Archive for March, 2011

Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world’s largest lava lake

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2012 – Doom ain’t What It Used to Be.

Friday, March 4th, 2011

From Cliff High at Half Past Human…
The good news includes the thought that no continent crossing waves of 2+ kilometers height are likely to occur. However, as the expansion occurs, there will be huge waves probably as high as 800 meters or so, or near the theoretic maximum limit in wave height rising into land. [...]

A 2012 viewpoint…

Friday, March 4th, 2011

There is ample evidence in the literature of ancient civilizations that such disasters have occured in the past and also clues that they knew when another such calamity would occur. The Dresden Codex of the Maya for instance, contains the secrets of the sunspot cycle, about which our modern astronomers know almost nothing!

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English gardener banned from vegetable show for ‘being too good’

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

“This is my hobby and I have been supporting their show for four years. I find the request very insulting - it is a competition so I would have thought it is down to other growers to try harder if they want to beat me,” he said.
“I want nothing more to do with the society. [...]