unit cl...UVic unveils world's most advanced seafloor observatory
...ight, in real time. "The installation of the VENUS observatory is a scientific milestone for UVic, for Canada and...ederal agencies, industry and sponsors. "The VENUS observatory will contribute significantly to our understanding of the oceans and generate countless benefits for...Long-term ecological research should include studies on how social science interacts with ecosystems
...dy available in the LTER program makes it a unique observatory for assessing the ecological effects of numerous external and internal forces from climate to land use," Gragson said. "Social scientists might do well to emulate ecological scientists in systematically collecting long-term data on beliefs, attitudes...NJIT solar physicists report paradox: Less sunlight, but temps rise
... were carried out. NJIT has owned and operated the observatory since 1997. Goode's findings are reported tomorrow in "Can the Earth's Albedo and Surface Temperatures Increase Together," published tomorrow by Eos (Jan. 24, 2006), the weekly newspaper of geophysics published by the American Geophysical Union. The...Seafloor observatory opens portal to the Pacific
...acquisition and storage; easy user access to data; observatory monitoring; and the control of instruments by VENUS scientists. "This is a remarkable resource and represents a year of hard work by a 13-member team," says Tunnicliffe. "The information we see today on the VENUS website is just the tip of the icebe...$20 million to expand seafloor observatory
...m the ocean surface to beneath the seafloor. The observatory will revolutionize ocean research by transmitting images and data instantly to shore where they will be relayed to researchers, educational institutions, science centres and the public via the Internet. The additional funding will be used to increa...ResearchChannel awards matching funds for video production
...hree UW research projects: The IceCube Project, an observatory installed in the ice below the South Pole Station; a revolutionary new MRI technique; and a large physics detector being built in Switzerland on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN....Sea level on the rise -- in real and virtual worlds
...s the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Cape Grim observatory in Tasmania support the paper's conclusions. The global average temperature estimates are collated separately by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the USA and the Hadley Centre and Climatic Research Unit in the UK. The sea level observa...New petroleum-degrading bacteria found at Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles
...e first author of the paper. Providing a natural observatory for the unusual bacteria, the Rancho La Brea tar pits , which formed in the last ice age, are located in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea, one of the world's fossil localities, is recognized for having the largest and most diverse assembla...Ocean observing contracts awarded to UC San Diego and University of Washington
...aphic research and education communities. The OOIs observatory elements will address science questions on coastal... Review scheduled for late 2007. "This new ocean observatory capability will provide novel and enduring ways to study the oceans. These new approaches are going ...Departure to cold water corals and other 'hot spots'
... the mud volcano and the "garden house" underwater observatory are all part of the European HERMES project. This project coincides with the International Polar Year, and aims to contribute to the knowledge on species diversity, structure, function and dynamics of different ecosystems along the coastline of the E...Candidate research sites selected for the National Ecological Observatory Network
... than a decade ecologists have wanted to create an observatory for understanding complex ecological processes at multiple scalesfrom continental-scale biosphere dynamics to the microorganisms in soil and water. Now they are preparing to build it. Since 2005, designers of the National Ecological Observatory Net...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
... than a decade ecologists have wanted to create an observatory for understanding complex ecological processes at multiple scales-from biosphere dynamics to microorganisms in soil and water. Now they are preparing to build it. The National Ecological Observatory Network is a continental-scale research platform ...