Wed
08/20 | Wind-speed racer
Fossil fuels are going the way of the dinosaurs, says ecoentrepreneur Dale Vince. The future of fuel, he believes, is wind power. To prove his point, Mr. Vince will pilot a thin “land yacht” across an Australian salt lake – and if all goes well he could break the land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. He and Richard Jenkins, an engineer and fellow Briton, designed the “Greenbird” as a carbon-neutral craft capable of sailing four to six times faster than the wind that carries it. With the right breeze, the two hope to blow past 116 miles an hour and into the record books. The Greenbird is a spindly thing. (more…) |
Wed
08/20 | A picture of climate change in the Himalayas
Photos from historic Everest expedition reveal extent of subsequent glacier retreat. |
Wed
08/20 | Leak leaves Antarctic observatory blinded |
Tue
08/19 | Hungry Musk-Oxen, Caribou Could Help Warming Arctic
Large grazing animals temper the effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems by keeping plant explosions in check, according to a new study. |
Wed
08/20 | New sea change forecasts present a slimy picture
Earth’s oceans are on the brink of massive change. You see it in such details as the hordes of Pacific mollusks that researchers have identified as ready to invade the North Atlantic as a thawing Arctic Ocean opens the way. You also see it in broad trends: A new overview warns that such relentless human impacts as overfishing or agricultural pollution – as well as global warming – threaten mass extinctions of marine life. Jeremy Jackson at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who made that overview, notes that this is “not a happy picture.” He says that “the only way to keep one’s sanity and try to achieve real success is to carve out sectors of the problem that can be addressed in effective terms and get on with it as quickly as possible.” For example, policymakers and governments can work aggressively to get international agreement on sustainable fishing practices that really work. They can vigorously pursue development and implementation of nonpolluting farming. Change is a way of life in the ocean. It’s been going on since the planet formed. Even the potential mollusk invasion has a long history. Geerat Vermeij with the University of California at Davis and Peter Roopnarine at the California Academy of Sciences traced that history in last week’s issue of the journal Science. Pacific Ocean mollusks were invading the North Atlantic during a relatively warm period 3.5 million years ago. The scientists note that computer-based climate forecasts expect similar conditions to return by 2050 with a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean. Millions of years ago, abundant food and stiff competition in the Bering and Chuckchi Seas developed a population of shellfish bigger and tougher than Atlantic animals. These tough guys rode a northward water flow across the ice-free North Pole into the Atlantic. The researchers now have identified at least 77 lineages of equally rugged shallow-water shellfish in the Bering Sea that are ready to make that trip again. They explain that the earlier invasion led to new North Atlantic species but did not cause significant extinctions. They say that a new invasion will also change the makeup of North Atlantic communities. They add: “But whether that will harm local fisheries is an open question. Humans may have to adapt as well.” Millions of years ago, only nature was at work. Now the human impacts Professor Jackson reviewed last week in the online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have become a wild card in the game. Jackson explains that mass extinction does not mean loss of all ocean life. But key elements of long established healthy food webs such as fish and sharks are disappearing. He warns that intricate food webs that feature large animals are being converted into simplistic ecosystems dominated by microbes, toxic algal blooms, jellyfish, and disease. It’s what the Scripps’ announcement of this research calls the “rise of slime.” Jackson identifies coral reefs and estuaries and coastal seas that suffer from overfishing and farm runoff as “critically endangered.” Saving these critically endangered ecosystems would be a good place to start the long-term efforts to save the entire ocean from man-made devastation. |
Wed
08/20 | eBay insect fossil is new species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species. |
Wed
08/20 | Resilient storm Fay could hit Florida a third time
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and soaked the state on Tuesday while growing strong enough that forecasters said it could become a hurricane before smacking Florida a third time. |
Tue
08/19 | Natural Hazards: Storm: Tropical Storm Fay
Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm system of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season after... |
Mon
08/18 | Hurricane Warning for Florida; Keys Economy Already Hit
With tropical storm Fay strengthening, hurricane conditions are expected for much of Florida. In the Keys, though, Fay is already forcing a gloomy economic forecast. |
Mon
08/18 | August Science Picks Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds
In this edition of Science Picks , discover new information on the Arctic's oil and gas resources, learn about a magnitude-5.4 earthquake that rattled Los Angeles, and find out about recent explosive eruptions of volcanoes in Alaska. Learn about carbon farming, a plague vaccine for endangered ferrets, and how lead shot and sinkers are impacting nearby fish and wildlife. The 2008 Olympics games are underway; do you know how the Chinese culture is being incorporated into the medals? Learn about these science facts and much more! If you would like to receive Science Picks via e-mail, would like to change the recipient, or no longer want to receive it, please e-mail jrobertson@usgs.gov . August Highlights: 90 Billion Barrels of Oil and 1,670 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas Assessed in the Arctic Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Area Explosive Eruption of Kasatochi, Cleveland, and Okmok Volcanoes in Alaska Carbon Farm: Capturing Atmospheric CO 2 Ouch! Taking a Shot at Plague: Vaccine for Endangered Ferrets Lead Shot and Sinkers: Weighty Implications for Fish and Wildlife Health Olympic Medals: New Design Reflects Chinese Culture Spring Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf Estimated Among Highest in Three Decades Climate Impacts Mosquito Abundance in California Prehistoric Packrats Piled Up Clues to Climate Change Parasites Weigh In: Small Size - Big Impact Unsure about Climate Change? Just ask your Local Fish and Big-Game Species The First Step Home? Salmon's Journey Back to Upper Klamath Lake Saltwater Contamination Monitored Daily in Brunswick, Ga. |
Mon
08/18 | Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic
Data from a Greenland ice core indicates that coal burning is the prime source of heavy metal pollution in the Arctic. |
Mon
08/18 | Tropical Storm Fay Lashes Cuba En Route to Florida
This hurricane season's sixth storm, known as Tropical Storm Fay, may prove the first to hit Florida. And it will likely reach hurricane strength before striking the Florida Keys. Presently churning over Cuba--where it is unleashing 50 mile-per-hour winds and torrential rains--the storm will likely gather strength over the open water between that island nation and the U.S. coast. [More] |
Mon
08/18 | Tracking Tropical Storm Fay
Check with NOAA's National Hurricane Center for the latest forecast for Fay in the western Atlantic Ocean. |
Sun
08/17 | Mummified remains from 1948 Alaska plane crash identified
Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier. |
Mon
08/18 | Fay batters Cuba coast, en route to Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay raked Cuba's southern coast with gusty winds and heavy rains on Sunday and was expected to move ashore overnight before heading to Florida as a likely hurricane. |
Mon
07/14 | Tracking Tropical Storm Bertha
Check with NOAA's National Hurricane Center for the latest forecast for Bertha in the western Atlantic Ocean. |
Wed
06/04 | Tornado Season Could Be Record
This year may set records for tornadoes and tornado-related deaths. Only halfway through the season and there have already been 111 tornado-related deaths, making it the deadliest tornado season since 1998. |
