Showing posts with label GEOLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GEOLOGY. Show all posts
Sunday, September 28, 2014

NASA VIDEO | THE MYSTERIOUS HOLES IN THE ATMOSPHERE ON VENUS

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Friday, August 22, 2014

CLIMATE CHANGE AND MAMMALS OF THE PAST

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FROM:  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION  Understanding how ancestors of today's mammals responded to climate change Research provides va...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

THE 'BONANZA KING' OF MARS

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FROM:  NASA   The pale rocks in the foreground of this fisheye image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover include the "Bonanza Ki...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

SCIENTISTS REPORT CALIFORNIA GROUNDWATER DEPLETION MAY INCREASE EARTHQUAKE RISK

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FROM:  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION  California Central Valley groundwater depletion slowly raises Sierra Nevada mountains Changes may t...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

MATHEMATICIAN SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND MUDSLIDES

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FROM:  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION The uphill challenge Understanding mudslides and other debris flows through mathematics Mudslides....
Monday, April 28, 2014

NASA VIEWS VOLCANOES FROM RESEARCH PLANE

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FROM:  NASA  Right:  The conical Guatemalan volcano in the center is "Volcan de Agua." The two volcanoes behind it are, right t...
Friday, April 18, 2014

VIEW OF THE GRAND CANYON FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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FROM:  NASA  The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is a favorite for astronauts shooting photos from the International Space Station, as...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

SHADOWY FIGURE ON THE MARTIAN SLOPES

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FROM:  NASA Shadow Portrait of NASA Rover Opportunity on Martian Slope NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity caught its own s...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

COULD MT. HOOD GO BOOM

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FROM:  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION  Volcanoes, including Mount Hood in the US, can quickly become active Magma stored for thousands of yea...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

LANDSAT 8 CELEBRATES ONE YEAR IN SPACE

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FROM:  NASA  On Feb. 11, 2013, the Landsat 8 satellite rocketed into a sunny California morning aboard a powerful Atlas V and began its ...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

NASA INFO ON MT. EVEREST

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FROM:  NASA    Fourteen mountain peaks on Earth stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). The tallest of these “eight-thousanders” i...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

SCIENTISTS FIND EARLY MONKEY-APE SPLIT

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Olive Baboon.  Credit:  Wikimedia. FROM: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Mo...