Archive for January, 2011

Is The New Madrid Fault Earthquake Zone Coming To Life?

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

About 200 years ago, in 1811 and 1812, there were four earthquakes that were so powerful in the area of the New Madrid fault zone that they are still talked about today. All four of the quakes were estimated to have been magnitude-7.0 or greater. It is said that those earthquakes opened deep [...]

Abu Dhabi weather project ‘creates man-made rainstorms’

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

They have been using giant ionisers, shaped like giant lampshades, to generate fields of negatively charged particles, which create cloud formation.

2,600-year-old Celtic tomb discovered in Germany

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

An ancient hill fort at Heuneburg found the 13-by-16-foot burial chamber in an excellent state of preservation and still containing gold and amber jewellery placed there seven years before the birth of Christ.

4 and 20 blackbirds, and 3,000, dead in the sky

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

“I turn and look across my yard, and there’s all these lumps,” said Shane Roberts, who thought hail was falling until he saw a dazed blackbird beneath his truck. His 16-year-old daughter, Alex, spent Saturday morning picking them up. “Their legs are really squishy,” the teen said.
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Karpen’s Pile

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Karpen’s Pile: A Battery That Produces Energy Continuously Since 1950 Exists in Romanian Museum.
Half a century ago, the pile’s inventor had said it will work forever, and so far it looks like he was right. Karpen’s perpetual motion machine now sits secured right in the director’s office. It has been called “the uniform-temperature thermoelectric [...]

Partial Solar Eclipse - January 04, 2011

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Tomorrow we will have the first of four Solar eclipse of the year 2011.
The first solar eclipse of 2011 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in eastern Sagittarius. A partial eclipse will be visible from much of Europe, North Africa and central Asia (Figure 1).
The penumbral shadow first touches Earth’s surface in northern Algeria [...]

Major Volcanic Eruptions of 2010

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Major Volcanic Eruptions of 2010
1. Eyjafjallajökul, Iceland
2. Mount Merapi, Indonesia
3. Tungurahua, Ecuador
4. Pacaya, Guatemala
5. Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka, Russia
6. Sheveluch, Kamchatka, Russia
7. Santiaguito, Guatemala
8. Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
9. Kizimen, Kamchatka, Russia
10. Cleveland, Alaska
11. Manam, Papua New Guinea
12. Soufrière Hills, British West Indies
13. Reventador, Ecuador
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A Magnesium Deficiency Increases Cancer Risk Significantly

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Interesting article. Not to forget that magnesium is present in fresh leafy green vegetables. The darker green the veggies the more magnesium
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Snow in Desert

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

…  Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, dusted with snow.