Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / February 2006

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/02/23/jurassic.beaver.ap/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years the mammals living in the era of dinosaurs have
been thought of as tiny shrew-like creatures scurrying through the underbrush.
Now the discovery of a furry aquatic creature with ...

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Evenin' all. What's general opinion on this kind of thing? Naughty,
don't care, good for business and punters?
"US customs agents say they have seized eight tonnes of prehistoric
fossils - including dinosaur eggs - which they suspect were smuggled

Popo has started a series of explosions in the crater in the last
half-hour or so; the Cenapred page says this is normal expected behavior
during this eruption (which has been ongoing since 2000, I think).  It's
neat to watch on the cam along with the stars.

RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE DISCOVERY OF PLUTO'S NEW MOONS
New Hubble Images Offer Best View yet of Distant Planet and its Three
Satellites
In the Feb. 23 issue of the journal Nature, a team led by Dr. Hal Weaver

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/24/6572/11170
Allegations have been swirling for a while now that last fall, in the aftermath
of Katrina and Rita, the public may have been grossly misinformed regarding the
connection between global warming and hurricanes. Some might go so ...

Last week, in response to your efforts, the Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4,
barring intelligent design from Ohio's classrooms.
Now, Utah's students need your help.
http://ga3.org/campaign/utah_id

Two quesztions: 1/ SOme time back (probably in the vicinity of sixty to
seventy years), the Los Angeles area (among others?), was covered by 15'
and 6' topographic quadrangles.  Of course, both are now history, but
does anyone have copies in their archives?  I realize that the L ...

Mystery blob eating downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials were still scratching their heads today over what caused a
mysterious black goo to burble from streets downtown, forcing the evacuation
hundreds of apartment dwellers.

  I am a graduate student at university of Arkansas. I am working on
stream bank erosion modeling. I am looking for some good literature
related to stream bank erosion and specially sedimentation problem
caused by streambank erosion. Please help me in getting some good

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/12/MNGNKF6U5E1.DTL
Perhaps now we wont have to kiss the state's (xss) when doing something
where two drops of water once existed.  It'll be interesting to see if the
New Supreme Court sides with those lift winger ...

In article <pan.2006.02.17.10.38.51.364312@hipmail.com>, Eduard Groenstein
wrote:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/ci-oms021706.php
Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly making the world's oceans
more acidic and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life
similar to one that occurred 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs

Ted Twietmeyer
tedtw@frontiernet.net
2-19-6
New research shows that our Moon is much older than originally thought. It may

http://www.physorg.com/news10978.html
Scientists have found evidence that tropical Atlantic Ocean temperatures
may have once reached 107°F (42°C)-about 25°F (14°C) higher than ocean
temperatures today and warmer than a hot tub.