Researchers recover sensor from Antarctic waters having critical data on Ocean acidification

October 19, 2012

Earlier this month, National Science Foundation's research team successfully retrieved data from a sensor (SeaFET) they had deployed in Antarctic waters at the end of previous research season. It will provide critical baseline data on the changes in chemistry or

Earth's geomagnetic reversal happened 41,000 years ago, new study claims

October 19, 2012

41,000 years ago, a complete and rapid reversal of the geomagnetic field occurred. As a consequence, the Earth nearly completely lost its protection shield against hard cosmic rays, leading to a significantly increased radiation exposure, a new study led by Dr.

NASA SDO - Proliferating Loops, October 14 - 17, 2012

October 19, 2012

Dozens of loops gyrated above several active regions as they were rotating into view (Oct. 13 - 17, 2012). When viewed in extreme ultraviolet light, the dancing loops of competing and connecting magnetic field lines become visible. Two minor eruptions can be observed

Germany raising surcharge for energy utility bills by 47% to fund renewable energy

October 19, 2012

Four major German utilities, the Federal Network Agency and grid authority have announced that they are raising the surcharge that customers pay on their utility bills to fund renewable energy by a steep 47% in 2013, from € 3.592 c/kWh now to 5.277 c/kWh.  This to

Another day, another meteor sonic boom - this time over UK

October 19, 2012

Police departments of Devon and Cornwall, UK, received hundreds of calls from people saying they had experienced an earth tremor and heard loud bangs around 16:15 BST on Thursday, October 18, 2012. Police staff in Devon's Newton Abbot station also said floors

Astronomers discover Earth-sized exoplanet in a triple star system - the closest exoplanet ever found

October 19, 2012

A new exoplanet, closest and lightest known yet, is discovered in Alpha Centauri system by a team using ESO's (European Southern Observatory) HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher) instrument. It is notable that same team had discovered the first