Scientists Study Effects of High-Flow Test on Grand Canyon
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The Department of the Interior&#39;s US Geological Survey is collaborating with partner agencies to conduct scientific experiments designed to evaluate the effect of a high-flow release from Glen Canyon Dam on the natural resources of the Colorado River in
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. Scientists are flooding the Grand Canyon on purpose. They&#39;re releasing sediment-filled water in an effort to restore parts of the natural wonder&#39;s ecosystem.
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LOS ANGELES - Scientists in California Friday began examining for the first time samples of solar wind particles collected by the spacecraft Genesis, which crashed earlier this month in the Utah desert when its parachutes failed to open on landing.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rover, Opportunity, has discovered more evidence that water may have flowed over rocks on the Red Planet. Data sent back by Opportunity suggests an area known as the Meridiani Planum, was drenched
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Scientists flooded the Grand Canyon yesterday to restore beaches and save fish and plants that have been disappearing since sediment-free water began flowing from a dam 40 years ago.
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Millions of tons of sediment-heavy water are being sent through the Grand Canyon in a bid to help local wildlife.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 19--A new network of high-tech weather sensors is making the streams, tributaries and dams of the American River the country's most closely monitored water system.
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GRAND CANYON, Arizona  - Maryellen Fleming-Hoffman manages a gift store on the plunging rim of the Grand Canyon, where visitors come to marvel at one of the world's greatest attractions.
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More than 135 years after explorer John Wesley Powell first surveyed this ancient canyon, his writings seemed to echo last week as water roared down the Colorado River.
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A grand experiment for the Grand Canyon, the controlled flood designed to reinvigorate the Colorado River ecosystem will finish today, while scientific research on the results steps up.
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The hills of Mars have yielded fresh clues about how water shaped the Red Planet. Scientists at NASA&#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, revealed that the robotic explorers Spirit and Opportunity each made discoveries which indicate that water has ...
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A man-made flood is roaring through the Grand Canyon in a bold experiment to restore the sandbanks of the Colorado river and to save fish and plants that have been disappearing over the past 40 years.
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The Genesis desert crash has left scientists wondering about the delicate condition of its solar wind collection. The first release of samples to the community has begun, while new tests for oxygen-isotopes may help uncover which particles might have lunar, solar or terrestrial origins.
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By Levi J. Long, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--Visitors are one step closer to taking a visual leap off the Grand Canyon's edge.
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Scientists are researching the long-term environmental effects of winter road maintenance, using the Cascade Lakes near Lake Placid as a laboratory.
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Los Angeles - In March, Nasa launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 8 050km/h. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
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By Greg Lavine, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 21--A new National Academy of Sciences report indicates that more  droughts and reduced flow of the Colorado River are problems that water  managers and scientists need to plan for now.