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- Spectacular Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea
- Extending the Appalachian Trail to Europe and Africa
- Rapid Magnetic Reversal
- NASA to Send Probe into Sun’s Atmosphere
- NASA’s GPS Rescue System Saves 28,000 Lives
- Pavement Deicing Leading to High Chloride Levels in Streams
- Signs of Oil Near Greenland
- Winds Spread Wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma
| Spectacular Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:01 PM PDT “The ocean’s canvas swirls with turquoise, teal, navy, and green [...] painted by a massive phytoplankton bloom made up of millions of tiny, light-reflecting organisms growing in the sunlit surface waters of the Barents Sea.” Quoted from the NASA image release.  |
| Extending the Appalachian Trail to Europe and Africa Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:43 PM PDT The Appalachian Trail is an extremely popular hiking route in the United States and the International Appalachian Trail has been popular in Canada. Now, there are hopes of extending the trail across sites in Europe and Africa that have a plate tectonics connection.  |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT Reversals of Earth’s magnetic field occur about once every 200,000 years and require a few thousand years to slowly change. A Reuters article describes one reversal that occurred very fast.  |
| NASA to Send Probe into Sun’s Atmosphere Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:15 PM PDT “NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018. The small car-sized spacecraft will plunge directly into the sun’s atmosphere approximately four million miles from our star’s surface.” – Quoted from the [...]  |
| NASA’s GPS Rescue System Saves 28,000 Lives Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:12 PM PDT “The captain whose vessel had become disabled near Kamalino, Hawaii, the pilot who crashed onto the Knik Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska, and the hiker who suffered a compound fracture while hiking near Merritt, Washington, all share a common experience: They were plucked to safety in the weeks leading up to the Labor Day weekend due [...]  |
| Pavement Deicing Leading to High Chloride Levels in Streams Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:02 PM PDT “The use of salt to deice pavement can leave urban streams toxic to aquatic life, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study on the influence of winter runoff in northern U.S. cities, with a special focus on eastern Wisconsin and Milwaukee.” – Quoted from the USGS news release.  |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:25 PM PDT Small amounts of gas have been discovered in Baffin Bay, to the southwest of Greenland. The drilling company, Cairn Energy, believes this could lead to the discovery of oil in the region.  |
| Winds Spread Wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:02 PM PDT High winds have helped spread several wildfires in the states of Colorado and Oklahoma. About 230 houses and 120 campsites have been evacuated.  |
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