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Building a highway across ancient landslides with 30+ degree slopes in an area that gets 100 inches of rain per year can lead to problems.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, carolina, earth sciences, geology, geology-news, landslides, massachusetts, meteorology, mexico, oregon, shale, south-carolina, virginia“In a matter of five days, the Philippines and southeastern Asia were hammered by two intense tropical storms in late September and early October 2011. Several months worth of rain fell within a week—a deluge even by tropical standards—on Luzon in the northern Philippines, as well as in northern Vietnam and the Chinese island of Hainan.” Quoted from the NASA image release.
Here is a really interesting video by Ole Salomonsen that shows the Northern Lights through a series of time lapse videos taken near Tromsø, Norway.
Tags: ads-by-google, arctic, astronomy, climate, earth, geology-news, marcellus-shale, meteorology, northern-lights, satellite images, united-statesHurricane Katia has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to pass north of Puerto Rico early next week. “KATIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS…AND KATIA COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE THIS WEEKEND.” Quote from the National Hurricane Center.
Tags: california, earth sciences, Geology.com, hurricanes and cyclones, meteorology, mexico, pennsylvania, virginiaThis NASA video gives an excellent introduction to solar flares and their potential impact on earth. Powerful flares can create long lasting radiation storms, damage satellites, disable communications systems, and confuse power grids.
Tags: afghanistan, astronomy, earth, earthquakes, georgia, meteorology, pennsylvania, solar-flares, video, virginiaThis NASA video gives an excellent introduction to solar flares and their potential impact on earth. Powerful flares can create long lasting radiation storms, damage satellites, disable communications systems, and confuse power grids.
Tags: astronomy, california, earthquakes, meteorology, mexico, NASA, virginia, waterDozens of people were killed this weekend as deadly tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas , Mississippi, Alabama , Georgia and North Carolina.
Tags: alabama, arkansas, deadly-tornadoes, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, georgia, marcellus-shale, meteorology, north-carolina, tornadoes, united-states“NASA and the National Science Foundation launched a scientific balloon on Monday, December 20, Eastern Standard time, to study the effects of cosmic rays on Earth. It was the first of five scientific balloons scheduled to launch from Antarctica in December.” Quoted from the National Science Foundation press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, climate-change, earth, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, massachusetts, meteorology, mexico, plate-tectonics, water“Settling decades of scientific debate, researchers from UCLA and the British Antarctic Survey have discovered the final link between electrons trapped in space and the glow of light from the upper atmosphere known as the diffuse aurora . The finding will help scientists better understand space weather and how space storms affect the Earth’s atmosphere from the top down, with potential benefits for the satellite, power-grid and aviation industries.” Quoted from the UCLA press release.
Tags: earth-science, environment, geology-news, Geology.com, interesting, Jobs, meteorology, mexico, satellite images, virginia“NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet’s atmosphere. High above Earth’s surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called “the thermosphere” recently collapsed and now is rebounding again.” Quoted from the NASA press release.
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