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- Ground Deformation: El Mayor-Cucapha Earthquake
- Fossil Day Art Contest Winners
- Wind Power Might Increase Carbon Emissions?
- Deadly Volcanoes in Papua New Guinea Need Monitoring
- Tyrannosaurus rex: Ancestors Were Wimpy Vegetarians
- WellOwner.org
- Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching
- Alvin Gets an Upgrade to 21,000 Feet
| Ground Deformation: El Mayor-Cucapha Earthquake Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:08 PM PST New technologies developed by NASA and other agencies reveals surprising insights into the April, 2010 Magnitude 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapha Earthquake – including increased potential for more large earthquakes in Southern California. |
| Fossil Day Art Contest Winners Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:56 PM PST Here’s your chance to see some great fossil art. An exhibit of winning pictures from the National Fossil Day art contest sponsored by the National Park Service. |
| Wind Power Might Increase Carbon Emissions? Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:44 PM PST “Electrical engineer Kent Hawkins shows when wind power surpasses 5 percent of power generated, the frequent ramping up and ramping down of other power sources to compensate for wind's unpredictable variability causes such inefficiency in power generation that overall carbon dioxide emissions rise.” |
| Deadly Volcanoes in Papua New Guinea Need Monitoring Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:35 PM PST Papua New Guinea has about six million residents and sixteen very active volcanoes. These volcanoes are capable of erupting with very little warning and have repeatedly killed thousands of people. Rabi Narayan Gaudo, a United Nations Development Programme project manager, believes that the government needs to step up with the resources needed to monitor them properly. |
| Tyrannosaurus rex: Ancestors Were Wimpy Vegetarians Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:31 PM PST Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History report that ancestors of Tyrannosaurus rex were not fierce meat eaters with big teeth. Instead they were vegetarians with beaks! |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:17 PM PST If you have a private water supply well here is a great website to learn about your well and your water…. “WellOwner.org is your one-stop resource for information relating to private water well systems and ground water.” Quoted from the WellOwner.org website. |
| Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:11 PM PST “January 5 is the deadline for applications for the 2011 Edward C. Roy, Jr. Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching, offered by AGI and the AGI Foundation. Each year, this award recognizes one full-time U.S. teacher from kindergarten to eighth grade for leadership and innovation in Earth science education.” Quoted from the Earth Science Week Newsletter. |
| Alvin Gets an Upgrade to 21,000 Feet Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:06 PM PST Built in 1964, the human operated submarine Alvin, became famous for locating a hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean Sea in 1966 and exploring the wreck of the Titanic in 1986. It can currently dive to about 14,000 feet but it is being upgraded for even deeper dives. |
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