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New Study Finds Mantle Plumes, Not Global Warming, Cause of Ice Melt
by Mitch Battros – April 2016 To understand Greenland’s ice of today – researchers have to go far back into Earth’s history. The island’s lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause Greenland’s ice to rapidly flow and melt from below. An anomaly zone crosses Greenland from west to east where present-day accelerated ‘mantle plumes’ … Continue reading
Loud Booms and Tornado Sirens in Wichita, Kansas. What is going on?
What was going on in Wichita, Kansas on April 3, 2016? Loud booms kind of set off tornado sirens. Weird! Are there people from Wichita following this blog? Did this really happen? If yes, were officials testing sirens? Were there any big outdoor parties? Were there some explosives training around. Thank you for any feedback. IF YOU ENJOY THIS SITE … Continue reading
Farmer in China Loses 25 Tons of Fish When 16-ft Wide Sinkhole Opens in His Pond
Yang, a farmer in Guiping, lost more than 25 tons after a sinkhole (pictured) appeared in his pond. An unfortunate farmer lost more than 25 tonnes of fish last week after a sinkhole appeared in the pond where they were reared. The farm, part of a local collective in Guiping, south China, was being run by a man identified by … Continue reading
Risk of 2016 Quake Increases, Especially in Oklahoma: Feds
WASHINGTON (AP) – The ground east of the Rockies is far more likely to shake this year with damaging though not deadly earthquakes, federal seismologists report in a new risk map for 2016. Much of that is a man-made byproduct of drilling for energy. Parts of Oklahoma now match northern California for the nation’s most shake prone. One north-central Oklahoma … Continue reading
Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano Spews Ash 20,000 Feet Into Air
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4:18 p.m. local time. The agency says the eruption also led to tremors on the ground. The USGS raised the volcano … Continue reading
What if the Earth Stopped Rotating? (Video)
We all know that the Earth is rotating about its axis. But what would happen if it slowly stopped rotating? What would happen if slowly the duration of our days and nights increase? This eye-opening documentary explains in brief how slowing earth would bring catastrophically geological change. Our Earth would be a place with zero climate change, zero fresh air … Continue reading
Earth May Spin Faster as Glaciers Melt And It’s Axis Could Shift: Researchers
Melting ice triggered by global warming may make Earth whirl faster than before and could shift the axis on which the planet spins, researchers say. This could also affect sunsettimes, as the length of Earth’s day depends on the speed at which the planet rotates on its axis. Prior research found the rate at which Earth spins has changed over … Continue reading
Oklahoma Experiences 23% Increase in Earthquakes This Year
The total number of earthquakes across Oklahoma has increased 23 percent from this time last year, though most of the quakes are very small according to USGS data. Oklahoma started the year slowly for the total number of quakes, though now has seen a large jump in the number of quakes registering 1.9 magnitude or smaller, year-to-date. So far in … Continue reading
Loud booms as M4.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii – Imminent Eruption?
A M4.6 earthquake struck near the Mauna Kea Volcano on the Island of Hawaii on March 20, 2016 at around 4:43pm UTC. It created a deep rumbling noise. The Mauna Kea Volcano is believed to be dormant but not extinct and erupted last about 4,500 years ago. Could this strong quake for the region mean that the volcano will enter … Continue reading
‘Astronomical’ and ‘Strange’ February was Beyond Record Hot
Earth got so hot last month that federal scientists struggled to find words, describing temperatures as “astronomical,” ”staggering” and “strange.” They warned that the climate may have moved into a new and hotter neighborhood. This was not just another of the drumbeat of 10 straight broken monthly global heat records, triggered by a super El Nino and man-made global warming. … Continue reading
