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- Photos and Video from the Mount Etna Eruption
- 50 Years: Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys
- 2010: The Warmest Year on Record
- Rare Earths Act of 2010
- 227,000 Earthquake Deaths in 2010
- Landslides and Flooding in Brazil
- Flooding Continues in Australia
| Photos and Video from the Mount Etna Eruption Posted: 15 Jan 2011 10:02 PM PST http://geology.com/volcanoes/etna/ produced a brief period of eruptive activity on Wednesday with lava fountains and lava flows. |
| 50 Years: Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:24 PM PST “This video podcast highlights 50 years of photographic documentation of coral reefs in the Florida Keys. The photographs show 5 decades of changes that have taken place in both the size and the types of corals that were present at several coral reef sites from the early 1960s to today. The images capture events such as the appearance of coral disease and the die off of coral species like staghorn in the region.” Quoted from the USGS press release. |
| 2010: The Warmest Year on Record Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:16 PM PST NASA and NOAA have both announced that calendar year 2010 has tied with calendar year 2005 as the warmest year since records have been kept.
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2011 05:59 PM PST The “Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010″ or the “RESTART Act”…. “It is the policy of the United States to take any and all actions necessary to ensure the reestablishment of a competitive supply chain for rare earth materials in the United States and in countries that are allies of the United States; and that such a supply chain should include the capacity to conduct mining, refining, processing, alloying, and manufacturing operations using suppliers in the United States and countries that are allies of the United States to provide a secure source of rare earth materials as a vital component of national security and economic policy.” |
| 227,000 Earthquake Deaths in 2010 Posted: 15 Jan 2011 03:20 PM PST During calendar year 2010 USGS reported 22 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher. However, 98% of the deaths were cause by one earthquake – the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. |
| Landslides and Flooding in Brazil Posted: 15 Jan 2011 09:14 AM PST Some observers are calling the recent flooding and landslides in Brazil the “biggest weather-related tragedy in Brazil’s history”. Hundreds of people have been killed during the past week. |
| Flooding Continues in Australia Posted: 15 Jan 2011 08:12 AM PST After years of drought, flooding in Australia continues, with streams reaching record levels in many locations. This video was taken west of Brisbane, along the border between Queensland and New South Wales |
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