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San Francisco Quake
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Another magnitude 7.9 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area would probably produce much stronger shaking than the catastrophic 1906 event of the same size.
The wider region should also expect thousands of fatalities and economic losses in the billions.
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Siachen glacier
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The Indian government's decision to allow a civilian expedition to the Siachen glacier, an expedition NDTV will be part of, hasn't gone down well with Pakistan. Pakistan says this is a disputed territory and India has no business allowing such expeditions. There is history behind this antipathy t...
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Drake Passage Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 12:00:02 (UTC) on Sunday, January 17, 2010, in the Drake Passage region, 355 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina, at a depth of 10 km. Location 57.671°S, 65.910°W
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Sark
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Aiming for dark skies over Sark In March 2010 Sark announced that it was hoping to be named the world's first Dark-Sky Island. In April 2010 the island will undergo an audit of its light by an astronomer. The classification is given by the International Dark-Sky Association to help promote both astro...
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The W.J. McDonald Observatory of The University of Texas at Austin has received a pledge of a $750,000 joint donation from George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell, The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, and the George and Cynthia Mitchell Charitable Remainder Unitrust.
The gift will fund cosm...
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NASA has issued a Request for Information, or RFI, seeking ideas from educational institutions, science museums and other appropriate organisations about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display the space shuttle orbiters and space shuttle main engines after the conclusion of...
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Ocean Circulation
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The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete "conveyor belt" of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably all wet. New research led by Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution relied on an armada of sophisticated fl...
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Yi So-yeon
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South Korea's Science Ministry has announced that it has decided to change the country's first-ever astronaut candidate because of a request from Russia. South Korean female Yi So-yeon, will be sent into the space on the Soyuz spacecraf...
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INTECH Science Centre
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Star novelist Terry Pratchett will open the UK's largest planetarium at Winchester's INTECH Science Centre next month. The popular science fiction and children's author will officially unveil the new £650,000 facility on Wednesday, March 19, before it's opened to the public two days later on Go...
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NASA Aeronautics Research Institute
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NASA Announces Aeronautics Research Institute NASA's Ames Research Centre will host a virtual institute to solicit and foster innovative ideas that address technological challenges facing aviation and the U.S. air transportation system today and in the future. Jaiwon Shin, NASA's associat...
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Ocean Birth
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The largest tear in the Earth's crust seen in decades, if not centuries, could carve out a new ocean in Africa, according to satellite data.
Geologists say a crack that opened up last year may eventually reach the Red Sea, isolating much of Ethiopia and Eritrea from the rest of Africa.
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Pacific Rise Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 21:17:52 (UTC) on Sunday, February 4, 2007, in the Southern East Pacific Rise region, 4695 km SW of Santiago, Chile, at a depth of 10 km. Location 56.153°S, 122.990°W
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It's been nearly 20 years since Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted, but that time of tranquillity might end. Recent seismic activity could be a prelude to an eruption, "perhaps within hours to days," said geologists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The 10,197-foot peak sits about 50 m...
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GEOTRACES
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Searching for Cadmium in the Ocean They are invisible and very difficult to measure but no life in the oceans would be possible without them. They are trace metals, such as cadmium, copper or iron, dissolved in seawater. Their precise origin and distribution in the world's ocean, in particular in th...
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Dulverton astronomy group
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An astronomy group in Dulverton has held its first official meeting after nearby Dunster's Stargazing Live event in January sparked a wealth of interest in the hobby. Exmoor Stargazers were joined by 18 people aged from seven up to 70 at their inaugural gathering at Dulverton Middle School last wee...
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