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Faith Fitzpatrick outlines the importance of habitat to the health of streams and shows examples of connecting people to urban streams through rehabilitation efforts across the USA.
Tags: current-events, earth sciences, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, meteorites, philippines, shale, usgs, video, virginia, waterThis CNN video explains why researchers believe that there are at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way .
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, geology-news, Jobs, marcellus-shale, milky, north-carolina, pennsylvania, philippines, south-carolina, video, virginiaThis video takes you on a quick visit to the Molycorp rare earth element mine at Mountain Pass, California and provides some background on rare earth elements.
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, earth, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, mining, oregon, plate-tectonics, satellite images, united-states, video, water“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, videoThis 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, virginia“They are sometimes seen as threatening funnel clouds descending from stormy skies. Others can be nearly invisible, like a ghostly spiral of wind skimming the sea surface. These eerie columns of rotating air are known as waterspouts — commonly defined as tornadoes over water .” Quoted from the NOAA video transcript.
Tags: ads-by-google, climate-change, earthquakes, environment, hawaii, Jobs, massachusetts, michigan, noaa, video, virginia, water“Lightning is a rapid discharge of electrical energy in the atmosphere. Each spark can span over five miles in length, reach temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun and contain 100 million volts of electricity
Tags: afghanistan, astronomy, california, geophysics, interesting, marcellus-shale, mexico, middle-east, noaa, satellite images, video, waterPlanes 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, wildfireA levee on the Mississippi River near Hamburg, Iowa was breached by water undermining the earth embankment. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to contain the breach. Residents of Hamburg are evacuating in case the repair does not hold.
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, earthquakes, mexico, pennsylvania, rivers, satellite images, tennessee, videoA 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.
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