Friday
05/21/2010
2:13 pm
05/21/2010
2:13 pm
Did you feel it?
“Did You Feel It? (DYFI)” is the citizen science tool at the USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/
Sunday
05/02/2010
8:06 am
05/02/2010
8:06 am
Please donate to help clean up oiled wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico
My boss is appealing to you, in this blog post: http://www.smarterscience.com/earthblog/?p=1449
Help out any way you can. Go to this Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Our-Seabirds/168444475341 or to http://www.saveourseabirds.org/
Saturday
02/27/2010
11:12 am
02/27/2010
11:12 am
Garbage islands in the oceans?
You may have heard about islands made up entirely of plastic trash. It’s not quite like that, in reality. If you’re interested, you may want to watch a long video my boss posted about on her blog, of an expedition to the Pacific garbage patch.
Friday
02/26/2010
12:40 pm
02/26/2010
12:40 pm
What does the Mariana Trench have to do with tectonic plates?
The Mariana Trench consists of two tectonic plates. It
Monday
12/15/2008
3:24 am
12/15/2008
3:24 am
Mariana Trench not the deepest?
The other day, my boss heard a rumor that the Mariana Trench may not be the deepest trench on earth after all. I think she said it might be the Philippine Trench? I’ll get back to you about that, folks!
(She’s all wrapped up in a chemistry book right now, so I can’t ask her. Also been trying to get her to help me finish that Challenger Deep article!)
Saturday
11/22/2008
7:19 am
11/22/2008
7:19 am
Possible ongoing eruption in NE Lau Basin
More information about possible ongoing eruption in NE Lau Basin is available on my boss’s blog.
