Posted on Wednesday May 7, 2008 by Richard
It may not have done anything for 9000 years, but now Chile’s Chaitén volcano has decided to start erupting it’s doing it big-time. Blowing ash 12 miles up into the sky, it has caused stunning ‘dirty storms’ where the huge dust clouds have turned into ferocious lightning storms. The photos are pretty breathtaking - although [...]
Filed under: Environment, Exploration, Nature, Science | Tagged: ash, chaiten, Chile, Earth, eruption, lava, Planet Earth, tectonic, tectonic activity, volcano, volcanoes | 1 Comment »
Posted on Saturday April 26, 2008 by Richard
Where’s the brightest place on Earth - the place that is illuminated most when the Sun has gone down? New York’s Times Square perhaps… what about the glow of office lights around London’s business district… or maybe the bustling heart of Mumbai, the world’s most populated city. They’re all pretty bright, but of course nothing [...]
Filed under: Environment, Exploration, Nature, Science, Space, Technology | Tagged: artificial light, artificial lights, astronomy, chicago, civilization, Earth, humanity, jeddah, light, lights, mecca, NASA | 1 Comment »
Posted on Tuesday April 22, 2008 by Richard
Happy Earth Day everybody! If you want to be green but don’t have the time, or don’t know how to, today’s the day to start saving our planet. We’re always hearing about how our planet is in danger of being destroyed by humans - the picture many scientists paint for our amazing planet’s future is [...]
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Posted on Friday April 18, 2008 by Richard
How old can something living be? Humans aren’t too good, coming in at about 75 years in the developed world. Tortoises often live until they’re 150, but 150’s nothing compared to some trees. A few Bristlecone pines in California date back a massive 5000 years, but they may no longer be the oldest living [...]
Filed under: Environment, Nature, Science | Tagged: age, climate, climate change, global warming, green, ice age, old, research, Sweden, tree | 1 Comment »
Posted on Monday April 14, 2008 by Richard
Back in the days of ancient Greece or Rome, if someone could magically generate lightning-on-demand they’d probably be hailed as a god. Until not too many years ago most people believed that lightning and the roaring thunder that follows were some sort of warning or punishment from the heavens.
Well now scientists in New Mexico [...]
Filed under: Environment, Exploration, Nature, Science, Technology | Tagged: flash, lightning, new mexico, storm, storms, thunder, thundercloud, thunderclouds, weather | 2 Comments »
