Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Fastest growing volcano foundScienceAlertScientists have found a submarine volcano in New Zealand waters that has undergone the fastest episode of collapse and growth ever recorded at a volcano. The Monowai Cone, part of the Monowai Volcanic Centre, is a giant submarine volcano about 1000km …See all stories on this topic ยป ScienceAlert Volcano puts on Continue Reading →
Sumatra faces yet another risk: Major volcanic eruptions Posted: 16 May 2012 11:01 AM PDT The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005. Now a new study shows that the residents of Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Humanmade pollutants may be driving Earth’s tropical belt expansion: May impact large-scale atmospheric circulation Posted: 16 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT Black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone, both humanmade pollutants emitted predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere’s low- to mid-latitudes, are most likely pushing the boundary of the tropics further poleward in Continue Reading →
Australasia has hottest 60 years in a millennium, scientists find Study of tree rings, corals and ice cores find unnatural spike in temperatures that lines up with manmade climate change Share5 Email Alison Rourke in Sydney guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012 07.52 BST Red dust blown in from Australia’s parched interior blankets Sydney in 2009. Continue Reading →
NASA Science News for May 16, 2012 NASA has just released a new count of asteroids that come close to the orbit of Earth and could survive entry through our planet’s atmosphere. The data, gathered by an infrared space telescope named WISE, reveal important new information about the origin and make-up of these potentially hazardous Continue Reading →
Scientists shatter quantum teleportation record May 16, 2012 – 1:19PM Read later