Mon
06/02 | Hurricane Preparedness
Reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster. Learn what to do before, during and after a storm at NOAA’s Hurricane Preparedness Web site. |
Thu
06/05 | Severe Storms for Central USA
NOAA's National Weather Service is forecasting severe weather through this weekend in parts of the central U.S. Be sure to have a NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards for life-saving warning information. |
Wed
05/21 | Government Lab Selected to Develop Key NPOESS Sensor
The NPOESS Integrated Program Office has selected the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop the microwave imager/sounder sensor planned for the next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites. The sensor will bring improved data and imagery, paving the way for better weather forecasts, severe-weather monitoring and climate change assessment. |
Mon
05/19 | NOAA Expects Slightly Below Average Central Pacific Hurricane Season
NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu expects three to four tropical cyclones in the central Pacific basin in 2008, a slightly below average season. |
Tue
05/13 | Dean, Felix, and Noel Retired From List of Storm Names
The names Dean, Felix, and Noel, three of the most devastating storms of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, were retired by members of the 30th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee during its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. |
Fri
05/02 | Key Climate Sensor Restored to NPOESS
A sensor considered critical in monitoring global climate will be restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) top officials from NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force said yesterday. |
Fri
05/02 | Arctic, Antarctic: Poles Apart in Climate Response
While the Arctic and the Antarctic experience similar greenhouse gas levels and solar radiation, each region responds in a dramatically different way, especially in temperature and loss of sea ice, says an international team of scientists that includes a NOAA oceanographer. While the Arctic is warming, most of Antarctica is not, largely because of the ozone hole, but projections indicate that is likely to change. |
Wed
04/09 | Take a Virtual Tour of the National Hurricane Center
A tour of the NOAA National Hurricane Center is now as close as your computer with the inauguration of a new virtual online tour of the famous forecast center. The Web site, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/nhctour.shtml, provides panoramic views of different areas of the facility, accompanied by audio and text descriptions. |
Mon
04/07 | NOAA Aircraft to Probe Arctic Pollution
NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming — and summertime sea ice is melting — faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government and university colleagues in Fairbanks, Alaska, to conduct the study through April 23. |
Fri
03/28 | NOAA Studies Pollutants in Ice-Free Region of Arctic
A field study now under way is looking at the pollutants within the Arctic atmosphere – called “Arctic Haze” – including their sources, concentrations, and climate impact, in an ice-free region. |
Mon
03/10 | Hurricane Forecasters Bring Preparedness Message to Mexico and Caribbean
NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of public events the week of March 23rd in five coastal communities in Mexico and the Caribbean to urge residents to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. |
Fri
02/29 | Specialized Surface Wind Instruments Fly Onboard Nation’s Hurricane Hunter Fleet
For the first time, America’s entire fleet of aircraft that fly through hurricanes now have instruments that measure surface winds, giving forecasters at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center a better view of the intensity and the size of these powerful storm systems. |
Fri
02/22 | Increased Hurricane Losses Due to More People, Wealth Along Coastlines, Not Stronger Storms, New Study Says
A team of scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. over time due to greater population, infrastructure, and wealth on the U.S. coastlines, and not to any spike in the number or intensity of hurricanes. |
Wed
02/13 | NOAA and Shell Oil Company Launch Enhanced Ocean Observations Project in Gulf of Mexico
NOAA and the Shell Oil Company have signed a cooperative agreement to place meteorological and oceanographic observation sensors on seven Shell oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Once installed, the suite of observation equipment will become a vital component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), providing valuable data for use in hurricane research, forecasting, and coastal resource management. |
Wed
02/13 | NOAA Names Kyger to Manage Nation’s Climate and Weather Supercomputer
Ben Kyger has been selected to manage the day-to-day operations of the nation’s weather and climate supercomputers that give federal, private and broadcast meteorologists the latest forecasts and models for national weather, daily air quality, U.S. hazards assessments, drought, hurricane, and seasonal outlooks. |
Mon
02/11 | NOAA “Hurricane Hunter” Flies into Pacific Winter Storms Out of Oregon
In an effort to improve forecasts released 12 and 72 hours before a winter storm, NOAA is flying its WP-3D “hurricane hunter” aircraft into severe weather over the Pacific Ocean from a temporary base in Portland, Ore. The aircraft is acquiring atmospheric data from severe winter storms originating over the Pacific Ocean that will affect the continental United States. |
Tue
01/22 | NOAA Administrator Expresses Concern over Satellite Contractor Delay
NOAA’s top official today expressed concern that a contractor’s slow development of a critical new sensor will delay its delivery for a scheduled launch of a precursor mission for the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). |
Tue
01/22 | Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls
A warming global ocean — influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms — could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings by NOAA climate scientists. |
Thu
11/29 | NOAA Service Assessment on Enterprise Tornado Demonstrates Need to Build Hazard Resilient Communities
Enterprise (Ala.) High School officials and students followed appropriate safety measures prior to and during the March 1 tornado outbreak which killed eight students, but the event further demonstrated the need for such facilities to have hardened safe rooms, according to a NOAA National Weather Service assessment released today. |
Mon
11/26 | NOAA Researcher: 2002 Drought Left Millions of Tons of Extra Carbon Dioxide in Earth’s Atmosphere
A new NOAA study, appearing in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows how a prolonged drought in North America in 2002 cut the continent’s natural uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) in half, leaving more than 360 million tons more of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in Earth’s atmosphere. |
Mon
11/05 | Pilotless Aircraft Flies Toward Eye of Hurricane for First Time
A pilotless hurricane hunter is being flown by remote control into hurricane force winds for the first time to give researchers from NOAA and NASA a real time, low altitude look at a storm with hurricane category 1 winds hovering around 80 miles per hour. |
Thu
11/01 | Antarctic Ozone Hole Returns to Near Average Levels
The size of this year's Antarctic ozone hole is slightly above the 10-year average in both depth and overall area, NOAA scientists announced today. |
Thu
11/01 | NOAA Reports Record-Setting Tornado Outbreak for October
A total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from October 17-19 – a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. |
Mon
07/07 | NOAA Tracking Hurricane Bertha
The season's first hurricane brewing in the Atlantic. |
Sun
08/17 | Mummified remains from 1948 plane crash identified
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier.... |
Sat
08/16 | A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic
A growing array of military leaders, Arctic experts and lawmakers say the United States is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard Arctic waters. |
Sun
08/17 | Tropical storm poses hurricane threat to U.S.
