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- LNG Import Terminal Projects Abandoned
- Extensive Flooding in Southern Pakistan
- Carbon-Based Building Blocks of Life on Mars
- Bokan Mountain, Alaska Heavy Rare Earth Project
- Lowest Amazon River Level in 40 Years for Peru
- M 7.0 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake
- Video: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Fire
- The Great Hurricane of 1938
| LNG Import Terminal Projects Abandoned Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT Several LNG, liquefied natural gas, import terminals in the United States have gone from being highly promoted to abandoned. The killer for these projects is the recent development of shale gas resources in several parts of the country.  |
| Extensive Flooding in Southern Pakistan Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:57 PM PDT Earth Observatory has a satellite image pair that shows before and after images of flooding near the cities of Thatta and Sujawal, Pakistan. Sujawal and surrounding lands suffered severe flooding. “As floodwaters headed south, some northern parts of the country began to slowly dry out, although survivors had to cope with homelessness, hunger, and waterborne [...]  |
| Carbon-Based Building Blocks of Life on Mars Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:30 PM PDT “Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA’s Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building blocks of life.” Quoted from the NASA press release.  |
| Bokan Mountain, Alaska Heavy Rare Earth Project Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT The United States currently imports most of its rare earth minerals from China. A newly discovered deposit in Alaska might be the largest documented heavy rare earth elements deposit in the United States.  |
| Lowest Amazon River Level in 40 Years for Peru Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT The water level of the Amazon River has dipped to a 40-year low in north-eastern Peru, causing disruption in the transportation of food and supplies.  |
| M 7.0 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:24 AM PDT A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred about 20 miles northwest of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday, September 4 at 4:35 AM local time. USGS instrumental intensities are up to IX.  |
| Video: Mariner Energy Oil Platform Fire Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:57 AM PDT This video provides an overview of yesterday’s Mariner Energy oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a production platform servicing existing wells, not a drilling rig like the one associated with the BP spill.  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:38 AM PDT In 1938 a powerful hurricane hit the coast of New York and New England, killing at least 50 people on Long Island and over 600 at other locations. It destroyed over 50,000 homes.  |
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