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Snowmelt monitored in the Baltic Sea watershed region in near real time
04-05-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)As spring melt of winter snow is underway in the Baltic Sea watershed region, satellites are monitoring and mapping the snow melting process to help local authorities manage water supplies and predict and prepare for floods. Remote sensing is the only technique capable of providing a comprehensive view over such a large area.
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- CU-Boulder team forcasts 92 percent chance of record low Arctic sea ice extent in 2007
08-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are now forecasting a 92 percent chance that the 2007 September minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.
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- ESA's Medspiration project branches out to support biodiversity
03-19-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
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- U of Colorado researchers forecast 1 in 3 chance of record low sea ice in 2007
04-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are forecasting a one in three chance that the 2007 minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.
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- EU aims to clean up European seas by 2021
11-17-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
European scientists and policy makers met at the Baltic Sea and European Marine Strategy conference in Helsinki, Finland, this week to discuss how to achieve good environmental status for European seas in the next 15 years. ESA took part by demonstrating the potential of Earth observation for monitoring and implementing marine policies.
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- UF researchers track genetic journey of HIV from birth to death
10-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
University of Florida researchers tracked four children born with HIV, studying blood samples taken at birth, throughout life and just after death. Using a high-resolution computational technique, they monitored protein mutations. Previous studies relied on cell culture or animal models to follow the virus' mutations over time. The UF researchers are among the first groups to study the progression of HIV in human patients.
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- Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning
10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
A study that takes a rare look at the physiological, social and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences in real-life settings shows that when older adults go to bed lonely, sad or overwhelmed, they have elevated levels of cortisol shortly after waking the next morning. This cues the body on a day-to-day basis that it is time to rev up to deal with loneliness and other negative experiences, according to the Northwestern University researcher who led the study.
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- Sea level on the rise -- in real and virtual worlds
02-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Cancer patients monitor fatigue in real-time
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- Evaluations aim to advance translation technology
07-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
Wartime military patrols and civilian encounters can be especially dangerous if neither group understands the other's language. To help American forces secure critical information and communicate with the local population, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are evaluating prototype, real-time, two-way translation systems for the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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- UC's Fry informs fantasy football fans
08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
It's fantasy football season! And just in time for the frenzy, Assistant Professor Michael Fry and student Andrew Lundberg have published their results. It amounts to this: you have a set of choices that people can make. All you really want to know -- in fantasy and in real drafts -- is what set of players is not going to be available when your turn comes up.
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