"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

East African Rift System GPS and Stresses , Mikenorton ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link  Africa is Splitting Apart: A New Ocean is Forming Faster Than Anyone Predicted (Lydia AMAZOUZ, Daily Galaxy ; December 30, 2024) https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/africa-splitting-new-ocean-forming-faster/ Selected Research Articles : A review of the shrinking and expanding of the East Africa rift valley lakes:  The case of Ethiopian and Kenyan lakes (GEBREEGZIABHER et al. , 2024) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824002581 Review of chemical properties of inland soda and saline waters in East Africa (rift valley region) [LAMECK et al. , 2023] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581823000101 Evolution of the East African Rift System from trap-scale to plate-scale rifting (MICHON et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825222001738 History of the development of the East African Rift System:  A series of interpre...

Aksaray University, Turkey Mapping of heavy metal pollution density and source distribution of campus soils using geographical information system (GÖK et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78961-8 Aksaray Topograhpic Location Map , Tschubby/GrandEscogriffe ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link

  Hot Springs in West Thumb Geyser Basin , Brocken INAGLORY ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms (Quoc Phuong TRAN, The Conversation ; November 28, 2024) https://theconversation.com/minerals-in-hot-springs-performed-a-key-chemical-reaction-for-early-life-on-earth-new-study-confirms-243586 Featured Research Article Iron sulfide-catalyzed gaseous  CO 2  reduction and prebiotic carbon fixation in terrestrial hot springs (NAN et al., 2024)   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54062-y 3D Unit Cell of Greigite , Hoa112008 ; Link

  Imagine A Day Without Water ( U. S. Water Alliance ) https://uswateralliance.org/programs/the-value-of-water-campaign/imagine-a-day-without-water/

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan - ATLAS) from the International Space Station , NASA/Matthew DOMINICK ; Link Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass by Earth in Mid-October (Laura FIGUEROA, NASA ; October 2, 2024) https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/10/02/ancient-oort-cloud-comet-to-make-first-documented-pass-by-earth-in-mid-october/

Disoluciones varias/Various solutions , Estaban Moya  M ORALES ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Have you always been curious about Chemistry or the Geosciences, but were afraid to ask? Why not check out my Private Instruction page to see if I can be of service?   WordPress Logo , freepnglogos.com ; Link Professor HAMILTON’s Private Instruction – C. Mei-Ling HAMILTON – Environmental Geochemistry Issues (cmei-linghamilton.com) Thanks for your interest! A Western Hemisphere Image from a GOES Satellite , NASA ; Link

Median Household Income per County as of 2021 ( USDA Economic Research Service ); Link Pollution drives families to relocate - but only the rich can afford to live in healthier area s (Dr. Aurelie SLECHTEN, Lancaster University ; August 22, 2024) https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/portal/news/article/pollution-drives-families-to-relocate-but-only-the-rich-can-afford-to-live-in-healthier-areas Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area ( US Department of Commerce) ; Link Also... TEMPO Instrument Air Quality Data Now Publicly Available (News Release, Center for Astrophysic s   -  Harvard & Smithsonian; May 30, 2024) https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/tempo-instrument-air-quality-data-now-publicly-available Mapping the PFAS Contamination Crisis  [News Update,  Environmental Working Group (EWG); August 9, 2024] https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/

Artist's Impression of T Coronae Borealis ("Blaze Star") ,  NASA/CXC/M. WEISS NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion (Beth RIDGEWAY, NASA ; June 6, 2024) https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-global-astronomers-await-rare-nova-explosion/ Website : T Coronae Borealis (The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh) https://www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2024/07/10/t-coronae-borealis-the-blaze-star/ T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) Sketch , Steven L ALLEN ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link

A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms (Lauren BIRON, Berkeley Lab News Center ; July 23, 2024) https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/07/23/a-new-way-to-make-element-116-opens-the-door-to-heavier-atoms/ Credit : Jenny NUSS/Berkeley Lab

(Sharmila KUNTHUNUR, Space.com ; July 23, 2024) https://www.space.com/chandra-25-anniversary-images

Comet Olbers (2024-06-24) , C MESSIER ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Catching Comet 13P Olbers this Summer (David DICKINSON, Universe Today; June 13, 2024)  https://www.universetoday.com/166998/catching-comet-13p-olbers-this-summer/

Cutaway Diagram of Earth's Interior ( NASA ); Link USC study confirms that the rotation of Earth's inner core has slowed (Will KWONG, USC Today ; June 12, 2024) https://today.usc.edu/usc-study-confirms-the-rotation-of-earths-inner-core-has-slowed/ Featured Research Article: Inner core backtracking by seismic waveform change reversals (WANG et al., 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07536-4

Gas Stove Flame , Ivan RADIC; CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link Nitrogen dioxide exposure, health outcomes, and associated demographic disparities due to gas and propane combustion in U. S. stoves   (KASHTAN et al., 2024) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm8680 Propane Tank 20 lbs. , Hustvedt,  CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link