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay threatened to become a hurricane as it moved toward Cuba and Florida after drenching Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and killing at least two people. |
Sat
08/16 | Tropical Storm Fay forms over Dominican Republic
MIAMI (Reuters) - The sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Friday over the Dominican Republic and was expected to track westward in the direction of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. |
Fri
08/15 | Canada to search for Arctic explorer's ships
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Friday it will search for two fabled British explorer ships that disappeared in the Arctic more than 160 years ago. Environment Minister John Baird announced the Parks Canada-led search for British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's ships. The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were last seen in the late-1840s.... |
Fri
08/15 | Ancient Bacteria Uses Arsenic to Grow
Scientists have discovered ancient bacteria that rely on arsenic, rather than water, to grow during photosynthesis. Analysis indicates that this process probably dates back a few billion years. This discovery adds an important new dimension to the arsenic cycle and highlights a previously unsuspected process that may have been essential for establishing the arsenic cycle on the ancient Earth. Results are published in Science . Scientists sampled two small hot spring-fed ponds on the south-eastern shore of Paoha Island in Mono Lake, CA. The springs were termed "green" and "red" based on the colors of the microbiological films in the pools that were studied. Samples from these springs oxidized the highly toxic Arsenic(III) to the less toxic and less mobile Arsenic(V) by light-dependent photosynthetic reaction that occurred in the absence of oxygen. The scientists also isolated a photosynthetic bacterium that demonstrated As(III)-dependent growth under anoxic conditions. NASA's Exobiology Program helped to fund the research along with the USGS. Collaborating colleagues in the diverse, team-oriented aspects of the experimental work were from Duquesne University (Prof. J.F. Stolz; Pittsburgh, PA) University of Georgia (Prof. J.T. Hollibaugh and Dr. J.Fisher); Athens, GA), Southern Illinois University (Prof. M. Madigan, and Dr. M.Asao), the USGS in Menlo Park, CA (Dr. R.S. Oremland, Dr. T.R. Kulp, S.E. Hoeft, and L.G. Miller) and the USGS Water Science Center in Maine (C.W. Culbertson). Arsenic is a chemical element and is a natural constituent of the Earth's crust. It occurs naturally in rocks, soil, water, air, plants and animals. When in the natural environment, arsenic usually binds to other molecules, such as those found in soils, and does not tend to travel very far. The average concentration of arsenic in soils in the United States varies considerably. Arsenic can be released into the environment through natural processes such as volcanic activity, erosion of rocks and forest fires. Human actions, such as agricultural practices, mining, smelting and combustion of fossil fuels also contribute to arsenic releases in the environment. |
Fri
08/15 | New York City given tornado warning
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers were urged to take shelter on Friday due to a tornado warning for the Bronx, just north of Manhattan, which was covered with dark skies and swirling clouds. |
Fri
08/15 | Tropical storm forms over Dominican Republic
MIAMI (Reuters) - The sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Friday over the Dominican Republic and was expected to track westward in the direction of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. |
Fri
08/15 | Tropical depression may form near Puerto Rico
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The tropical wave over Puerto Rico could become a tropical depression any time Friday as the system moves toward Hispaniola, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report. |
Wed
08/13 | PHOTOS: Arctic Ice Loss in Japan Hits Tourism, Wildlife
In northern Japan, declines in drifting Arctic sea ice are raising fears that global warming will impact wildlife and tourism at Shiretoko National Park. |
Wed
08/13 | The Titan Tornado: After Landing on a Freeway in a Homebuilt Plane, Don't Take Off Again
It seems that the pilot of a Titan Tornado (their site was down as of late this afternoon) ultralight aircraft--a single-seat, homebuilt hot-rod capable of hitting 90 mph--had some trouble on Tues. morning when cruising over San Bernardino County’s Mojave Valley, which straddles the California-Arizona border. According to the Associated Press, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on the westbound lanes of the Interstate 40 connector road to Interstate 95. [More] |
Wed
08/13 | Vanishing Arctic Ice May Hurt Japan's Wildlife, Tourism
Recent declines in drift ice around the Shiretoko Peninsula are raising fears of global warming's impact on the local ecosystem -- and endangering winter tourism. |
Wed
08/13 | Making a Solar Cell Component without Using Fossil Fuels
Solar energy is touted by some as the solution to the world's energy woes. But the process of making the various components requires fossil fuels, both for power and for the components themselves, some of which are based on petroleum. [More] |
Wed
08/13 | Making Solar Energy Component Without Using Fossil Fuels
Solar energy is touted by some as the solution to the world's energy woes. But the process of making the various components requires fossil fuels, both for power and for the components themselves, some of which are based on petroleum. [More] |
Tue
08/12 | Unlikely Victims of Banning CFCs--Asthma Sufferers
A federal ban on ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to conform with the Clean Air Act, is, ironically, affecting 22.9 million people in the U.S. who suffer from asthma. Generic inhaled albuterol, which is the most commonly prescribed short-acting asthma medication and requires CFCs to propel it into the lungs, will no longer be legally sold after December 31, 2008. Physicians and patients are questioning the wisdom of the ban, which will have an insignificant effect on ozone but a measurable impact on wallets: the reformulated brand-name alternatives can be three times as expensive, raising the cost to about $40 per inhaler. The issue is even more disconcerting considering that asthma disproportionately affects the poor and that, according to recent surveys, an estimated 20 percent of asthma patients are uninsured. “The decision to make the change was political, not medical or scientific,” says pharmacist Leslie Hendeles of the University of Florida, who co-authored a 2007 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine explaining the withdrawal and transition. In 1987 Congress signed on to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, an international treaty requiring the phasing out of all nonessential uses of CFCs. At that time, medical inhalers were considered an essential use because no viable alternative propellant existed. In 1989 pharmaceutical companies banded together and eventually, in 1996, reformulated albuterol with hydrofluoroalkane (HFA), an ozone-safe propellant. After more than one brand of HFA-albuterol became available, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared in 2005 that CFC inhalers were no longer essential and must be completely off the shelves by the last day of this year. [More] |
Wed
08/13 | Tropical depression less likely in Atlantic: NHC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical wave heading toward the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas became less organized overnight and the U.S. National Hurricane Center canceled an aircraft scheduled to investigate the system, the NHC said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report. |
Tue
08/12 | Tagged Elephant Seals Survey Antarctic Waters
