Earth Signs
These snippets are good for future discussions, here, and there. See also my links under "geological".
40 Volcanoes Are Erupting Right Now, And 34 Of Them Are Along The Ring Of Fire
You may not have noticed, but our planet is becoming increasingly unstable. According to Volcano Discovery, 40 volcanoes around the globe are erupting right now, and only 6 of them are not along the Ring of Fire. If that sounds like a very high number to you, that is because it is a very high number.
"Scientists already know that magnetic north shifts. Once every few hundred thousand years the magnetic poles flip so that a compass would point south instead of north. While changes in magnetic field strength are part of this normal flipping cycle, data from Swarm have shown the field is starting to weaken faster than in the past. Previously, researchers estimated the field was weakening about 5 percent per century, but the new data revealed the field is actually weakening at 5 percent per decade, or 10 times faster than thought. As such, rather than the full flip occurring in about 2,000 years, as was predicted, the new data suggest it could happen sooner." - SEE LIVESCIENCE LINK(s) AT BOTTOM OF MADMAN POST.
SCIENTISTS STUDY UNDERWATER ERUPTION: 3D Image of Underwater Axial Seamount An Underwater Volcano 300 Miles Off The Coast of Oregon and Washington. - (Image Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, PMEL) -
- OSU - Hatfield Marien Science Center article.
- Gallery: Axial Seamount: Images of an Erupting Undersea Volcan - [Read full story - http://www.livescience.com/50703-axial-seamount-2015-eruption.html]
Fracking - (and NEW MADRID FAULT!) - U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Releases Human-Induced(?) Earthquake Hazard Data - Warns of Quake Magnitude of Up To 7.0 On The Richter Scale. Animated Map Shows Increase In Non-Tectonic Earthquakes From 2014 to 2015. (Animated Map from the weather.com. Map Data from USGS, 2015). -
- http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/heartland-earthquake-danger-fracking-manmade-usgs
- http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/04/oil-and-gas-operations-could-trigger-large-earthquakes
Updates on Bird Deaths, Booms and Siberian Craters. Red circles mark where loud, house-shaking booms have been reported by local news media and social media, repeatedly in some places, between January 1 and March 1, 2015, and ongoing. Map by http://www.Earthfiles.com . -
- 12 States Have Reports of Mysterious, Loud Booms in First 12 Days of January 2015.
Could Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip This Century? Swarm satellite (ESA) measurements made from January to June 2014 show a dramatic decline in Earth's magnetic field over North and South America with a strengthening of the Earth's magnetic field over the southern Indian Ocean. 2014 image by ESA's Swarm Satellite. -
- Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening 10 Times Faster Now
- Why Earth's Magnetic Field Flip-Flops
- Magnetic field is wonky.
- Background of magnetic field.
If anyone can find an updated field-shift map, like the one above, please send in that info!
40 Volcanoes Are Erupting Right Now, And 34 Of Them Are Along The Ring Of Fire
You may not have noticed, but our planet is becoming increasingly unstable. According to Volcano Discovery, 40 volcanoes around the globe are erupting right now, and only 6 of them are not along the Ring of Fire. If that sounds like a very high number to you, that is because it is a very high number.
"Scientists already know that magnetic north shifts. Once every few hundred thousand years the magnetic poles flip so that a compass would point south instead of north. While changes in magnetic field strength are part of this normal flipping cycle, data from Swarm have shown the field is starting to weaken faster than in the past. Previously, researchers estimated the field was weakening about 5 percent per century, but the new data revealed the field is actually weakening at 5 percent per decade, or 10 times faster than thought. As such, rather than the full flip occurring in about 2,000 years, as was predicted, the new data suggest it could happen sooner." - SEE LIVESCIENCE LINK(s) AT BOTTOM OF MADMAN POST.
SCIENTISTS STUDY UNDERWATER ERUPTION: 3D Image of Underwater Axial Seamount An Underwater Volcano 300 Miles Off The Coast of Oregon and Washington. - (Image Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, PMEL) -
- OSU - Hatfield Marien Science Center article.
- Gallery: Axial Seamount: Images of an Erupting Undersea Volcan - [Read full story - http://www.livescience.com/50703-axial-seamount-2015-eruption.html]
Fracking - (and NEW MADRID FAULT!) - U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Releases Human-Induced(?) Earthquake Hazard Data - Warns of Quake Magnitude of Up To 7.0 On The Richter Scale. Animated Map Shows Increase In Non-Tectonic Earthquakes From 2014 to 2015. (Animated Map from the weather.com. Map Data from USGS, 2015). -
- http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/heartland-earthquake-danger-fracking-manmade-usgs
- http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/04/oil-and-gas-operations-could-trigger-large-earthquakes
Updates on Bird Deaths, Booms and Siberian Craters. Red circles mark where loud, house-shaking booms have been reported by local news media and social media, repeatedly in some places, between January 1 and March 1, 2015, and ongoing. Map by http://www.Earthfiles.com . -
- 12 States Have Reports of Mysterious, Loud Booms in First 12 Days of January 2015.
Could Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip This Century? Swarm satellite (ESA) measurements made from January to June 2014 show a dramatic decline in Earth's magnetic field over North and South America with a strengthening of the Earth's magnetic field over the southern Indian Ocean. 2014 image by ESA's Swarm Satellite. -
- Earth's Magnetic Field Is Weakening 10 Times Faster Now
- Why Earth's Magnetic Field Flip-Flops
- Magnetic field is wonky.
- Background of magnetic field.
If anyone can find an updated field-shift map, like the one above, please send in that info!