How It Works: The Inner Earth
• http://www.popsci.com, By Valerie RossKnow your planet!
Contents Pages by Subject
Geology
Earthquakes in Chile and L.A. Raise Fears About ‘Ring of Fire’
• http://abcnews.go.com, By Colleen CurryThe 8.2 earthquake that shook northern Chile and surrounding countries late Tuesday night was one of a string of recent earthquakes along what is known as the “Ring of Fire,” a circle of quake-prone areas on the Pacific Rim.
12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust ...
• http://www.shtfplan.com, Michael Snyder12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust Under North And South America
Chile's 8.2 magnitude quake not 'the big one'
• APAuthorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake - a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth's crust. President Michelle Bachelet flew to the regio
Hekla Activity Increase Noted
• arcleinThe announcement states that the Icelandic Met Office informed the civil protection department about unusual seismic activity in Hekla. The Icelandic Met Office also raised the surveillance level of Hekla to yellow because of air traffic, which mea
Abiotic Oil Russian Support and Success
• arcleinMuch as the idea of organic origin (biotic origin) is held as common knowledge in the United States, the idea of inorganic origin (abiotic origin) has long been accepted among post-Soviet scientists as the most likely explanation. Some American scien
Scientists Find Evidence of Massive Water Reserve Near Earth’s Center
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by goldenequity"A rare mineral discovery suggests a reservoir that could hold as much water as all the earth’s oceans combined."
Over The Past 60 Years, A Reef Island Has Grown Out Of The Sea
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepIt is now stable and vegetated. Great job, island!
Sundering Sunda in 535 AD
• arcleinThese three extracts are just a representative sample of numerous accounts from all over the world, written in the same period of time. In all cases, the sun was described as getting dimmer and losing its light. Many also described it as having a blu
Kelud Wakes up
• arcleinhe Jakarta Post is reporting an ash plume from the eruption of ~10 km / 32,000 feet with ash falling upwards of 50 km from the volcano. Thousands of people are fleeing the area to evacuation centers, but over 200,000 people live within the 10 km evac
Extraordinary Video of Pyroclastic Flows From the Eruption of Sinabung
• Wired.comIn terms of the destruction they wreak upon the landscape, few volcanic hazards can top pyroclastic flows (or more precisely calling pyroclastic density currents).
Yellowstone Supervolcano 'even more Colossal'
• arcleinhe team found that the magma chamber was colossal. Reaching depths of between 2km and 15km (1 to 9 miles), the cavern was about 90km (55 miles) long and 30km (20 miles) wide. It pushed further into the north east of the park than other studies had p
Volcanic lightning captured in a bottle
• newscientist.comIt's a "build your own volcano" kit like no other. A team of geologists in Germany has built a model volcano that crackles with lightning as it erupts
Deceased Researcher’s Message In A Bottle Discovered In The Arctic
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepIn the northernmost reaches of the Canadian Arctic, 500 miles (800 kilometers) away from the nearest human settlement, researchers discovered a literal message in a bottle, Halifax’s Herald News reports.
Eddy Cartaya: My glacier cave discoveries
• http://www.ted.comSnow Dragon. Pure Imagination. Frozen Minotaur. These are the names Eddy Cartaya and his climbing partner Brent McGregor gave three glacier caves that they were the first to explore.
Company Makes CO2 Into Liquid Fuel, with Help from a Volcano
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Kevin BullisAn Icelandic company figures out how to make methanol from waste CO2, but the economics may not work without a nearby volcano.
Eruption at Nishino-shima in the Pacific Produces a New Island
• Wired.comSomehow as November slipped by, I missed marking the 50th anniversary of the eruption at Surtsey off the coast of Iceland.
Seething volcano buried under Antarctica's ice
• newscientist.comIt's a land of ice and fire.
Geological Survey says now earthquake caused tremors
• chicagotribune.comThe U.S. Geological Survey says it has changed its mind and now believes an earthquake caused the tremors that rippled through the Chicago area earlier this month, not a quarry blast.
Ice Age Alluvial Origin of Loess
• arcleinIn the last ice age it is acknowledged that global sea level fell below -100m asl as ice sheets develop on land and in polar waters. Then with deglaciation, meltwater inundated the northern watershed areas to drain via river systems into the low lyi
7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Japan near Fukushima
• worldnews.nbcnews.comA 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Japan early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was off the Fukushima region of Japan, 231 miles east off the island of Honshu. It was 6.2 miles deep and was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.
Deep Giant Reservoir of Magma Under Ethiopia
• arcleinn the case of the magma under the Afar Rift, though, it's quite far down, roughly 10 kilometres below the surface, and the blob is huge — extending downward to a total depth of around 35 kilometres and it's roughly 30 kilometres wide. Also, this ap
Researchers discover first ever evidence of a comet striking Earth
• sciencerecorder.comThe focus of attention in this research endeavor was on a strange black pebble found many years ago by an Egyptian geologist working in the area of the silica glass.
Drones Support Prospecting
• arcleinHe and his team also do geophysical surveys of the area — they string out a 420-metre cable over an area that soil sampling has already indicated may have potential. The cable has electrodes spaced out every five metres that send electrical currents
Pakistan quake island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas'
• www.bbc.co.uk...and the first one to plant a flag WINS!
Earth’s oxygen appeared 700 million years earlier than believed, researchers say
• sciencerecorder.comEarlier research endeavors indicated that oxygen started to accumulate in the atmosphere 2.3 billion years ago.
Largest Volcano on Earth
• arcleinUntil now, geologists thought Tamu Massif was simply part of an oceanic plateau called Shatsky Rise in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Oceanic plateaus are massive piles of lava whose origins are still a matter of active scientific debate. Some research
Crustal Tomography Advances
• arcleinThe process, known as seismic tomography, works in much the same way that CT scans (computed tomography) reveal structures hidden beneath the surface of the human body. But since we know much less about the structures below
Greenland Mega Canyon
• arcleinA large portion of this data was collected from 2009 through 2012 by NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne science campaign that studies polar ice. One of IceBridge's scientific instruments, the Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder, can see
NASA considering four landing site options for 2016 Mars mission
• sciencerecorder.comThe specific area that InSight occupies is not critical since it will be studying the planet as a whole, rather than a specific region.
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