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Indonesia: Is the Anak Krakatau Volcano About to Blow?


news.gather.com
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:30 UTC
anak krakatau
© swisseduc.ch
Eruption at Anak Krakatua in 2009.
Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau volcano has been puffing white smoke the last few days, and scientists are warning locals and tourists to keep away. That could mean that the long suspected eruption of the world's most famous volcano could be imminent.

Actually, this volcano is the remnant of the biggest blast ever recorded on Earth. That was the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa. From the ruins of that gigantic crater left in the land has come forth what is now known as the Anak Krakatau volcano - literally "Krakatoa's Child."

In the time since the original eruption, scientists have gotten much better at predicting when a volcano will have a catastrophic eruption, distinguishing it from the many smaller eruptions which do not harm the local population or environment.

One of the telltale signs is sudden and increased activity like what scientists are seeing in this past week at the Anak Krakatau volcano.
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Evil Rays

Decontamination Work at Homes in Fukushima Not Going Well as Radiation Lingers


The Mainichi Daily News
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:06 UTC
A worker uses a high-pressure washer/Fukushima
© Mainichi
A worker uses a high-pressure washer on the roof of a home while carrying out decontamination work in Fukushima in October.
Work to decontaminate homes and yards in a district here is not proceeding as hoped, as radiation levels persist and decontamination workers worried about their health stay away.

The city began decontamination work in the Onami district on Oct. 18. Located in the mountains in the eastern part of the city, it has been heavily affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, with radiation in rice over the nation's provisional limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram detected, leading to a ban on rice shipments.

Although monitoring of six homes where decontamination was carried out found an average drop of 70 percent in radiation in front of entrances and on gravel parking spots, there was only a 30 percent drop for roofs and a 25 percent drop for asphalt in the yard. Furthermore, there was only a 22 percent drop for second floor interiors.

The city has suggested that the low effect on the roofs may be due to radiation from the surrounding forests, where decontamination has not been carried out. As for the asphalt, radioactive material tends to stick to it and remain even after being washed, so the city has decided to try removing the top layer of the asphalt.
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Better Earth

Second Earthquake of Day Shakes Northern Japan


The Associated Press
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:30 UTC
Tokyo - Two strong earthquakes rattled northern Japan on Thursday, but neither caused any apparent damage or a tsunami.

A magnitude-6.1 quake struck Thursday evening south of the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

It hit about 465 miles (750 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo and 19 miles (30 kilometers) below the sea surface. The agency did not issue a tsunami warning.

About 3,900 households in the towns of Erimo and Samani lost electricity shortly after the quake, but power was restored about an hour later, according to the Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

The shaking was not felt in Tokyo, though a morning quake was.

That magnitude-6.0 temblor struck just off the coast near the nuclear power plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The two shakings are believed unrelated and did not affect the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant or other nuclear plants in the region.

Comment: A precursor or activity of this?: Architect of Fukushima's Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion

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Bizarro Earth

Hokkaido - Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Japan Region


US Geological Survey
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:30 UTC
Hokkaido Quake_241111
© USGS
Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 10:25:34 UTC

Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 07:25:34 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
41.877°N, 142.710°E

Depth:
42.3 km (26.3 miles)

Region:
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

Distances:
122 km (75 miles) SSW of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

124 km (77 miles) SE of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan

164 km (101 miles) E of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

734 km (456 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
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Igloo

The underwater icicle of death: Bizarre 'Brinicle' forms BENEATH the sea and kills everything in its path


Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:56 UTC
An underwater 'icicle of death' which sinks to the seabed destroying everything it comes into contact with has been caught on camera for the first time.


The sinking brine is so cold that it causes the seawater to freeze around it.

BBC film crews recorded the brinicle for the first time ever as it sunk to the bottom of the sea in Antarctica.

Image
© BBC
The icicle of death: The brinicle can be seen extending towards the seabed. Slowly it grows bigger over time as more water freezes around it
When it hits the surface, a web of ice spreads killing sea urchins and starfish.

The remarkable underwater footage was filmed for Frozen Planet on BBC One using timelapse technology.
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Bizarro Earth

Japan - Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Near The East Coast of Honshu


US Geological Survey
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:17 UTC
Honshu Quake_231111
© USGS
Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 19:24:31 UTC

Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 04:24:31 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
37.373°N, 141.387°E

Depth:
33.3 km (20.7 miles)

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
66 km (41 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan

100 km (62 miles) E of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan

101 km (62 miles) ESE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan

244 km (151 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
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Bizarro Earth

Mudslides in Southern Italy kill 3 people


USA Today / Associated Press
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:36 UTC
Torrential rain battered eastern Sicily on Wednesday, where mudslides have killed at least three people and muddy torrents have swept away cars and washed out bridges, authorities said.

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Ambulance

US: Sinkhole swallows Texas teen standing on street corner


MSNBC
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:20 UTC
Image
© Unknown
Reference Image, not article specific.
Houston-area residents have to wonder if they'll be next after a teen who was standing on a street corner was swallowed by a sinkhole that opened suddenly when an underground water main burst.

Giovanni Long, 16, told khou.com that he fell several feet and was under water for about 15 seconds as he tried to claw his way out of a hole 6 feet deep and 10 feet wide as he was walking in Kleinwood, a suburb northwest of downtown Houston.

"Everything beneath me crumbled," he told the website after the Monday afternoon incident. "I didn't know what to do."

"I was trying to dig my way out of the hole, but the ground kept breaking back into me," added Long, who finally got out with a few scratches on his back and a sprained ankle. "It's funny now that I think about it ... but when it happened, it was actually scary."

Why the 12-inch water line broke wasn't determined, but it's possible that recent rain after months of drought caused the ground to shift.

The drought itself caused daily water main breaks across Houston.
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Bizarro Earth

Climate Study Finds Mysterious Rise in Erratic Weather

Wynne Parry
Live Science
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:01 UTC
Weird Weather
© NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
A climate study has found increasing fluctuations between cloudy days and sunny ones, and between dry days and downpours. Above, an example of one extreme.

The world isn't just warming, in parts of the planet the weather is becoming more erratic, new research indicates.

By looking at measurements of sunlight striking the planet's surface as well as precipitation records, a study has found that in certain places, daily weather is increasingly flip-flopping between sunny and cloudy, and downpours and dry days. It's not yet clear why this is happening.

This is the first global climate study to examine variation in day-to-day weather. So far, climate science has focused on extremes - record temperatures or intense storms, for example - or on averages, such as estimates that global temperatures have risen 0.7 degrees Celsius (1.3 degrees Fahrenheit) since the Industrial Revolution.

"I think it turns out day-to-day variability is actually important and perhaps more attention should be paid to it," said David Medvigy, the lead researcher and an assistant professor in the department of geosciences at Princeton University.

This is because increases in weather fluctuations have important implications, particularly for plants - which currently pull about 25 percent of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emitted by humans out of the air.
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Bizarro Earth

Bolivia: Earthquake Magnitude 6.6 - Beni


US Geological Survey
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:51 UTC
Image
© USGS
Date-Time:
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 18:48:15 UTC

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 02:48:15 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
15.345°S, 65.110°W

Depth:
533.3 km (331.4 miles)

Region:
BENI, BOLIVIA

Distances:
60 km (37 miles) SSW of Trinidad, Bolivia

251 km (155 miles) NNE of Cochabamba, Bolivia

342 km (212 miles) NW of Santa Cruz, Bolivia

350 km (217 miles) ENE of LA PAZ, Bolivia
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