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- Ethnic Tibetans Adapting to High Altitude
- Lunar Far Side’s South Pole-Aitken Basin
- How to be Safe in the Heat
- Heat Wave in the East Will Continue
- US Geologist in China Gets 8 Years for Selling a Database
| Ethnic Tibetans Adapting to High Altitude Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:13 PM PDT A UC Berkeley study reports that ethnic Tibetans have rapidly evolved in their ability to live at high altitudes where oxygen levels are low. Rasmus Nielsen, one of the investigators says… “This is the fastest genetic change ever observed in humans.” |
| Lunar Far Side’s South Pole-Aitken Basin Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:02 PM PDT The lunar far side is rougher and has many more craters than the near side, so quite a few of the most fascinating lunar features are located there, including one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, the South Pole-Aitken Basin. The image highlighted here shows the moon’s topography with the highest [...] |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:51 PM PDT “Heat is the number one weather-related killer. On average, more than 1,500 people in the U.S. die each year from excessive heat.” Quoted from NOAAWatch. Learn more about heat waves and how to be safe in the heat at the NOAAWatch Heat Wave page. |
| Heat Wave in the East Will Continue Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:31 PM PDT The northeastern United States has been in a heat wave for the past few days which is projected to continue through the work week. Many areas are expected to reach over 100 degrees with high humidity (forecast maps). |
| US Geologist in China Gets 8 Years for Selling a Database Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT An American geologist working in China has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for selling an oil industry database. The Chinese government says the database contained secret information. Geologists working in China need to be careful. There are also mapping laws that restrict the types of information that a geologist might accumulate. |
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