Posts

Showing posts from May, 2021

Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse - May 26, 2021

Image
Want to see the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse?  Here's what to expect. (Chelsea GOHD, Space.com ; May 25, 2021) https://www.space.com/super-flower-blood-moon-eclipse-2021-what-to-expect The Next Full Moon is a Super Flower Blood Moon and an Eclipse (Gordon JOHNSTON, NASA ; May 24, 2021) https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1864/the-next-full-moon-is-the-super-flower-blood-moon-and-an-eclipse/ Blood Moon Graphic , Sanu N ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

"The Subduction Pulley" - A New Addition to the Plate Tectonic Theory

Image
Tectonic Plate Boundaries , USGS ; Link Researchers discover geologic process 'tearing apart' plates of the Earth's crust (Sean BETTAM, University of Toronto ; May 13, 2021) https://www.utoronto.ca/news/researchers-discover-geologic-process-tearing-apart-plates-earth-s-crust Video: Subduction Pulley - Animation ( EurekAlert/University of Toronto ) https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/264689.php Also... Extending   full - plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic to the Phanerozoic (MERDITH et al ., 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825220305237?CMX_ID=&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_acid=81048317&utm_campaign=STMJ_AUTH_SERV_PUBLISHED&utm_in=DM115744&utm_medium=email&utm_source=AC_ A billion years in 40 seconds:  Video reveals our dynamic planet (News Release, EurekAlert ; 8 February 2021) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uos-aby020721.php

More on California's Severe Drought 2021

Image
U. S. Drought Monitor ; Link Deepening Droughts Hold 'Ominous' Signs For Wildfire Threat In The West (Eric WESTERVELT, NPR ; May 6, 2021) https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/993172298/deepening-drought-holds-ominous-signs-for-wildfire-threat-in-the-west Drought Returning to California (Niloufar SHAHBANDI, UCSD Guardian ; May 2, 2021) https://ucsdguardian.org/2021/05/02/drought-returning-to-california/ Dramatic photos of Lake Oroville depict California's worsening drought (Paul ROGERS, Mercury News; April 29, 2021) https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/29/dramatic-photos-of-lake-oroville-depict-californias-worsening-drought/ Also... NOAA Delivers New U. S. Climate Normals (New Release,  NCEI - NOAA ; May 4, 2021) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/noaa-delivers-new-us-climate-normals Websites: Droughts in California ( Public Policy Institute of California ) https://www.ppic.org/publication/droughts-in-california/ Drought   ( California Department of Water Resources ) https://water.ca.g...