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Today Americans discard about 33.6 million tons of plastic each year, but only 6.5 percent of it is recycled and 7.7 percent is combusted in waste-to-energy facilities. What happens to all the rest of
In den Visionen von möglichen Weltuntergängen (und davon werden wir dieses Jahr sicher mehr als genug haben, bei all dem Wirbel, der um den Maya Kalender gemacht wird und noch werden wird), spielen die oft so genannten "Super"-Vulkane [...]
Bajo el nombre de Goldentusk se esconde el actor y humorista Andrew Goldenberg, californiano de treinta años que se dedica a parodiar bandas sonoras de películas famosas. En este caso le traemos por aquí debido a que en mayo del año pasado le [...]
Seismographs are recording a large amount of small quakes beneath the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in Katla's caldera in the past 48 hours. Over 20 small quakes have so far hit a concentrated area, which usually indicates slow dike intrusion [...]
Monduntergänge (und Aufgänge) haben wir alle wohl schon so einige gesehen, sicher auch bei Vollmond. Erstaunlich, wie sich der Mond anscheinend verändert, wenn er sich dem Horizont nähert. Das ist auch bei diesem speziellen [...]
Investigadores estadounidenses de la Universidad de Missouri y de la de Marshall University han identificado una nueva especie de cocodrilo de más de 9 metros de largo, que vivió hace 95 millones de años y sería el antecesor más antiguo de [...]
Today was cold, mainly as a result of last night’s snow which left a wet slush on the sidewalks of the townhouse complex. I trudged through the slush to dispose of garbage in the common shed from which it is collected at irregular [...]
Pillow lava is exposed in several spots in the San Juans. A new page on Northwest Geology Field Trips visits two places on Lopez, one on San Juan, and one on Cypress. Please send reports and photos of other good exposures. Filed under: Geology field [...]
It has just been announced in the news that Grímsvant glacier lake has just had an glacier flood, but this lake is in the Grímsfjall volcano caldera. This glacier flood is believed to have started yesterday around 12:00 UTC. The … Continue [...]
Today I started the geophone at the farm Skeiðflöt. It is just south of Katla volcano. Some setup spikes are on the webicorder plot at the moment. But they should be clear off in the next 24 hours. Currently there … Continue reading