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Water Bores 5-Mile Hole In Glacier, Unleashes Riverbound Tsunami
The Colonial Glacier, located in Southern Chile, caused a nearby lake to swell last month and then empty rapidly down the Baker River, creating a mini-tsunami. Image from *hiro008 on Flickr The wave formed after melting water under increasing pressure bored through five miles of glacial [...]
Continue reading...5 Incredible Buildings Made of Ice
Monday, April 7, 2008
Have you ever sat back and wondered whether it would be possible for you to create a castle made of ice? Or perhaps an ice palace or frozen hotel? The Snow Castle of Kemi, Finland. Image by Dmitry Makarov Think of the unimaginable skill required to sculpt these [...]
Continue reading...75 Russian Swimmers Poisoned At Water Park
Monday, March 31, 2008
Last Wednesday in St. Petersburg, at least 75 swimmers were poisoned by chlorine in the city’s largest aqua park: Waterville. Image by Eupator 162 people sought medical attention after they felt burning in their eyes and throats.
Continue reading...Global Warming Turns Lake Tahoe Green
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Lake Tahoe, the famed jewel on the California-Nevada border, may be losing her blue luster as soon as the next ten years, when global warming is expected to disrupt the cycles that make this lake so different from any other. Image by Will_Hybrid on Flickr A University of [...]
Continue reading...The 1,700 feet Tsunami that Struck Alaska
Friday, March 14, 2008
On the night of July 7th, 1958 the world’s largest Tsunami struck Lituya bay, located about 250 miles west of Juneau. It was 1,700 feet or 520 meters, almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. The Tsunami happened immediately after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake caused an enormous [...]
Continue reading...Introducing Natural Glow-in-the-Dark Water!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Deep in a mangrove swamp on the island of Viques, in Puerto Rico a fish moves. Bioluminescent wave image by Flickr user msauder Eerie blue and green glows swirl and light up the water like an underwater aurora borealis and then disappear into the blackness. This is no normal [...]
Continue reading...Citizens Use Camel-Flage, Bypass Lawmaker
Friday, March 7, 2008
Representative Jim Gooch, who had suppressed a piece of legislation during previous legislative sessions, called it “shenanigans.” Kentucky legislators used “camel-flage”, inserting a bill to fight mountaintop removal mining in one to promote camel ownership Kentuckians for the Commonwealth called it “camel-flage” when that bill, designed to [...]
Continue reading...Waste from Whisky Cleans Contaminated Water
Thursday, March 6, 2008
In its homeland, a dram of Scotch whisky is sometimes treated as an almost magical elixir, capable of healing wounds and soothing hearts. Barrels of Scotch whisky age in a distillery warehouse. Image by Nicor While there may be no real magic in whisky, there appears to be some [...]
Continue reading...Drought Resistant Plants Could Fight Global Warming and World Hunger
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Genetically modified plants are extremely unpopular in certain circles. Peanut plants dying during a drought. Image from APS There are a variety of reasons for this, from fear of potential negative health effects to anger at the Monsanto corporation’s business policies with the patented seeds. But there are other [...]
Continue reading...Mayor of Chattanooga Pays Tribute in Attempt to Stave off Siege
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The face-off between Georgia and Tennessee over the Tennessee River and Nickajack Lake is growing more similar to the fashion in which the Persians and Spartans bantered in “300″ every day. Steele pays tribute to Egyptian god Ra. Millennia later the mayor of Chattanooga mocks Georgia [...]
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Friday, April 11, 2008
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