Science news articles about 'north american continent'

  • Rewriting Greenland's immigration history

    The first immigrants in Greenland were not Indians from the North American continent or Canadian Inuit as previously suggested. And it is not just a question of revising the Greenlandic immigration ...
  • Rewriting Greenland's Immigration History

    The first immigrants in Greenland were not Indians from the North American continent or Canadian Inuit as previously suggested. And it is not just a question of revising the Greenlandic immigration ...
  • Earthquakes may endanger New York more than thought, says study

    ... nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified ... the east; slow westward migration of the North American continent; and the area's intricate labyrinth of old ...
  • Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway

    ... Passage runs along the north coast of the North American continent. Each year, the Arctic ... thickness of the sea ice presently found around the North Pole region and setting the stage for more minimum ...
  • 2008 ozone hole larger than last year

    ... ozone hole extension of 29 million square kilometres in 2006, which is about the size of the North American continent. The depletion of ozone is caused by extreme cold temperatures at high altitude ...
  • Ecologists put price tag on invasive species

    ... local assessments in the U.S. would provide a good start for an inventory of the North American continent. Such a database could interface directly with DAISIE. "We need to harmonize the existing ...
  • Threat from West Antarctica less than previously believed

    ... would respond if the floating ice shelves fringing the continent broke free. Vast ice shelves currently ... in turn would cause water to build up along the North American continent and in the Indian Ocean.

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