Fossil Spiders Revealed by 3D Imaging Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:37 PM PDT “Scientists at Imperial College London have created detailed 3D computer models of two fossil spiders that lived about 300 million years ago. The study reveals some of the physical traits that helped them to hunt for prey and evade predators.” Quoted from the Imperial College London release. |
| Federal Government is Sitting on Leases Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:12 PM PDT The federal government has been sitting on millions of dollars worth of oil and gas leases and refuses to release them for drilling. They have been holding some of them for several years. |
| In Tough Times Drillers Avoid “Frontier” Areas Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:06 PM PDT An article on the RigZone website explains why oil companies tend to drill in “known” areas when the economy is uncertain and avoid the “frontier” areas. |
| Rig Count Up Three Weeks in a Row Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:00 PM PDT The number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States was up to 966 at the end of last week. This is the third consecutive week of increase after a long series of declines from the high of 1606 in September of 2008. The Baker Hughes website has lots of [...] |
| Saturn’s Rings To Disappear on 8/11 Posted: 10 Aug 2009 06:44 PM PDT Saturn’s rings will “disappear” on August 11 as it performs a “ring plane crossing”. This occurs when the ring plane of the planet is level with a line of sight from earth. This happens just once about every fifteen years. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2009 06:21 PM PDT A 7.6 Magnitude earthquake occurred in the Andaman Islands, located in the Indian Ocean south of Myanmar and about 700 miles east of India. A tsunami watch was issued for countries surrounding the Indian Ocean (India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh) but it was cancelled. The earthquake was felt in all of the [...] |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:47 PM PDT The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract for rebuilding a portion of the floodwall that protects New Orleans from the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. |
| E. coli Bacteria in Beach Sand Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:18 PM PDT “USGS scientists have discovered that concentrations of E. coli bacteria in beach sand are often much higher than those in beach water. Although beach water is monitored for E. coli as mandated in the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act 2000), beach sand is not currently monitored for contamination.” |
| Japan Earthquake: 6.4 M Off Honshu Posted: 10 Aug 2009 02:11 PM PDT A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred off the south coast of Honshu. The USGS “Did you feel it?” map is getting reports up to VI and VII intensity. USGS shake map and population exposure estimates are below. |
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