Volcanic Mudflows

Lots of activity on the Urbinas volcano in the Andes.

mud/debris flows - Urbinas

Ganymede's Ocean and Poles

Fascinating discoveries about Ganymede made recently - about a potentially huge ocean as well as moving poles.

Click to read more...
Nat Geo - Ganymede

Great Article from NASA

Ice in NYC's East River - Triboro Bridge
Image Credit - Greenfield Daily Reporter

Long Island Sound Near Sound Ave.
Southold, NY
Image Credit - southold Times

Here's a link to a fantastic article from NASA's Earth Observatory about all of the ice in the eastern part of the United States.

NASA Earth Observatory

New Temperature Records Set at Islip, NY

Ice in the Hudson River

Follow the link to the NWS page listing the new temperature records established at Islip, NY, during the month of February, 2015.

NWS - Islip Temperature Records

Vatican Observatory

Great video from the BBC below.  The atheist makes a fool of himself, too.

Snow Day

Not a bad snowstorm at all here on Long Island.

Just a note about science fair projects...I posted the revised calendar of due dates in the same folder as all of the other science project materials.  If you're not sure when your project is due, check it out.

Check the awesome imagery from NOAA of the blizzard:
NOAA Visualization Lab

Volcanic Eruption; Climate

Two large volcanic eruptions are taking place, the eruption of Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland and the eruption of Fogo volcano on the island of Fogo in the Cape Verde Islands.  Both volcanoes have been erupting in a big way for approximately 5 months now.

Here's a quick article and some really cool aerial footage of the eruption from a few days ago:
Bardarbunga Aerial Video

Here's an article on the Fogo eruption:
Science 2.0 - Fogo

Here's some fairly recent amazing video of the pahoehoe-like lava flows:

Another big piece of news...both NOAA and NASA, according to their data, have indicated that 2014 is now the warmest year on earth since record keeping began.

Here's the link to December's stats and article: NOAA - December Climate
Here's the link to the 2014 article: NOAA - 2014 Climate Article & Stats

The Lava Just Keeps on Flowing

The eruption in Iceland continues unabated as it has since August, 2014.

Check out this good article from NASA's Earth Observatory.

Earth Observatory - Iceland

Wind, Wind, Wind

Offshore Wind Turbines Making Clouds

Here's a great article from Sierra Club on Denmark's amazing use of wind power.

Denmark - Wind Energy Leader

Philae's Accomplishments

Philae Lander
Image Courtesy - ESA

Excellent summary of the Philae lander's discoveries on comet 67P during its short life there.  Article courtesy of Scientific American and Conversation.

Philae - 60 Hours

Touchdown!!

After an amazing journey, ESA's Rosetta Probe has planted its lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P.  Check out the resources below:

- ScienceDaily.com article - ScienceDaily - Rosetta

Huge Bering Sea Storm

Stormy Bering Sea
Image Credit - USCG

Well, it's official.  The remnants of Typhoon Nuri have morphed into the most powerful storm in recorded history to affect the Bering Sea and Alaska.

AccuWeather.com has an excellent write-up of this massive storm.
AccuWeather - Bering Sea Storm

Icthyosaurs

Icthyosaurs
Image Credit - Scientific American

Recent big discovery of an amphibious icthyosaur.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141105131939.htm

Nuclear Fusion

Here's an intriguing article from Discover Magazine on nuclear fusion.
Fusion Breakthrough?

Bardarbunga Eruption

Image Credit - Daily Mail, UK

Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano is producing Iceland's largest eruption in several centuries.  Click the link to an excellent video from ScienceDaily.com.

Bardarbunga Eruption - Science Daily

The Wasp

Here's a picture of Typhoon Vongfong from the ISS.  Vongfong translates into English as, "The Wasp."  It's been wreaking havoc in the Mariana Islands and Okinawa.  Mainland Japan is next.

Typhoon Vongfong

Video from the ISS of Supertyphoon Vongfong

Here Come the Glorious Colors of Autumn!

Autumn Foliage - Reading, VT
Image Credit - Reading Government

Autumn is my favorite season.  The colors and the crisp weather have a lot to do with that.

Here's a great article from NOAA on the 'true colors' of autumn.

NOAA Article - Autumn Foliage Colors

Amazing video from Japan

Mount Ontake erupted in Japan on Saturday, September 27 (yes, today).  It just took place much earlier due to the time differential.

I saw this video first on Accuweather.com.  Awesome and scary at the same time!

Pretty amazing!

Two totally unrelated topics...

Two totally unrelated topics today...

1. This humorous article just caught my eye a few minutes ago.  I thought it appropriate since we've been learning about topographic maps.
How Flat Is Kansas?


2. 76 years ago, yesterday, September 21...The Great Hurricane of 1938 slammed into Long Island.  It caused massive damage in central & eastern Suffolk, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.  Here's a great summary by the National Weather Service.
NWS - Hurricane of '38

The Immense Sahara Desert

Image Credit - Wikipedia

Fascinating article here about the Sahara Desert.  Some new climate model runs suggest that the Sahara Desert may be as old as 7 million years.  Its origins could very well be linked with plate tectonics activity.

Read on for more info...
Smithsonian Magazine - Sahara Desert