Greenland Glaciers Satellite Image Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:32 AM PDT Earth Observatory has published a satellite image that shows several glaciers flowing into a dry valley in Western Greenland. |
| Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:20 PM PDT On the Slide Blog has a small collection of impressive landslide images from India, Colombia, China and Spain. Related: USGS Landslide Fact Sheet. |
| Stacked Play in the Bakken and Three Forks-Sanish Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:11 PM PDT In North Dakota, Continental Resources reports that they have drilled a well that penetrated two oil-bearing rock units – the Bakken Shale and the Three Forks-Sanish Formation. |
| Lava Flow Hazard Maps and Home Insurance Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:36 PM PDT Insurance companies providing homeowners coverage in Hawaii have used USGS maps to set their rates for a long time. Now some companies are modifying rates or dropping coverage and homeowners want to know if the lava flow hazard maps – which were made 35 years ago – still represent the hazard accurately. |
| Global Warming, Algae and Caribbean Corals Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:28 PM PDT “A rare opportunity has allowed a team of scientists to evaluate corals–and the essential, photosynthetic algae that live inside their cells–before, during, and after a period in 2005 when global warming caused sea-surface temperatures in the Caribbean to rise.” Quoted from the NSF Press Release. |
| Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:23 PM PDT “Space junk” is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful purpose. To minimize the risk of collision between spacecraft and space junk, the U.S. Space Surveillance Network tracks all debris larger than 10 centimeters. This image is a map of all man-made objects currently being tracked. |
| Large Earthquakes Trigger Small Earthquakes at a Distance Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:09 PM PDT An article and video on the Science Daily website present the idea that the L-waves of large earthquakes can trigger smaller quakes far from their source. |
| Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:03 PM PDT Within a few years you might be able to recharge your cell phone or run an electric appliance without plugging them in. A technology is being perfected that will convert electricity into a magnetic field and transmit it through the air. |
Monday, September 14, 2009
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