Sensor-equipped elephant seals are effective alternatives to satellites and survey ships that can't study ice-covered Antarctic oceans during winter, a new study says. |
Wed
08/13 | Don't be Left Out! Three Months to ShakeOut
Thousands Join Each Day, You Can Too Three months from today, at 10 a.m. on November 13, millions of southern Californians will drop to the ground, take cover under a table or desk, and hold on. An earthquake prediction? No. But it is certain that the Great Southern California ShakeOut is on track to being the largest earthquake drill in United States history. As of today, over 1.7 million people have been registered at www.ShakeOut.org , with over 200 schools and districts leading the effort by scheduling their annual earthquake drills on November 13. The goal is to involve at least 5 million people. "Something remarkable is hppening-people are seeing this as an unprecedented opportunity to really get themselves, their organizations, and their communities prepared," said Mark Benthien, director for Outreach at the Southern California Earthquake Center at USC. Many participants will go even further with full-scale drills of how they will speed their recovery in a massive earthquake. "Every day we hear from schools, businesses, and many others about what they are planning and how they are excited to be a part of the ShakeOut, and to encourage others to participate." Why? An enormous earthquake is in Southern California's future, and the ShakeOut Drill is a chance to practice so residents are ready when it happens. ShakeOut is based on a potential magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault-approximately 5,000 times larger than the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that shook southern California on July 29. Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey has led a group of over 300 scientists, engineers, and others to study the likely consequences of this potential earthquake in great detail. The result is the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario (urbanearth.usgs.gov), which is also the basis of this year's statewide emergency response exercise, Golden Guardian 2008 ( www.ohs.ca.gov ). "All this is coming together in a way that has never happened before," said Dr. Jones. "What's really rewarding as a scientist is to see how the scientific foundation provided by the ShakeOut Scenario seems to be inspiring real preparedness actions throughout the region. This is important because it's what we do now, before a big earthquake, that will determine what our lives will be like after." Detailed instructions for how to participate and get prepared for earthquakes are on the ShakeOut website. Here are key aspects of the ShakeOut: ShakeOut is organized by the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA), a partnership of earthquake professionals, emergency responders, business leaders, and community activists. The group has been planning the ShakeOut since 2006. Major organizations include the USGS, Southern California Earthquake Center, California Office of Emergency Services, City of Los Angeles, Art Center College of Design, State Farm, and California Institute of Technology. To be able to reach communities throughout southern California, the ECA is launching "Regional Associate" groups in each county: The San Bernardino County group has its initial meeting today and is co-chaired by County Supervisor Brad Mitzenfelt and ESRI President Jack Dangermond. The Los Angeles Group will meet on August 21 and is led by County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman. Riverside County Associates are led by County Emergency Manager Peter Lent and Congresswoman Mary Bono. San Diego County Associates are led by County Emergency Manager Ron Lane and two Fire Chiefs. Orange County Associates are led by County Emergency Manager Donna Boston. Associate groups for other counties are in formation. Sponsors of the Great Southern California ShakeOut activities include USGS, National Science Foundation, FEMA, California Office of Emergency Services, City of Los Angeles, State Farm, California Earthquake Authority, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Tyco Electronics, Provention Consortium, Dewberry, Degenkolb, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Institute for Business & Home Safety, ABC7, and others soon to be announced. Organizations wishing to support ShakeOut activities can learn more at www.ShakeOut.org/sponsors . In addition to the ShakeOut drill, the City of Los Angeles and the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative are hosting an International Earthquake Conference November 12-14, bringing together over 45 international experts to discuss policy, planning, and preparedness with U.S. counterparts. Online registration is available, and early registration incentives are available through the end of August. More information can be found at www.iec.lacity.org . On Friday, November 14, Art Center College of Design will present the "Get Ready Rally" at the new Nokia LA Live in downtown Los Angeles to engage the public in earthquake preparedness . All southern Californians are invited to celebrate the success of the Drill and share their experiences. There will be food, entertainment, and vendors. To participate, go to www.ShakeOut.org and pledge your family, school, business, or organization's participation in the drill. Registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill, encourage others to participate, and improve their earthquake preparedness. It all begins with registering, which is free and open to everyone. |
Wed
08/13 | Elephant seals join fight against climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said. |
Tue
08/12 | Unlikely Victims of Banning CFCs--Asthma Sufferers [Scientific American Magazine]
A federal ban on ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to conform with the Clean Air Act, is, ironically, affecting 22.9 million people in the U.S. who suffer from asthma. Generic inhaled albuterol, which is the most commonly prescribed short-acting asthma medication and requires CFCs to propel it into the lungs, will no longer be legally sold after December 31, 2008. Physicians and patients are questioning the wisdom of the ban, which will have an insignificant effect on ozone but a measurable impact on wallets: the reformulated brand-name alternatives can be three times as expensive, raising the cost to about $40 per inhaler. The issue is even more disconcerting considering that asthma disproportionately affects the poor and that, according to recent surveys, an estimated 20 percent of asthma patients are uninsured. “The decision to make the change was political, not medical or scientific,” says pharmacist Leslie Hendeles of the University of Florida, who co-authored a 2007 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine explaining the withdrawal and transition. In 1987 Congress signed on to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, an international treaty requiring the phasing out of all nonessential uses of CFCs. At that time, medical inhalers were considered an essential use because no viable alternative propellant existed. In 1989 pharmaceutical companies banded together and eventually, in 1996, reformulated albuterol with hydrofluoroalkane (HFA), an ozone-safe propellant. After more than one brand of HFA-albuterol became available, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared in 2005 that CFC inhalers were no longer essential and must be completely off the shelves by the last day of this year. [More] |
Mon
08/11 | Need Antarctic data: Send in the seals
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals. The polar regions are expected to be especially sensitive to climate change, but collecting data has been a problem, especially in the wind-whipped Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.... |
Mon
