Lots of activity on the Urbinas volcano in the Andes.
mud/debris flows - Urbinas
Earth Science
Interesting stuff about the wonderful world of Earth Science - geology, astronomy, meteorology, and oceanography.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
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
Saturday, March 7, 2015
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
Monday, March 2, 2015
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
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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
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
Monday, January 19, 2015
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
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
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