limb_flare_sm.jpg (5710 bytes)Solar flares are tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun. In a matter of just a few minutes they heat material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons of TNT. They occur near sunspots, usually along the dividing line (neutral line) between areas of oppositely directed magnetic fields. The biological effect. There is a growing body of evidence that changes in the geomagnetic field affect biological systems.
Gore also asserts that global warming is caused by over population. Toxins and chemicals in the atmosphere impact each individual in the world. Because of the effects of global warming, the strength of hurricanes can change easily and cause an enormous amount of
184). One interesting contribution of the comet is the solar effect. The process starts by a comet approaching the sun. Once the comet approaches the sun, solar heat sublimates, or evaporates, the ices. This causes the comet to brighten enormously.
Lightning sets about 10,000 forest fires every year in the United States. 17. In one day a hurricane can release enough energy to supply all of the nation’s electrical needs for about six months. 18. The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 degrees F at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California.
Three Mile Island is one of the largest nuclear power plants in America located in Middletown, Pennsylvania. On March 28, 1979 the reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg Pennsylvania overheated. It started to release radioactive gases. During that week scientist tried to prevent a meltdown at the island, the public started to fill up with fear. Residents went to emergency shelters because of the radiation.
Historic Earthquakes Chile 1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC Magnitude 9.5 The Largest Earthquake in the World Articles N.B. : The magnitude for this earthquake has been recalculated since the following articles were written. Magnitude 9.5 is a better determination of the size of this earthquake. More than 2,000 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damge in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Phillippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States. Abridged from United States Earthquakes 1960, by H. Carroll Talley, Jr. and William K. Cloud.
The Chilean civil aviation authority said that "the tip of the cloud that has travelled around the world has more or less reached the town of Coyhaique", about 600 kilometres south of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle. An estimated one hundred million tons of ash, sand and pumice were ejected – requiring power equivalent to 70 atomic bombs. Eruption The Southern Andean Volcano Observatory of Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería de Chile reported on 27 April 2011, 15:30 local time, an increased seismicity at the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and set the alert Level to 3, Yellow. Between 20:00 on 2 and 19 June: 59 on 3 June, OVDAS
Before 1980, the last eruption of Mount St. Helens was between 1840 and 1850. The volcano did not happen overnight however, it was caused by multiple earthquakes and lots of pressure buildup through time. The Mount St. Helens volcano eruption was the most recent volcanic eruption that did significant damage in the United States. The formation of Mount St. Helens millions of years ago is the reason why the eruption was so violent. The Juan de Fuca Ridge, which lies between the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plate pushes the two plates in opposite directions causing the Juan de Fuca plate to sub duct underneath the continental plate causing a subduction zone and large pieces of rock are pushed into the opposite plate causing a mountain to form.
He built his own telescopes and was the first to use to view the heavens in 1610. After doing so, he made many discoveries. He saw that Jupiter has moon orbiting around it, like the Earth. He made the discoveries of the four moons on January 7, 1610 and they are now called the Galilean moons. These are the largest of Jupiters moons.
In this essay I will explain the rock that the natural wonder of Easter Island contains. Its located in Chile, 30 00 S, 71 00 W. Located 2200 miles due west of Chile and 1200 miles east of Pitcairn Island, is a sixty-three square mile island formed eons ago by two volcanoes. Because a Dutch seaman, Jacob Roggeveen, came upon it on Easter Day, 1722, we know it on our maps as Easter Island. Rich as the natural resources were, over-population, probably, resulted in their substantial depletion. Pollen records indicate the forests were endangered by 800 AD and likely disappeared in the 1400's.