Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Geology / March 2006

Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that
erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The rare
occurrence of liquid water so near the surface raises many new questions
about the mysterious moon

Does an increase of one magnitude on the Richter Scale correspond to a
tenfold decrease in the amplitude of a surface wave?
Thanks!
-Mark Roberts

    Could the planet Earth once, although not now, have been a living
organism? If so, who killed it?
    Will Durant, the philosopher, cites Fechner as suggesting that
inorganic matter may have degenerated from a living organism. as opposed to

OK. So the the N. Icecap is melting very rapidly we are told. My guess is
that all that ice up there weighs quite a bit, Right? Wouldn't the "sudden"
release of all the water (weight) over a few decades, bearing in mind that
it was deposited over a very long period maybe many ...

Ground Water & Drinking Water http://www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html

WASHINGTON, March 3 — Following a published report that the Bush Administration
is holding up a study that shows most Americans carry a toxic rocket fuel
chemical in their bodies at levels close to federal safety limits, Environmental
Working Group (EWG) is calling for the ...

I thought some here might find this site informative.  Enjoy:
http://www.yellowstonegis.utah.edu/
Example of what's available -
http://www.yellowstonegis.utah.edu/research/hotspot.html

Methane from the bottom of the sea contributes more to global warming
than previously assumed. Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for
Polar and Marine Research investigated a mud volcano located in the
deep-sea between Norway and Svalbard.

Cold, hard facts defy the doomsayers
Andrew Bolt
22feb06
ANOTHER week, another global warming scare. And another case of

Here's an idiot who has never heard of the Expanding Earth controversy.
http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/db/2006/03/05/index.html
HOW DUMB!
Cheers, Alastair.

Author claims - The Sun is a varible star that causes the Earth's
reoccuring Glacial Ages.
At the present time the world is experiencing a "Bull Market" in global
warming, the planet is still emerging from the last major glacial age.

Does anyone know of a public server where I could find more information
to elucidate what is appearing on the Popocatapetl Web cam just now?
http://www.cenapred.unam.mx/mvolcan.html
Click "Tamano A" (or B) to get to the cam image which is updated every

Asteroid 2004 VD17 was added the list of Current Impact Risks at
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
Second object at *1* on the Torino Scale
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/torino_scale.html

I watched the Science channel last night, and a very good show on the
Snowball earth (attached is a link to a pdf paper on the subject from
Harvard)
http://www-eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/hoffman/snowball_paper.html

I come back with my few samples of so-called meteorites found here and there
in chalky or marl areas (Marne, etc) that are probably terrestrial gems.
Check the 5 pictures in the mid of page at
http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/meteorites2.htm