08/11 | Elephant seals enlisted in study of Antarctic seas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have enlisted some burly help as they try to get a better understanding of the remote south polar marine environment -- and these assistants don't mind the wet or the cold one little bit. |
Mon
08/11 | Bush Administration More Than Quadruples 2009 Hurricane Forecast Improvement Budget Request to $17 Million
The Bush Administration is bolstering funding for hurricane research and forecast improvements by $13 million to accelerate NOAA scientists’ ability to more accurately forecast tropical storms, hurricane intensity, the paths of these storms, and related storm surges. |
Fri
08/08 | Shellfish May Invade North Atlantic As Ice Melts
If Arctic sea ice melts, as expected, a mollusk migration will resume for the first time in 3.5 million years, scientists say. |
Thu
08/07 | Increased Chances for Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has increased the likelihood of an above-normal hurricane season and raised the total number of named storms and hurricanes that may form. |
Thu
08/07 | Cement from CO2: A Concrete Cure for Global Warming? [News]
The turbines at Moss Landing power plant on the California coast burn through natural gas to pump out more than 1,000 megawatts of electric power. The 700-degree Fahrenheit (370-degree Celsius) fumes left over contain at least 30,000 parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2)--the primary greenhouse gas responsible for global warming--along with other pollutants. [More] |
Tue
08/05 | Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots
Scientists say they have drawn up the first detailed map showing Arctic areas that could become the centre of border disputes. |
Wed
08/06 | National Briefing | Northwest: Alaska: Suit Filed Over Polar Bears
The state has sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, seeking to reverse his decision to give polar bears protection under the Endangered Species Act. |
Tue
08/05 | What’s black and dirty and messing with the climate?
Soot nags at climate scientists like a child demanding a parent’s attention. While soot has played a minor role compared with the rock stars of climate change – carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases – that perspective is changing. Recent research suggests that black carbon soot must be reckoned with. Soot particles affect cloud formation and precipitation. Because it absorbs sunlight, soot can cool the surface while warming air aloft. The balance between such warming and cooling affects regional climates. Last week, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences carried a report by Renyi Zhang at Texas A&M University and colleagues on the first study of what happens when the dirty black particles soak up sulfuric acid. This combination significantly changes the role these particles play in the atmosphere. These changes could have “profound implications on visibility, human health, and direct and indirect climate forcing,” the scientists note, adding that the details of these processes “remain highly uncertain, considerably hindering efforts to assess their impact on visibility, human health, and climate.” Clearing up that uncertainty should be a research priority. Last March, V. Ramanathan at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Greg Carmichael at the University of Iowa reviewed what’s known about soot’s effects in Nature Geoscience. They noted that black carbon pollution could be the most powerful agent driving global warming after carbon dioxide. They said it’s time “to examine if black carbon is also having a large role in the retreat of arctic sea ice and Himalayan glaciers as suggested by recent studies.” Part of the problem in assessing soot’s environmental role is knowing where it’s coming from. Wildfires, fossil fuel combustion, and burning vegetation for farming all produce the black particles. Many such sources are known on all continents. Yet scientists have literally been missing the boat on one source. Last month, Daniel Lack with NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory and colleagues published the first extensive study of ship emissions in Geophysical Research Letters. They find that large ships emit twice as much soot as anyone thought. They singled out tugboats as special offenders because they emit more soot per gallon of fuel burned than any other vessels. Ship soot has a big effect off coastlines and in harbors where there is major shipping traffic. The scientists warn that this could be a new and important environmental factor in the Arctic when global warming melts enough ice to open the Arctic Ocean to significant summertime shipping. Yet they note that “commercial shipping emissions have been one of the least studied areas of all combustion emissions.” Ship soot would add to the wildfire smoke that already is increasing over the Arctic. The fire season seems to be intensifying as the Arctic warms. Whether more sootiness would retard or enhance that warming is not known. Finding out what might happen is one more reason that soot should join the other “rock stars” on center stage of the climate change show. |
Tue
08/05 | News: Patagonian Glacier Yields Clues for Improved Understanding of Global Climate Change
Patagonia was thought to be subjected mainly to westerly winds off the Pacific, but a dual ice core... |
Tue
08/05 | Prehistoric Antarctic Bugs and Plants Discovered
Half the world's primate species face extinction due to hunting and habitat loss, says a new report one expert calls "absolutely horrifying." |
Mon
08/04 | What will Tropical Storm Edouard do? [60-Second Science Blog]
The season’s third potential hurricane looks like it won’t build up enough steam to reach hurricane status, meteorologists said earlier today. But Tropical Storm Edouard continues on a path projected to have it come ashore tomorrow morning near Galveston, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau has calculated that 5.4 million people living in Texas and Louisiana may feel the effects of the storm, including flooding and power outages. In a lone bit of good news, oil prices came down a few notches today as forecasters predicted that Tropical Storm Edouard would not threaten Gulf Coast oil rigs and refineries. The nearly $4 drop brought oil prices to a three-month low, with the cost per barrel briefly dipping under the $120 mark, according to the AP. [More] |
Mon
08/04 | "New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming
Newly identified types of Antarctic killer whales feed off of ice shelves that may soon be gone, due to global warming. |
Mon
08/04 | What will Tropical Storm Eduardo do? [60-Second Science Blog]
The season’s third potential hurricane looks like it won’t build up enough steam to reach hurricane status, meteorologists said earlier today. But Tropical Storm Edouard continues on a path projected to have it come ashore tomorrow morning near Galveston, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau has calculated that 5.4 million people living in Texas and Louisiana may feel the effects of the storm, including flooding and power outages. In a lone bit of good news, oil prices came down a few notches today as forecasters predicted that Tropical Storm Edouard would not threaten Gulf Coast oil rigs and refineries. The nearly $4 drop brought oil prices to a three-month low, with the cost per barrel briefly dipping under the $120 mark, according to the AP. [More] |
Mon
08/04 | Observatory: Fossils Add More Proof of Global Climate Shift
Fossils uncovered from the Antarctic form the basis for further understanding of global cooling that occurred during the mid-Miocene epoch. |
Mon
08/04 | Can Coal and Clean Air Co-Exist in China? [Features]
CHONGQING--Coal powers China. In addition to producing about 75 percent of its electricity, the dirty, black rock is burned everywhere from industrial boilers to home stoves. More than 4,000 miners die every year digging up the fossil fuel, shortages abound forcing curbs in electricity use, and the country's transportation infrastructure creaks under the weight of distributing it across the country. [More] |
