http://abitofastro.com/ en-us Top space & earth news story of the day selected by a computer algo A new study shows that land-cover changes, in particular deforestation, in the vicinity of glaciers do not have an impact on glacier loss. However, the study, in which Innsbruck climate researcher ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108778/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108778/ Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108775/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108775/ An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escud?nd Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108482/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108482/ A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108391/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108391/ HOBART, Australia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A scientist who proposed importing elephants to Australia to control wild grasses known to fuel wildfires says the idea may seem absurd but may be "practical." http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108313/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:02 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108313/ New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. The research reveals the effects that the first land plants had on the climate ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108201/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:02 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/108201/ According to new University of Colorado Boulder-led study, the Little Ice Age began abruptly between A.D. 1275 and 1300, triggered by repeated, explosive volcanism, and was sustained for centuries ... http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107895/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:04 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107895/ UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft. http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107786/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107786/ UK-based firms are to develop a new missile defence system for the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence has announced. http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107823/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:01:04 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107823/ PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Rising temperatures caused by global warming are cutting wheat yields in India, suggesting difficulties ahead for global food supplies, a researcher said. http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107779/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:01:03 EST http://abitofastro.com/news/cluster/107779/