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Earth Science Week and the International Year of Planet Earth are sponsoring a photo contest for photographers worldwide. The theme is: “Exploring Earth Science Around the World”. Entrants are encouraged to submit photos that show people engaged in Earth science exploration in the natural environment of their part of the world
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Exploring Earth Science Around the World
A short article on the Reuters website reports that Exxon is drilling three deep water exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.
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Exxon in Deep Water Off Libya
NASA produced a map that shows the areas on Earth that have the highest frequency of lightning. You might be surprised when you learn about the areas that experience the most lightning.
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Where Is Lightning Frequency Highest?
Portions of Cape Cod have experienced serious beach erosion.
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Cape Cod Houses Washed Away
An article at CNN reports that 11 people were killed by lightning in the United States during the first 23 days of June. Summer is the season with the most lightning deaths because storms are frequent and many people are outdoors
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Numerous Deaths By Lightning Strikes
This NASA astronaut photograph is one of the most spectacular volcanic eruption photos that appears on the web. It shows a recent eruption plume from Sarychev Volcano photographed by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. In addition to the eruption plume punching through the cloud cover, a pyroclastic flow can be seen
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Spectacular Photo: Sarychev Eruption Plume
“Scientists struggling to understand how Earth’s climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information — sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the Colville and Mackenzie Rivers.” Quoted from the University of Texas at Austin release.
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Climate Change Data from Arctic Deltas
There are very few point sources of mercury in the Arctic, however, researchers have found significant amounts of mercury being delivered by the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean.
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Mercury in the Mackenzie River Delta
A wildfire is advancing towards your home. Should you stay and defend it or get out as soon as danger threatens? An article at Earth Magazine explores this question.
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What to Do When a Wildfire Approaches
A private landowner leased drilling rights to a natural gas drilling company and then transferred the property to a state park system. Now the state wants to deny drilling rights.
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Drilling for Natural Gas in a State Park