Collapse of Giant Ice Age Glacial Lake responsible for carving out the Bahamas.
Springfield, Missouri -- A team of researchers has uncovered evidence that a Mega-Flood, or series of megafloods, from beneath the Ice Age Laurentide Ice Sheet shaped the Bahama Islands. These Mega-Floods traveled down the Mississippi River Valley and into the gulf of Mexico.
These Megafloods entered the Gulf, rapidly raising the water level and forcing the overflow out through the many smaller Florida/Cuba Straits. This Glacial overflow then spread across the lower lying area known as the Bahama Mega-Bank. 12,000yrs. ago, (with sea levels at least 300 ft. lower than today) the Bahama Mega-Bank was an exposed land mass larger than present day Florida.
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 22:59:53 UTC
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 05:59:53 AM at epicenter
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Location:
3.281°S, 100.497°E
Depth:
21.5 km (13.4 miles)
Region:
KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances:
205 km (125 miles) WNW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
260 km (160 miles) S of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
265 km (165 miles) W of Lubuklinggau, Sumatra, Indonesia
770 km (480 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 19:37:30 UTC
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 02:37:30 AM at epicenter
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Location:
2.984°S, 100.391°E
Depth:
22.9 km (14.2 miles)
Region:
KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances:
225 km (140 miles) S of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
225 km (140 miles) WNW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
695 km (430 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
795 km (495 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
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Scientists at the University of London found that bumblebees can easily solve the so-called 'Traveling Salesman Problem' to find food shortcuts.
"Foraging bees solve traveling salesman problems every day," said Dr. Nigel Raine.
"They visit flowers at multiple locations and, because bees use lots of energy to fly, they find a route which keeps flying to a minimum."
Last winter the UK and much of Northern Europe were hit by severe snow and ice
It will come as no surprise then that the wintry conditions made last night the coldest in October for 17 years in some regions.
Temperatures in West Freugh in south-west Scotland dipped to a bone-rattling -5.2C, falling below the previous record of -5.1C which was endured in October 1993.
But it was even colder in Sennybridge, south Wales, where the mercury dropped to -6.4C, beating the -6.2C record set 13 years ago in 1997.
Met Office spokesman Charlie Powell said: 'Last night was the coldest in Sennybridge for 17 years and was very cold everywhere.
'It was well below freezing across the bulk of the UK.'
The outlook for this week is marginally better, with temperatures picking up slightly, although it will remain cold.
Tonight will remain dry with clear skies for most places, although it will be breezy along the North Sea coast with a chance of the odd shower.
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Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:42:22 UTC
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 09:42:22 PM at epicenter
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Location:
3.484°S, 100.114°E
Depth:
20.6 km (12.8 miles)
Region:
KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances:
240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
280 km (175 miles) S of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
305 km (190 miles) W of Lubuklinggau, Sumatra, Indonesia
795 km (500 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Robert H. Boardman was with wife and a friend
The Port Angeles man never completed it.
Boardman, 63, died after trying to shoo away a mountain goat at the top of Klahhane Ridge, about four miles north of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center, National Park Service officials said Sunday.
He is believed to be the first person to have died in an incident involving an animal in the park, spokeswoman Barb Maynes said. Rangers found and killed the animal, which was to be taken to Monroe for a necropsy, she said.
Accounts of the incident are murky.
Indonesia raised its alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level on Monday and ordered people living near the rumbling volcano to move immediately to safer ground. Seismic activity has escalated dramatically at the volcano on the densely populated island of Java, with increasing lava spurts and about 500 multi-phased volcanic earthquakes recorded over the weekend, officials said.
The state office of volcanology upgraded its alert level to red at 6:00 am (2300 GMT), signalling an eruption could be imminent.
"The magma has been pushed upwards due to the escalating seismic energy and it's about a kilometre (mile) below the crater," government volcanologist Surono said.
People had been ordered to evacuate a danger zone of 10 kilometres (six miles) from the crater of the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) mountain.
The state office of volcanology upgraded its alert level to red at 6:00 am (2300 GMT), signalling an eruption could be imminent.
"The magma has been pushed upwards due to the escalating seismic energy and it's about a kilometre (mile) below the crater," government volcanologist Surono said.
People had been ordered to evacuate a danger zone of 10 kilometres (six miles) from the crater of the 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) mountain.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 17:43:59 UTC
Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 11:43:59 AM at epicenter
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Location:
43.626°N, 110.331°W
Depth:
5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region:
WYOMING
Distances:
40 km (25 miles) ENE of Jackson, Wyoming
60 km (35 miles) W of Dubois, Wyoming
95 km (60 miles) NNW of Pinedale, Wyoming
530 km (330 miles) WNW of CHEYENNE, Wyoming
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Airmen 1st class Daniel Clark, left, and Staff Sgt. Keri Embry, post a sign warning surfers of a recent shark attack Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, at Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif.
Airmen 1st class Daniel Clark, left, and Staff Sgt. Keri Embry, post a sign warning surfers of a recent shark attack Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, at Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif.
The three beaches north of Santa Barbara - including Surf Beach where the attack took place - would be closed at least through the weekend and officials on Monday would decide when to reopen them, said Jeremy Eggers, spokesman for Vandenberg Air Force Base, which owns the beach property.
Eggers said he expected base officials would reopen the beaches Monday, but there was too much uncertainty and confusion surrounding the attack to say for sure.
"There's a lot of fog and friction in these kinds of situations," said Eggers. He said his bosses determined the shutdown "was the right thing to do as a safety precaution."
