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Secret chamber under Old Faithful drives eruptions

 Jordi Elias Grassot/Alamy)Originally Published by New Scientist - The Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone national park is famed for its clockwork eruptions – every 90 minutes, on average.

For sand tiger sharks, a deadly, cannibalistic battle inside the womb is part of evolution

Originally Published by The Washington Post

– It’s a tough world from the moment of conception for a sand tiger shark. When a female gets pregnant, it’s usually with multiple offspring of several different male sharks. As soon as the fetuses are old enough, they begin a cannibalistic battle for primacy in utero, with only one surviving.

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‘White graphene’ to clean up spills

Photograph of a river. Originally Published by The BBC - A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant absorber.

Energy Bill ‘should be amended to protect community energy schemes’

Originally Published by Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk

– Developed with large commercial operators in mind, the bill could stop wind farm projects from proceeding.

A Dynamic Landscape, a Dynamic Sensor

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– The Cascade Mountains and nearby forests and lakes provide a good test of the visual range of the new LDCM satellite.

2013 Geospatial World Forum to Focus on Monetization

Geospatial world forum logoHow can we monetize geospatial data and applications? The answer is not so obvious. For years, this topic was reserved to scientists who used geospatial data for research.

The Human Dimension of Thetford Forest

 NASAOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - To celebrate Earth Day, Earth Observatory released a series of five puzzlers.

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