Pleistocene
Pleistocene The first of two
epochs of the
Quaternary, preceded by the
Pliocene. It is held conventionally to have lasted from approximately 2 Ma ago until the beginning of the Holocene, about 10000 years ago, but recent evidence from deep-sea cores may necessitate a revision of the earlier date. The epoch is marked by several glacial and
interglacial episodes in the northern hemisphere, during which the climate varied from very cold, with
tundra vegetation to middle latitudes in N. America and Eurasia, to warm temperate, with temperate forests.
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Enabling scientific research using an interdisciplinary virtual observatory: the Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory example.
Magazine article from: AI Magazine; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Internet-enabled virtual observatory requires a higher level...discipline-specific virtual observatories. Existing work targeted...the Sun. Our initial virtual observatory is thus VSTO--the Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory...
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Mining the digital skies.(role of virtual observatories in future of astronomy)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/3/2000; 700+ words
; ...establishing such observatories are now being...up a "national virtual observatory" (NVO) as a...time succeed. A virtual observatory would also prevent...which to construct virtual observatories. Instead, astronomers...
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Discovering Missing Black Holes: First Science From Virtual Observatory.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service; 5/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...European Southern Observatory in Munich, Germany...called GOODS (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey...technique. Using a Virtual Observatory (VO) they combined...The Astrophysical Virtual Observatory wants to continue...and space-based observatories." The team already...
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Newest constellation: data: New virtual observatory will mine databases from earlier projects.(Features)(Ideas)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...researchers are planning a "virtual" observatory that could...survey projects. The observatory's planners call it the National Virtual Observatory (NVO), an idea that...National Optical Astronomy Observatories headquarters here...
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Virtual Observatory. (Science Scoops).(National Virtual Observatory, online database on astronomy)
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 3/1/2002; ; 605 words
; ...ta-daaaaa ... the National Virtual Observatory (NVO)! The NVO plans to take advantage...databases from many earthbound and orbital observatories. Once achieved, all the data will...astronomers gather each year from observatories. "This project will reach across...
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Dataprobe Keeps Virtual Observatory Focused on the Skies with Remote Power Solutions.
Business Wire; 5/11/2005; 700+ words
; ...has enabled Slooh, a virtual observatory, to maintain its two mountaintop...online subscribers live virtual tours of outer space through...disabling nearly all of the observatories located on the islands...only fully-operational observatory in the aftermath of the...
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$10 Million NSF Grant to Fund National Virtual Observatory That Is 'Likely to Change Astronomy as We Know It'.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 10/29/2001; 700+ words
; ...online. The National Virtual Observatory (NVO), headed...earthbound and orbital observatories, taking advantage...for the National Virtual Observatory. Szalay, the Alumni...gather each year from observatories. "If we do not...
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Virtual Astronomy: The Universe on the Internet.(Online astronomy virtual observatory)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
Magazine article from: Online; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; If you want to experience virtual reality, try astronomy. It is...future, the Net could house a "virtual observatory" where the terabytes of data...and observed, not from a cold observatory dome, but from the comfort of...
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NASA Awards Grant to SRI International to Develop ''National Virtual Aeronomical Observatory'' Concept.
Business Wire; 5/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...the basis of a "National Virtual Aeronomical Observatory" (NVAO). The estimated...broader theme of a National Virtual Observatory (NVO), ranked by a recent...with future surveys and observatories. New tools would be developed...
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The national virtual observatory; tools and techniques for astronomical research; proceedings. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 6/1/2008; 558 words
; 9781583813270 The national virtual observatory; tools and techniques for astronomical research; proceedings...ROM proceedings package collects work from three National Virtual Observatory (NVO) Summer Schools, which were sponsored by the National...
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virtual observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
virtual observatory...initiated national virtual observatory programs that...and orbiting observatories and make them...world's major observatories will be available...interpret. In a virtual observatory environment...
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Virtual Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Virtual Observatory A large astronomical database and associated...becoming increasingly impractical. In the Virtual Observatory, the data analysis is performed...are collaborating on an International Virtual Observatory that will be usable by anyone...
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European Southern Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
European Southern Observatory (ESO), an intergovernmental...The ESO operates two major observatories in the Atacama desert, Chile. The older observatory, inaugurated in 1969...Bochum, Germany. The second observatory, initiated in 1988 and...the combination produces a virtual telescope image ...
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Astronomy
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...computers became available to astronomers, many observatories employed humans referred to as computers for this...globe. These archived data repositories act as virtual observatories. Scientist can retrieve (observe) data on the...
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Event Horizon
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory independently provided strong evidence...Relying on quantum theories regarding virtual particles (particle-antiparticle pairs...measured), Hawking radiation occurs when a virtual particle crosses the event horizon and...
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