Earth and Enviornment News: Page 6

NASA Video Shows Ten Years of Earth's Wildfires Using Satellite Data (October 27, 2011): NASA released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002.

NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth (October 20, 2011): NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth earlier this week.

Preview of PBS Nature's Radioactive Wolves Episode Shows Abandoned Pripyat (October 17, 2011): Pripyat, Ukraine has been a ghost town for 25 years following the Chernobyl disaster.

Satellite Views of Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie (October 14, 2011): Lake Erie is experiencing its worst algae bloom in decades.

British Research Team to Drill Beneath Three Kilometers of Solid Ice to Reach Subglacial Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica (October 11, 2011): A British research team is headed to Antarctica for the first stage of a scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from Lake Ellsworth, which is buried beneath three kilometres (1.

The Strange Rubbing Boulders of the Atacama Desert (October 11, 2011): Geologist Jay Quade discovered an unusual geological process operating in a remote corner of northern Chile's Atacama Desert.

Researchers at Ohio State University Are Building a Dust Library (October 6, 2011): Just hearing about this library may make people with allergies feel the urge to sneeze.

University of Nevada, Reno's Earthquake Lab Simulates Trucks on a Bridge During an Earthquake (September 23, 2011): The University of Nevada, Reno has an amazing Large-Scale Structures Earthquake Engineering Laboratory that can be used to simulate large earthquakes.

Scientists in California Developing Earthquake Warning System (September 20, 2011): Scientists in California have developed a prototype for an earthquake warning system.

Seismologist Compares East Coast Earthquake Strike to Ringing a Bell (August 24, 2011): The USGS released a statement about yesterday's 5.

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northern Virginia (August 23, 2011): A 5.

March 11 Japan Tsunami Broke Icebergs Off Antarctica (August 8, 2011): Japan's massive earthquake on March 11th generated a tsunami that caused widespread destruction in northeast Japan.

New Photos of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Released (June 26, 2011): Brazilian authorities recently confirmed the existence of a group of about 200 uncontacted Indians in the Amazon.

10,000 Year Clock Being Built Inside a Mountain in West Texas (June 23, 2011): A 10,000 Year Clock is being built inside a mountain in West Texas.

Report: Five Ice Cave Groups Discovered in China's Yunqiu Mountains (June 18, 2011): China's CCTV News reports that five ice cave groups have been discovered in China in the Yunqiu Mountains of Xiangning County in Shanxi Province.

Mitsubishi Electric Installs Giant OLED Globe in Tokyo Museum (June 14, 2011): Mitsubishi Electric Corporation installed a six-meter OLED globe at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan.

Time Lapse Video of Snake River Landslide (May 21, 2011): Wyoming DOT released a timpe lapse video of a slow moving Snake River mudslide.

Earth Has 657 More Barrier Islands Than Previously Thought (April 27, 2011): A new study by researchers from Duke University and Meredith College has revealed that the Earth has 657 more barrier islands than previously thought.

Terje Sorgjerd's Amazing Milky Way Photography (April 23, 2011): Terje Sorgjerd, a Norwegian landscape photographer and filmmaker, talked to CNN about his breathtaking Milky Way films.

Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot Animated (April 23, 2011): Artist Adam Winnik created this animation as his thesis project at Sheridan College.

Underwater Microphone Captures Japan's 9.0-Mag Earthquake (April 16, 2011): The massive 9.

Video: Tokyo Skyscrapers Swaying During the Earthquake (March 11, 2011): Here is some amazing footage of the earthquake hitting Tokyo today.

Massive 8.9 Magnitude Japan Quake Generates Huge Whirlpool (March 11, 2011): The massive 8.

Firefall at Yosemite National Park (February 21, 2011): A trick of light makes the 2,000 foot Horsetail Falls appear like a waterfall is actually lava flowing over the cliff.

NASA: 2012 is the Most Absurd Science Fiction Film Ever Made (January 4, 2011): NASA has named Roland Emmerich's disaster film, 2012, as the most absurd sci-fi film ever made.