All Articles Tagged As: europe

Mediterranean climate during the last ice age (8/7/2008)

New study 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. ...> Full Article

Expert predicts 'Monsoon Britain' (5/9/2008)

Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to ...> Full Article

Britain's biggest meteorite impact found (3/28/2008)

Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by scientists ...> Full Article

35-year glacier study reveals looming crisis (1/30/2008)

A 35-year University of Salford study into river flow from glaciers in the Swiss Alps has revealed that lack of winter snow as well as warming air temperatures are causing glaciers to melt at an alarming rate - with some smaller glaciers likely to disappear in the next decade. ...> Full Article

Newly Discovered Active Fault Building New Islands Off Croatian Coast (1/24/2008)

Research has found that a newly identified fault under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more islands off Croatia. ...> Full Article

Peat moves from the bog to the generating station (12/17/2007)

For hundreds of years, peat has been used in Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Belarus and Russia as a fuel source for thermal generating stations. Now Peat Resources Ltd. is looking at replacing the coal that fuels the province's Atikokan Generating Station in northwestern Ontario with peat and wood. ...> Full Article