Mount Rainier: The Most Dangerous Cascade Volcano Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:00 PM PDT USGS names Mount Rainier in Washington as the most dangerous volcano in the Cascade Range. Part of its danger is attributed to the 26 glaciers on the mountain which, if melted by an eruption, could produce enormous lahars. |
| First Floating Wind Turbine in North Sea Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:20 PM PDT A floating wind turbine has been built in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. The first of its kind, the full-size turbine is somewhat of an experiment, and may serve as a prototype for future projects. |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:14 PM PDT This isn’t geology, but instead an interesting mapping application. A Pittsburgh newspaper provides a map of recent homicides that have occurred in the city. Using the map you can see geographic trends in homicides by cause, race and gender. Such maps can be easily made if you have latitude/longitude coordinates of events. |
| New Species in Bosavi Volcano Crater Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:35 PM PDT The BBC sent a team to Mount Bosavi, in the Papua New Guinea rainforest, to explore the volcano’s crater. During their visit, they found some new and intriguing species. |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:56 AM PDT NASA has released thousands of new images from the Mars High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. One of the new images is the Pit Crater Chain located south of Arisa Mons. |
| Scoria Hats on Easter Island Statues Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:27 AM PDT Some of the Easter Island statues have “hats” made from red scoria. How were they made, where did they come from, how were they attached? Some of these questions are finally being answered. |
| Warmest Arctic Temperatures in 2000 Years Posted: 08 Sep 2009 07:20 AM PDT Although the Arctic should be cooling, temperatures there in 1999 through 2008 were warmer than any other ten-year period in the past 2000 years. |
| Coal Stockpiles At Electric Power Plants Posted: 08 Sep 2009 07:15 AM PDT Coal stockpiles at electric power plants are reaching very high levels. Electricity demand is down yet the power plants are taking shipments set by long-term contracts. Stockpiled coal at electric power plants (thousands of short tons) |
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