Monthly Archives: July 2011

Cleveland volcano in Alaska Could Erupt at Any Moment

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued an eruption advisory for the 5,676 foot-tall Cleveland Volcano, located on the uninhabited island of Chuginadak in the Aleutian chain about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. The advisory was based on “thermal anomalies” detected … Continue reading

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Animal Species Soon To Go Extinct

Guest Post by Anna Miller Some endangered species get all the attention. Polar bears, pandas, and Siberian tigers are hotshots in mainstream conservation campaigns and are featured in various commercials, complete with melodramatic music and emotional appeals. But there are … Continue reading

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Drought and Forest Fire Prediction System Devised for Amazon

Researchers have devised a model to anticipate drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest. The research, which used precipitation records dating back to 1970 and hotspots tracked by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA satellites, finds a … Continue reading

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Heat of The Earth:Where Does it Come From?

The earth is a heat engine. It remains geologically and biologically active, and evolves, because there are two great sources of energy. One source of energy is from the earth’s molten core (that drives the geology), and the second is … Continue reading

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