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Pinatubo spewing ash in 1991Courtesy Public domain from USGS via WikipediaIf you have nothing else to do this weekend, why not spend some time monitoring volcanic eruptions? Erik Klemetti at Wired Science has updated his compilation of a whole bunch of links to webcams trained on various volcanoes around the world. Some, like Hawaii's Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa weren't doing much when I looked at them, but others, like Mexico's Popocatépetl and Japan's Aso were showing some activity.
Tags : The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT organized a flash mob, where MIT scientists, local students, and community members acted out the targeted delivery of therapeutics to a cancer cell using nano particles. Pretty cool.
Pine Needles cabinCourtesy Dave BrandonMany people don't realize that the Science Museum of Minnesota features a world class water and environmental research station 40 minutes outside the cities on the Saint Croix river. Even fewer know about their long standing artist in residence program at the Pine Needles cabin. This year's crop of artists have just been announced. Having just made a trip out to this lovely neck of the woods myself, I'm excited to see what they come up with.
Twin Cities NaturalistCourtesy Twin Cities NaturalistWild temperature swings, migrating birds, flowers blooming, trees leafing out. These are some of the signs of spring this week. Check out this week's Monday Phenology: Nature's Week in Review where professional naturalist Kirk Mona of Twin Cities Naturalist discusses what new nature observations were seen around the Twin Cities area in the past week.
Phenology is the science of the seasons. It looks at how and when nature changes according to seasonal climatic conditions.
View a summary of phenology sightings in the Twin Cities this past week.
Check out these recent photos of Mexico's Popocatepetl letting off some steam - and plenty of other volcanic material - via the Denver Post.
Twin Cities NaturalistCourtesy Twin Cities NaturalistLilacs are blooming, ospreys are returning to nests, spring continues to delight. Check out this week's Monday Phenology: Nature's Week in Review where professional naturalist Kirk Mona of Twin Cities Naturalist discusses what new nature observations were seen around the Twin Cities area in the past week.
Phenology is the science of the seasons. It looks at how and when nature changes according to seasonal climatic conditions.
View a summary of phenology sightings in the Twin Cities this past week.
Want to see how the Titanic's final resting place at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean compares to that of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior? Or get a real sense of just how deep Titanic film director James Cameron dove recently into the Challenger Deep section of the Marianas Trench? These questions I'm sure have been on everybody's minds because this coming weekend marks the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic's fateful night. Well, maybe some of you haven't been thinking about it, but for those who have, it's all here in a really nifty chart on the XKCD.com website. It's actually kind of interesting. You should note that only the depths in the chart are to scale, the lateral distances are not. It gives you a good appreciation of Cameron's recent diving feat or possibly the level of his insane nature. Wow!
How majestic and beautiful!
Time-Lapse of Ocean Currents Looks Like a Living Van Gogh Painting
I stole that title directly from Gizmodo. This animation is gorgeous and does bear a striking resemblance to Van Gogh's Starry Nights. I could watch the currents move for hours.
Starry Night by Vincent Van GoghCourtesy Vincent van Gogh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
From the NASA website "This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience."
Well done, folks. Well done.
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3827
Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) & Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
Video Editor: Victoria Weeks (HTSI)
Scientists: Hong Zhang (UCLA) & Dimitris Menemenlis (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Sing along if that's your thing.
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