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BREAKING NEWS: Flood of Earthquakes

Example of data on USGS website, showing current earthquakes

I am going to keep this page posted until I feel it can be removed.  There seems to be a flood of earthquake right now (Thursday, April 12, 2012). The link below will take you [more]

Study ties oil, gas production to Midwest earthquakes

The rate has jumped six-fold from the late 20th century through last year, the team reports, and the changes are “almost certainly man-made.” [more]

Alex The Talking Parrot

Apparently a very intelligent African Grey parrot, evaluated by a savvy researcher who is unidentified in the video

http://youtu.be/R6KvPN_Wt8I

 

‘Astonishing’ heat in March set records for the month

Source: National Weather Service

For tens of millions of Americans, last month was the warmest March in their lifetimes.

Meteorologists used the terms “staggering,” “astonishing” and “incredible” to describe the heat across the eastern two-thirds of the nation that set thousands of temperature records [more]

Biggest Solar Storm in Years

This image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun as it unleashed an X5.4-class solar flare at 7:04 p.m. EST on March 6, 2012 (0002 March 7 GMT). The flare appears as the bright spot in the upper left. (CREDIT: NASA/SDO)

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The Rotation of the Moon

I remembered reading that some people have claimed that our moon has apparently shifted its axis.  I did some research on Google images, looking for pics of the full moon in 1969, 2011, and 2012.  I found that it does indeed appear that there has [more]

FOX NEWS TV UFO reports increase in 2012

[Posters notes] This is a January 2012 TV Fox News report on the UFO sightings since the beginning of 2012. The report says on the new year eve, hundreds of UFO reports have been claimed just in Florida and more and more sightings are [more]

Sun comes alive, blasting massive solar flares – USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON (AP) – After years of quiet, the sun is coming alive with solar storms in a big way.

The sun shot off a flare Thursday afternoon from a region that scientists are calling a "benevolent monster."

Scientists at the federal Space Weather Prediction Center [more]

Climate models make too hot forecasts of global warming

Article:  On the Misdiagnosis of Surface Temperature Feedbacks from Variations in Earth’s Radiant Energy Balance

“The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show,” Spencer said. “There is a huge discrepancy

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The Mantis

Sitting on a wall, looking at the camera suspiciously and with a wary eye(s)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOoGhvG2Iyo[/youtube]

Wild Horse Reservoir

This reservoir, located in Elko County (northern Nevada) is frozen over this time of year, and is used for ice fishing. [more]

Geese in Sunset Park

Geese in Sunset Park. Click on photo