Mon
08/04 | Edouard Moving Toward Louisiana and Texas
Tropical Storm Edouard in the Gulf of Mexico approaches Louisiana and Texas coasts; landfall expected early this week. NOAA's National Hurricane Center has the latest forecast. |
Fri
08/01 | Arctic park faces melting crisis
A national park in Canada's Arctic has been partly closed after record high temperatures caused flash flooding. |
Fri
08/01 | Eclipse to darken NW China, a week before Olympics
JIAYUGUAN, China (Reuters) - A full solar eclipse will sweep across the Arctic and Siberia before ending in western China, where it will kick off the month in which Beijing hosts the Olympic Games. |
Wed
07/30 | PHOTO IN THE NEWS: 7-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose
A chunk of ice has broken off the Canadian Arctic's largest ice remaining ice shelf, mirroring a trend of declining ice throughout the region, experts say. |
Wed
07/30 | Southern Californians Urged to Join Largest Earthquake Drill in U.S. History
The magnitude 5.4 earthquake that rocked southern California on July 29, 2008, is about 5,000 times smaller than the magnitude 7.8 earthquake depicted in the "ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario." This new report is a portrayal of what could happen in a major earthquake on the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. The scenario is the basis of the Great Southern California ShakeOut, a week of special events featuring the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history on November 13, 2008. Details are at www.ShakeOut.org . "Yesterday's earthquake was a wake-up call - a reminder to us to make the important changes we need to survive the inevitable," said Dr. Lucy Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey, who led the group of over 300 experts who detailed the expected consequences of a hypothetical magnitude 7.8 earthquake that starts at the Salton Sea and ruptures northward along the San Andreas fault for 190 miles. With 22 million people living and working in southern California, a major earthquake in the region could cause an unprecedented catastrophe. What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like after. With large earthquakes an inevitable part of their future, Southern Californians must act quickly to ensure that disasters do not become catastrophes. With a goal of at least 5 million participants, the ShakeOut drill will be the largest in U.S. history. To participate, go to www.ShakeOut.org/register and pledge your family, school, business, or organization's participation in the drill. Registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill, connect with other participants, and encourage a dialogue with others about earthquake preparedness. There are many ways to take part, but at the least participants should "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" at 10 A.M. on November 13. It all begins with registering, which is free and open to everyone. For more information, visit www.ShakeOut.org and be sure to visit the official ShakeOut Blog at greatsocalshakeout.blogspot.com . |
Wed
07/30 | Presumed dinosaur flesh may just be bacterial sludge [60-Second Science Blog]
Remember when scientists announced three years ago that they had found the soft tissue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a 70-million-year-old fossil? Never mind. New evidence suggests those findings, which startled the public and the scientific community alike, might be bogus. Researchers led by Thomas Kaye, a paleontologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, report in PLoS ONE that slimy bacterial colonies called biofilms mimic the fleshy residues allegedly recovered from a fossilized bone unearthed in Montana in 2005. These bacterial films may have faked out researchers by growing into the channels and spaces where the T. Rex's blood vessels and bone cells (osteocytes) had once been, mirroring both the shape and elasticity of this vanished soft tissue. The new study argues that the suspected dinosaur flesh is more similar to biofilms than to present-day collagen, the connective tissue protein supposedly harvested from the ancient dinosaur thigh bone. [More] |
Wed
07/30 | Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk
A large chunk of the Ward Hunt ice shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast, scientists say. |
Wed
07/30 | Ice sheet spanning 7 square miles breaks loose in Canada
A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday. Derek Mueller, a research at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said it the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn't rebuilding ice sheets. |
Wed
07/30 | New study has a bone to pick about dinosaur soft tissue
New research is challenging claims made three years ago that scientists had discovered soft tissue remnants in the thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus fossil. |
Wed
07/30 | Earthquake strongly jolts "lucky" Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An earthquake struck just east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, rocking tall buildings and rattling nerves across Southern California, but causing no serious injuries or major structural damage. |
Tue
07/29 | Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Area
Note to editors: Listen to a podcast interview about the Los Angeles earthquake at: http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=88 A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles today, causing strong shaking, minor damage and was felt from Arizona to Nevada. Nearly 50 aftershocks have been recorded so far, most of them small, many of them felt, the largest being a magnitude-3.8. The last notable earthquakes causing significant damage in the area were the Jan. 17, 1994, magnitude-6.7 Northridge earthquake and the Oct. 1, 1987, magnitude-5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake. In 1999, the magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine earthquake in a remote part of the Mojave Desert was widely felt through the greater Los Angeles region, but caused no damage. Related Podcasts Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake in Greater Los Angeles Download directly | Details or subscribe by e-mail . Citizens who felt the earthquake can go online and report their observations on the USGS Did You Feel It? Web site . So far, about 35,000 people have reported feeling the Los Angeles earthquake. Earthquakes cannot be predicted. But earthquake-prone areas such as Los Angeles can be prepared for earthquakes. The Great Southern California ShakeOut, a weeklong series of special events featuring a massive earthquake drill at 10 AM on November 13, 2008, in Los Angeles, is one way for the public to get prepared for the next big earthquake. It is being sponsored by the Earthquake Country Alliance, of which the USGS is a founding member. The ShakeOut drill centers on the ShakeOut Scenario, a realistic portrayal of what could happen in a major earthquake on the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. Created by over 300 experts led by Dr. Lucy Jones of USGS, the scenario outlines a hypothetical 7.8 magnitude earthquake originating near the Salton Sea, which would have the potential to devastate the region. With a goal of at least 5 million participants, the ShakeOut drill will be the largest in U.S. history. Southern Californians are signing up at www.shakeout.org/register , to pledge their family, business, or organization's participation in the drill. Registered participants receive information on how to prepare and drill, connect with other participants, and encourage a dialogue within the community about earthquake preparedness. In the first 6 weeks of registration, over 1.9 million people are registered to be part of the drill. |
Tue
07/29 | PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Dino-Era Fish Head Found in Garden?
