| Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:55 PM PDT The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program is working on a ultradeep drilling systems that they believe will enable them to have a much better chance of drilling a hole to the mantle. |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:56 PM PDT The 2009 Perseid meteor shower will peak between 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM EDT on August 12. This is during daylight hours but a second peak is expected at about 5:00 AM EDT, August 12. Article: “How to Observe a Meteor Shower” by David Lynch. |
| Shrinking Glaciers in the United States Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:14 PM PDT “Fifty years of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research on glacier change shows recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in three climatic regions of the United States. These long periods of record provide clues to the climate shifts that may be driving glacier change.” Quoted from the USGS release |
| Typhoon Morakot Flooding Displaces One Million Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:09 PM PDT Typhoon Morakot hit heavily populated areas of China and Taiwan. Heavy rain from the storm caused flooding that displaced about one million people. |
| Microfossils and Changing Climates Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:35 PM PDT Lots of information can be gleaned from studying microfossils such as ostracods and foraminiferes. The fossils can be used to determine what kind of climate existed in the area long ago. |
| 7.1 Japan Earthquake: Izu Islands Posted: 09 Aug 2009 07:47 AM PDT A 7.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Pacific Ocean off the southeastern coast of Japan has shaken the highly populated areas of Honshu. It occurred on Sunday, August 9 at 7:55 PM local time. The USGS “Did you feel it?” map has many reports of IV intensity near Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. A [...] |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:19 AM PDT Names have been given to Atlantic hurricanes for a few hundred years. At first they were named after saints of the Catholic Church. Today the World Meteorological Organization maintains the lists of Atlantic hurricane names. |
| Typhoon Morakot Doubles in Size Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:05 AM PDT Typhoon Morakot, which is expected to make landfall in China, has doubled in size in less than two days. The cloud top grew to about 1,700 km (1,056 miles) across. The infrared satellite image at right shows Morakot’s cold clouds (depicted in purple and blue) over the East China Sea on August 6th. |
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