From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 08:13:08 PDT
EARLY EARTH
- New Clues To Origin Of Life
Edmonton - Apr 26, 2004 - A new discovery of microbial activity in 3.5 billion-year-old volcanic rock and one of earth's earliest signs of geological existence sheds new light on the antiquity of life, says University of Alberta researchers who are part of a team that made the groundbreaking finding.
- Multinational Team of Scientists Finds Early Life in Volcanic Lava
San Diego - Apr 26, 2004 - Scientists from the United States, Norway, Canada, and South Africa have identified what is believed to be evidence of one of Earth's earliest forms of life, a finding that could factor heavily into discussions of the origins of life.
- Ancient Pebbles Provide New Details About Primeval Atmosphere
Stanford - Apr 26, 2004 - Analysis of 3.2-billion-year-old pebbles has yielded perhaps the oldest geological evidence of Earth's ancient atmosphere and climate. The findings, published in the April 15 issue of the journal Nature, indicate that carbon dioxide levels in the early atmosphere were substantially above those that exist today and above those predicted by other models of the early Earth.
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- Expert Predicts Global Climate Change On Jupiter As It's Spots Disappear
Dsn Francisco - Apr 26, 2004 - If a University of California, Berkeley, physicist's vision of Jupiter is correct, the giant planet will be in for a major global temperature shift over the next decade as most of its large vortices disappear.
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: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 08:26:12 PDT
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JOVIAN DREAMS
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/jupiter-clouds-04a.html