A seaside stone that had been decorating a home owner's ornamental pond for 15 years might actually be an 80-million-year-old fossilized fish head, experts say. |
Tue
07/29 | 7-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Scientists say a chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic.... |
Tue
07/29 | Moderate earthquake shakes downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake struck east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, shaking tall buildings in the city but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage. |
Tue
07/29 | Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Giant sheets of ice totaling almost eight square miles broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said on Tuesday. |
Tue
07/29 | Natural Hazards: Flood: Floods in the Wake of Hurricane Dolly
The first land-falling hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season, Hurricane Dolly flooded parts of... |
Tue
07/29 | News: Unique Fossil Discovery Shows Antarctic was Once Much Warmer
A new fossil discovery – the first of its kind from the whole of the Antarctic continent –... |
Tue
07/29 | Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'
The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday. |
Tue
07/29 | Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.... |
Mon
07/28 | As Ocean Warms, Coral Loses Anchor in Acidic Waters [News]
A new study confirms that coral reefs could become yet another casualty of climate change if something is not done to cool the warming globe. The reason: marine cements that bind together reefs can't form in waters full of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). Those off the west coast of Central America, particularly around the Galapagos Islands, are kept soft by the more acidic waters in that region--and may provide an early look at how coral reefs will fare in the rest of the world as atmospheric CO2 levels rise. [More] |
Mon
07/28 | Watch Friday's Solar Eclipse from the Comfort of Home [Features]
Get your pinhole cameras--and laptops--ready. This Friday, August 1, a total solar eclipse will occur as the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth for the first time in more than two years. For a few minutes, the moon will blot out the sun, casting its dark shadow over a narrow, moving strip of land and revealing the sun's corona. Sadly, this eerie, awe-inspiring event--known as totality--will be visible only from remote parts of the Northern Hemisphere: Starting in northern Canada, the moon's shadow, or umbra, will glide across the Arctic into central Asia. (View the path of totality at NASA's eclipse Web site.) "It is best to see the eclipse live," says Paul Doherty, a senior staff scientist at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. "If you don't want to travel," he says, "you will wait an average of 300 years for a total solar eclipse to come to you. [More] |
Mon
07/28 | Europe in the Moon's Penumbra [Features]
The only total eclipse of the sun in 2008 will be visible on August 1 over a narrow but long swath of land, beginning in Canada and ending in China after traversing northern Greenland, the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean, Siberia and western Mongolia. Those who wish to enjoy the whole 147 seconds of totality will just have to travel to some of the most out-of-the-way places on the globe. [More] |
Mon
07/28 | Hurricane Dolly Offers Silver Lining To Some Drought Stricken Texas Counties
The remnants of Hurricane Dolly have provided a mixed bag of damaging floods and welcome drought relief for residents of south Texas. |
 
| USGS recent earthquakes
(magnitude greater than 5)
M 5.2, Solomon Islands
August 20, 2008 19:33:03 GMT
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M 5.2, Samar, Philippines
August 20, 2008 13:18:05 GMT
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M 5.3, Myanmar-China border region
August 19, 2008 21:35:12 GMT
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M 6.1, Tonga
August 19, 2008 16:30:13 GMT
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M 5.1, Samoa Islands region
August 19, 2008 13:37:28 GMT
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M 5.7, Easter Island region
August 19, 2008 10:58:01 GMT
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M 5.3, Ascension Island region
August 19, 2008 08:33:55 GMT
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M 5.2, south of the Fiji Islands
August 18, 2008 09:53:26 GMT
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M 5.0, Santa Cruz Islands region
August 18, 2008 09:16:21 GMT
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M 5.2, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
August 18, 2008 02:21:20 GMT
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M 5.1, Kuril Islands
August 18, 2008 01:46:33 GMT
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M 5.0, Tarapaca, Chile
August 17, 2008 21:23:07 GMT
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M 5.2, Catanduanes, Philippines
August 17, 2008 20:46:49 GMT
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M 5.6, southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
August 17, 2008 15:39:09 GMT
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M 5.2, Saipan region, Northern Mariana Islands
August 16, 2008 21:29:35 GMT
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M 5.1, Carlsberg Ridge
August 16, 2008 07:25:57 GMT
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M 5.3, Solomon Islands
August 16, 2008 05:03:59 GMT
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M 5.1, southwestern Siberia, Russia
August 16, 2008 04:06:40 GMT
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M 5.4, Russia-Mongolia border region
August 16, 2008 04:01:10 GMT
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M 5.8, Russia-Mongolia border region
August 16, 2008 04:01:09 GMT
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M 5.0, near the north coast of Greenland
August 15, 2008 15:52:51 GMT
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M 5.7, Samar, Philippines
August 15, 2008 10:25:16 GMT
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M 5.1, Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea
August 15, 2008 02:36:58 GMT
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M 5.2, south of Panama
August 14, 2008 22:55:48 GMT
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M 5.6, Kuril Islands
August 14, 2008 11:10:30 GMT
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M 5.6, Anatahan region, Northern Mariana Islands
August 14, 2008 00:06:39 GMT
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M 5.6, north of Severnaya Zemlya
August 13, 2008 18:30:57 GMT
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M 5.3, west of Macquarie Island
August 13, 2008 16:24:37 GMT
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M 5.5, north of Severnaya Zemlya
August 13, 2008 08:35:02 GMT
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M 5.3, north of Severnaya Zemlya
August 13, 2008 08:35:02 GMT
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M 5.7, central East Pacific Rise
August 13, 2008 01:32:45 GMT
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M 5.1, Fiji region
August 12, 2008 06:09:07 GMT
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M 6.2, Santa Cruz Islands
August 12, 2008 05:26:04 GMT
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M 5.0, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
August 12, 2008 05:25:33 GMT
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M 5.4, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
August 11, 2008 23:38:38 GMT
