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May, 2000
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Scientists Find Active Underwater Volcano East Of Samoa (Science
Daily 5/23)
- Marine geologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) have
confirmed the existence of an active underwater volcano east of Samoa.
- Giant
Black Smoker Retrieved From Abyss (Science Daily
5/24)
- A huge undersea chimney, laced with gold and other
minerals and swarming
with remarkable lifeforms has been recovered from the
seabed in the
Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, by the CSIRO
Research Vessel
Franklin.
- Major New Work On The Pacific Islands By UC Berkeley
Archaeologist Buries
The Enduring Myth Of Humans In Paradise (Science
Daily 5/15)
- A new history of the Pacific islands before their
discovery
by European voyagers buries forever the myth that
Tahitians and
other peoples of Oceania were children of nature living
in the
Garden of Eden.
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USGS Scientists Develop "Robowell" To Automatically Monitor
Ground
Water (Science Daily 5/10)
- USGS scientists in Massachusetts have patented a
robotic ground water
monitoring technology, nicknamed "Robowell.€ The Robowell
technology
automatically measures the water level and measures ground
water quality on a
regular schedule at a ground water monitoring well.
Results are transmitted to a
human supervisor using radio, cellular-phone modem, or a
satellite link.
- New
USGS Map Shows Arsenic In Nation's Ground Water
(Science Daily 5/9)
- A new U.S. Geological Survey national map shows where
and to what extent
arsenic occurs in ground water across the nation. Highest
concentrations were
found in samples analyzed throughout the West and in parts
of the Midwest
and Northeast.
- NASA
Spacecraft Data Improves Tropical Forecasts (Science
Daily
5/8)
- A microwave imager onboard a NASA spacecraft can help
improve the
forecasts of hurricanes, severe storms, and monitor
long-term climate by
seeing through clouds, new research shows.
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