Earth and Enviornment News: Page 4

Amateur Prospector Finds 12 Pound Gold Nugget in Australia With Metal Detector (January 17, 2013): An amateur prospector found a huge gold nugget near Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria.

Rare Haleakala Silversword Threatened by Climate Change (January 16, 2013): Biologists say the Haleakala silversword plant was under threat in the early 1900s from being eaten by animals and picked by visitors.

Chinese Developers to Flatten 700 Mountains to Make New City (December 16, 2012): The Guardian reports that the China Pacific Construction Group plans to flatten 700 mountains to make room for a new city in Lanzhou.

NASA Map Shows Fires in U.S. So Far This Year (December 10, 2012): This map from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and NASA shows fires in the U.

Six Italian Scientists Found Guilty of Manslaughter and Sentenced to Jail for Failing to Predict Earthquake (October 22, 2012): Six Italian scientists have been jailed for failing to predict the L'Aquila earthquake which killed 309 people in 2009.

Scientists Warn Fish May Shrink by as Much as 24% by 2050 (October 1, 2012): One side effect of global warming will be smaller fishes.

NASA Says Arctic Cyclone Helped Break Up Sea Ice in August (September 23, 2012): NASA says a large Arctic cyclone helped break up thinning sea ice on the Arctic Ocean's frozen ice cap last month.

Russian Asteroid Crater Contains Trillions of Carats Worth of Diamonds Say Russians (September 18, 2012): The Christian Science Monitor reports that Russia recently declassified news that it has an asteroid crater with trillions of carats worth of diamonds in it.

Very Large and Unusual Odor Event: Salton Sea Blamed for Rotten Egg Smell in Los Angeles (September 12, 2012): The Salton Sea is located 150 miles east of Los Angeles.

Section of China's Yangtze River Turns Red (September 7, 2012): Part of China's Yangtze river has turned red.

7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Near Sulangan, Philippines Triggers Tsunami Watches and Warnings (August 31, 2012): The USGS reports that a 7.

NASA Satellites Pinpoint Volcanic Eruption That Caused Floating Pumice Sightings (August 14, 2012): NASA satellites have pinpointed the underwater volcanic eruption that caused the recent floating pumice sightings.

Study Finds New Amish Community Forms in U.S. Every 3.5 Weeks (July 28, 2012): Researchers say Amish are growing more rapidly than most other religions in the United States.

Scientists Discover Grand Canyon Sized Rift Valley in West Antarctica (July 27, 2012): Scientists say they have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica.

Satellite Data Indicates Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt (July 25, 2012): NASA says new satellite measurements indicate unprecedented recent Greenland ice sheet surface melt.

New York City's Manhattanhenge Sunset (July 12, 2012): New York City experienced a Manhattanhenge sunset on Wednesday night.

Scientists Say Emperor Penguins Threatened by Antarctic Sea Ice Loss (June 26, 2012): Scientists are projecting a major decline in emperor penguins by the end of this century as climate change reduces the extent of Antarctic sea ice.

New Blue Marble Image of Earth Looks Down on Arctic (June 21, 2012): Ocean scientist Norman Kuring of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center compiled this new view of the Earth using natural-color images from the Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the recently launched Suomi-NPP satellite.

NASA's Dynamic Earth Film Contains Stunning Animations and Visualizations (June 19, 2012): There are some amazing animations in NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio's Dynamic Earth project.

Four Hundred Thousand Wheels of Aging Parmesan Cheese Damaged in Italy Earthquake (May 21, 2012): A earthquake in northern Italy damaged four hundred thousand wheels of parmesan cheese when many shelves toppled over.

Dramatic Trailer for PBS Dust Bowl Documentary (May 16, 2012): Here a preview for The Dust Bowl, a documentary film by Ken Burns.

Russian Satellite, Elektro-L No. 1, Takes Detailed Images of Earth (May 15, 2012): Elektro-L No.

Ouarkziz Impact Crater in Algeria Captured by ISS Astronaut Photo (May 11, 2012): This image of the Ouarkziz Impact Crater was captured by an astronaut abord the International Space Station.

Image: All the Water on Earth as a Blue Sphere (May 9, 2012): Jack Cook from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution created an amazing illustration showing all of Earth's liquid as a blue sphere sitting on Earth.

Unique Ancient Protozoan Discovered in Norwegian Lake Sludge (April 30, 2012): Researchers from the University of Oslo, Norway have discovered a very unique protozoan in the lake sludge at the bottom of little lake located 30 kilometers south of Oslo.