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M 5.1, Sucre, Venezuela
August 11, 2008 07:19:30 GMT
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M 5.2, Unimak Island region, Alaska
August 11, 2008 00:09:38 GMT
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M 5.1, Andaman Islands, India region
August 10, 2008 13:01:32 GMT
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M 5.7, Andaman Islands, India region
August 10, 2008 12:21:11 GMT
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M 5.4, Andaman Islands, India region
August 10, 2008 09:27:54 GMT
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M 6.0, Andaman Islands, India region
August 10, 2008 08:20:31 GMT
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M 5.2, Vanuatu
August 09, 2008 18:32:46 GMT
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M 5.7, west of Macquarie Island
August 09, 2008 16:36:43 GMT
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M 5.4, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
August 09, 2008 15:18:17 GMT
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M 5.0, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
August 09, 2008 11:54:21 GMT
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M 5.8, west of Macquarie Island
August 09, 2008 06:01:49 GMT
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M 6.4, Balleny Islands region
August 09, 2008 06:01:46 GMT
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M 5.0, Taiwan region
August 08, 2008 22:05:15 GMT
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M 5.3, Hokkaido, Japan region
August 08, 2008 15:53:10 GMT
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M 5.3, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
August 08, 2008 07:32:52 GMT
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M 6.0, southern Sumatra, Indonesia
August 08, 2008 06:37:43 GMT
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M 5.1, central East Pacific Rise
August 07, 2008 22:58:33 GMT
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M 5.8, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
August 07, 2008 18:30:03 GMT
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M 5.0, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
August 07, 2008 10:12:02 GMT
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M 5.1, Sichuan-Gansu border region, China
August 07, 2008 08:15:35 GMT
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M 5.1, Luzon, Philippines
August 07, 2008 06:03:27 GMT
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M 5.6, Gulf of California
August 07, 2008 02:18:16 GMT
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M 5.4, Gulf of California
August 07, 2008 02:18:13 GMT
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M 5.7, Sumbawa region, Indonesia
August 06, 2008 22:41:01 GMT
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M 5.1, Solomon Islands
August 06, 2008 08:38:33 GMT
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M 5.2, Kermadec Islands region
August 05, 2008 23:05:27 GMT
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M 5.0, southern Qinghai, China
August 05, 2008 21:59:45 GMT
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M 5.3, Andaman Islands, India region
August 05, 2008 10:08:12 GMT
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M 6.0, Sichuan-Gansu border region, China
August 05, 2008 09:49:17 GMT
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M 5.0, northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
August 05, 2008 01:00:51 GMT
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M 6.3, Banda Sea
August 04, 2008 20:45:12 GMT
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M 5.4, Crete, Greece
August 04, 2008 19:38:26 GMT
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M 5.7, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
August 04, 2008 15:16:58 GMT
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M 5.2, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
August 04, 2008 15:16:53 GMT
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M 5.1, northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
August 04, 2008 10:25:59 GMT
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M 5.7, Kuril Islands
August 04, 2008 04:42:14 GMT
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M 5.0, Flores region, Indonesia
August 04, 2008 03:26:50 GMT
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M 5.1, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
August 03, 2008 18:07:10 GMT
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M 5.2, Aegean Sea
August 03, 2008 00:39:17 GMT
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M 5.0, Fiji
August 02, 2008 15:34:26 GMT
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M 5.0, Taiwan
August 01, 2008 18:55:47 GMT
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M 5.5, Mindoro, Philippines
August 01, 2008 10:35:25 GMT
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M 5.8, Sichuan-Gansu border region, China
August 01, 2008 08:32:43 GMT
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M 5.0, Jujuy, Argentina
August 01, 2008 06:18:35 GMT
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M 5.0, Philippine Islands region
August 01, 2008 02:21:41 GMT
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M 5.1, offshore El Salvador
July 31, 2008 06:31:50 GMT
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M 5.3, South Sandwich Islands region
July 30, 2008 20:15:18 GMT
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M 5.2, Fiji region
July 30, 2008 12:59:14 GMT
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M 5.3, Oaxaca, Mexico
July 30, 2008 10:23:35 GMT
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M 5.6, southern East Pacific Rise
July 29, 2008 20:56:23 GMT
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M 5.3, New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
July 29, 2008 18:54:41 GMT
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M 5.4, Greater Los Angeles area, California
July 29, 2008 18:42:15 GMT
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M 6.1, Solomon Islands
July 28, 2008 21:40:53 GMT
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M 5.7, Solomon Islands
July 28, 2008 21:37:40 GMT
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M 5.2, Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia
July 28, 2008 07:10:05 GMT
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M 5.5, Myanmar
July 27, 2008 22:42:07 GMT
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M 5.7, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
July 27, 2008 21:15:41 GMT
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M 5.0, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia
July 27, 2008 19:30:50 GMT
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M 5.3, Philippine Islands region
July 27, 2008 00:02:51 GMT
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M 5.3, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea
July 25, 2008 20:11:11 GMT
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M 5.1, Atacama, Chile
July 25, 2008 12:13:07 GMT
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M 5.8, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
July 25, 2008 00:29:27 GMT
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M 5.5, Sichuan-Gansu border region, China
July 24, 2008 07:09:30 GMT
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M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
July 24, 2008 02:27:39 GMT
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M 6.4, Kuril Islands
July 24, 2008 01:43:17 GMT
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