SONG: “Antarctica Awakes!”
SONG: “Antarctica Awakes!” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Scientists close to entering Vostok,… Read the rest “SONG: “Antarctica Awakes!””
geology
Lovecraft report: Scientists set to disturb primordial lake, deep under Antarctic ice.
Who knows what dim, multiform entities could yet lurk for silent millennia beneath that hostile, white blanket of impervious snow and unrelenting wind? Washington Post is almost ready… Read the rest “Lovecraft report: Scientists set to disturb primordial lake, deep under Antarctic ice.”
Treasure in the mud.
Nature uncovers a wealth of rare earth lying beneath the ocean floor:
… Read the rest “Treasure in the mud.”The rare-earth elements — metals such as lanthanum and neodymium — are used to make strong magnets, which help to drive
Earthquake warnings from above.
MIT’s Technology Review takes an interesting look at some atmospheric findings – hot flashes in the air, basically – that could help predict earthquakes:
… Read the rest “Earthquake warnings from above.”Dimitar
This week’s Worst Headline award.
…goes to PopSci for yesterday’s tragically incorrect Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years Almost Certainly Won’t Cause a Huge Natural Disaster:
… Read the rest “This week’s Worst Headline award.”Past supermoons have coincided
Sleeping beneath the ice.
Reuters reports on a Russian mission to reach an oxygen-rich lake that’s been untouched for 15 million years:
… Read the rest “Sleeping beneath the ice.”“It’s minus 40 (Celsius) outside,” [Alex] Turkeyev
Science Art: The Geologic Time Spiral, by Joseph Graham, William Newman, and John Stacy.
History doesn’t repeat in circles. It makes a spiral.
Found via keepyourpebbles, from the US Geological Survey (at which you can read more about the concept.)
Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.
This is what a chunk of Northwest Australia looks like from the International Space Station.
It was created as part of the EarthKAM project, “Earth Knowledge Acquired… Read the rest “Science Art: IMAGE_7222, EarthKAM Spring 2010 Mission.”
Drill, ba… oh, wait. Never mind.
CNN shares the latest US Geological Survey estimate of Alaska’s oil reserve. It’s a breathtaking 90 percent smaller than previously believed:
… Read the rest “Drill, ba… oh, wait. Never mind.”The group estimates about
Science Art: Venice, Italy, by Landsat 7, 2001.
Funny how Venice itself looks like Venetian glass from far enough away, ain’t it?
From NASA’s Landsat 7 archive.
Happy birthday, America – … Read the rest “Science Art: Venice, Italy, by Landsat 7, 2001.”
Washing away.
Slate (yeah, not the first place I look for science news, but hey) unearths the sad truth about beaches that aren’t going to be beaches much longer:
… Read the rest “Washing away.”[Jim] Titus, the Environmental
Science Art: Florida Everglades, Landsat satellite, 2000
This is the Florida Everglades, the widest, slowest river in the world. Anything that grows in South Florida does so because of fresh water from here – from cypress… Read the rest “Science Art: Florida Everglades, Landsat satellite, 2000”
Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia
This is Dragon Lake, a body of very cold water near the city of Bratsk. It’s a reservoir, like Arizona’s Lake Powell, formed by the damming of a river,… Read the rest “Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia”
Nuclear molemen?
Sorry, but I just can’t outdo Wired’s headline on this one: Pentagon Scientists Target Iran’s Nuclear Molemen:
… Read the rest “Nuclear molemen?”Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, apparently takes
Ethiopia’s other coast.
New Scientist is ready to weigh anchor in the Sahara, now that it looks like Ethiopia is getting its very own brand new ocean:
… Read the rest “Ethiopia’s other coast.”“The ferocity of what we saw during this episode stunned