Has a tsunami ever affected the United States? Yes… just last week. Chaos Theory Manmade and natural events can change important characteristics of U.S. waterways, ports, and harbors, and investigating those changes are an important responsibility for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Following last week’s tsunami, Coast Survey’s staff and equipment on the West Coast […]
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Chaos Theory and Tsunami Reach California
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Tagged California, chaos theory, earthquake, harbors, Japan, marine transportation, ports, submerged debris, tsunami, waterways
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Flooding From Japan’s Earthquake Tsunami
NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding along the coast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired the top image of the Sendai region on March 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. The lower image, taken by Terra MODIS on February 26, 2011, […]
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Tagged climate change, coast, earthquake, flooding, floods, global warming, Japan, satellite, sea level rise, Terra, tsunami, warning
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Christchurch Earthquake
NASA writes about the religion of earthquakes: It is a modern human tendency to focus on the number of an earthquake—specifically, the magnitude, or what people used to call the “Richter scale.” But the destruction from a quake usually has more to do with location and timing. Such was the case with the earthquake in […]
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Tagged Christchurch, deaths, disaster, earthquakes, magnitude, Richter scale
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Increased Ethanol In Gasoline
There are concerns about using ethanol in gasoline. It is possible that ethanol is actually worse for the environment and increasing the rate of global warming; however, the EPA is allowing E15. E15 (a blend of gasoline and ethanol) In response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, […]
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Tagged autos, blend, cars, climate change, E15, Environment, EPA, ethanol, gas, gasoline, global warming, Government, regulations, Science, trucks
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Oldest Northern North American Human
Many people believe human life started in Africa; however, is it possible the Garden of Eden was in North America? The National Science Foundation scientists and Alaska Natives collaborate on find of cremated child. Newly excavated remains found at the Xaasaa Na’ archaeological site near the Tanana River in central Alaska may belong to one […]
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Tagged archaeological dig, climate change, Garden Of Eden, God, heritage, human life, man, North America, oldest, remains, roots, Science, start
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Volatile Weather
“the GOES-13 satellite, captures the massive winter storm currently affecting much of the United States” — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
High Speed Robot Hand
This video shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone! Based on the video, the hand uses high-speed actuators with harmonic drive gears. The hand can close in 1/10th of a second! Personally, I find […]
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Tagged anthropomorphic, grabbing, high speed, manipulator, robotics, robots, throwing, tossing
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