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“The Sun unleashed a large X class (strongest category) flare late on September 7 and into early September 8, 2011. The video clip presents the flash of the flare and a mass of ejecta that rose above the Sun, some of which fell back to the surface.” Quoted from the NASA video release.
Tags: afghanistan, astronomy, cnn, earth sciences, environment, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, mexico, middle-east, NASA, news, university, videoPlanes dropping liquid fire retardant one of the key weapons for fighting hundreds of wildfires in the southwestern United States.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, arizona, california, cnn, earthquakes, hurricanes, massachusetts, mexico, new mexico, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, satellite images, video, wildfirePlanes dropping liquid fire retardant one of the key weapons for fighting hundreds of wildfires in the southwestern United States.
Tags: afghanistan, astronomy, climate-change, cnn, earth sciences, environment, Geology.com, massachusetts, mexico, plate-tectonics, texas, united-statesA slide on an important levee along the Mississippi River threatens flooding of over a million acres and several Mississippi towns. The Army Corps of Engineers is working quickly to repair the slide.
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, brazil, cnn, earthquakes, landslides, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mississippi, video, waterThis video tours areas near Vicksburg, Mississippi where even homes that were elevated 10 feet off the ground will be flooded before the river crests.
Tags: alabama, california, cnn, earth sciences, floods, geology-news, Geology.com, middle-east, pennsylvania, tennessee, waterAs planned, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intentionally breached a levee on the Mississippi River, allowing flood waters to begin covering about 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland. This is being done to reduce a high risk of flooding for the town of Cairo, Illinois
Tags: astronomy, cnn, corps, geology, geology-news, illinois, marcellus-shale, mexico, middle-east, mississippi, rivers, satellite images, video, virginiaAnne Hallum reports on her work in Guatemala, helping local people understand and mitigate landslide hazards.
Tags: ads-by-google, cnn, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, landslides, marcellus-shale, mexico, natural hazards, pennsylvania, satellite images, waterThis CNN video explains that water distribution systems in the United States are in very poor condition with water main breaks occurring every two minutes.
Tags: afghanistan, california, cnn, earth sciences, minerals, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, united, united-states, virginia, waterThis video features a “zero-energy” home.
Tags: africa, cnn, geology, Geology.com, interesting, massachusetts, pennsylvania, philippines, united-states, videoA 91-year-old woman has a 46-year-old car with 562,000 miles on it. She has taken great care of it and really got her money’s worth through “lifetime” warranties!
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