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October 03, 2015
Elon Musk has made no secret of his desire to colonize and, perhaps, travel to Mars. Now, the possible discovery of liquid water on the red planet has reenergized his affection for it and now he's trying to clarify his idea for heating up the planet with nuclear bombs. Musk's goal isn't to blow up Mars in the hopes of heating it up enough for livability. No, he wants to launch fusion bombs into the sky over Mars' two poles to create tiny pulse suns. These suns would be similar to our own sun, but would only last for a short while.
September 23, 2015
The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and IAGETH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and the International Association of Geoethics (IAGETH) was signed on the 16th September 2015 by the Presidents of the two organizations, Dr. Vítor Correia (EFG) and Prof. Jesús Martínez-Frías (IAGETH). The cooperation between IAGETH and EFG will allow the creation of new professional and institutional synergies on geology and geosciences and enhance their respective activities.
September 22, 2015
Climate change could cost trillions more in damages, because of thawing Arctic permafrost. As global warming thaws perpetually frozen Arctic land called permafrost (pictured), the greenhouse gases trapped within will escape, ramping up climate change’s economic toll by trillions of dollars, a new study finds. To make the calculations, researchers first determined how much carbon dioxide and methane the permafrost would release as the world warms.
September 21, 2015
IAGETH (International Association for Geoethics) organizes a session on #Geoethics @35thigc, Cape Town, South Africa "Geoethical problems & dilemmas through the prism of new challenges of time"
Submit your abstracts to our session!
http://www.icog.es/iageth/index.php/p3loki-ef/
September 20, 2015
IAGETH is happy to announce the celebration of the 4th edition of the Day of Earth Sciences in Africa and Middle East (DESAME). The African Association of Women in Geosciences and the African Geoparks Network are proclaiming the 20th March as a Day of Earth Science in Africa and Middle East, DESAME”. The day aims to increase the awareness about the role that earth scientists could play to help to build a peaceful, healthier and wealthier continent. First celebrated in 2013, DESAME is celebrated in 2016, under the thematic “Geoethics, Geoheritage, Georesources and Geoenvironment”.
September 14, 2015
Japanese volcano Mount Aso on island of Kyushu erupts. Volcano sends mile-high plume of ash and smoke into the air as power company says the recently restarted Sendai nuclear plant would be unaffected. Mount Aso, a volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu, has erupted, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, blasting a plume of black smoke 1.2 miles (2km) high, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 1,592-metre (5,222ft) high Mount Aso is one of the most active peaks in Japan but also a popular hiking spot.
August 25, 2015
A small team of researchers with members from institutions in the U.S. and New Zealand has found that there are large deposits of gold and silver in at least six reservoirs beneath several volcanoes in New Zealand. In their paper published in the journal Geothermics, the team describes their investigation into geothermal systems in the V-shaped Taupo Volcanic Zone on New Zealand's North Island and just how much of the precious metal they believe is hiding down there.
August 24, 2015
Scientists are studying a big mass of ice that has broken off the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland. They say the 12.4km sq section is among the largest ever witnessed to come away from the ice stream's calving front. Satellite imagery suggests the break-up occurred sometime between 13 and 19 August. Jakobshavn is a major drainage channel for the Greenland ice sheet, producing roughly 10% of its icebergs. Once discarded, the ice travels down a long fjord before entering the Davis Strait and heading towards the Atlantic.
July 31, 2015
Portland police closed the St. Johns Bridge Thursday afternoon as 13 protesters hung from the bridge in an attempt to stop the Shell Oil icebreaker Fennica from its path to the Arctic. After nearly two days of hanging from the bridge, the dangling protesters were lowered one by one into the Willamette River. The protesters said they were cited with criminal trespassing and interfering with a peace officer. The moment that three protesters were removed, the Fennica began heading towards the St. Johns Bridge.
July 30, 2015
5.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Queensland - buildings shaken on the Gold Coast (Australia). HIGHRISES across the Gold Coast have been shaken by twin earthquakes which hit off the Queensland coast four minutes apart this morning — but it could be a foreshock to a bigger event. Shock waves from a 5.3 magnitude earthquake originated from the coral sea off the Fraser Coast at 9.41am at a depth of 30km. It was followed by a 3.9 magnitude earthquake four minutes later. Tremors were felt as far south as Kingscliff and all across the Gold Coast.