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• Timeline: Skeletal Animals in the Fossil Record
• October 25, 2010 Sumatra Tsunami
• Insects in India’s Cambay Amber Deposit
• Improving Earth and Space Science Education
• New England Geothermal
• Detecting Neutrinos Beneath Antarctic Ice
• Earth Science Week Newsletter – November, 2010
• Leonid Meteor Shower 2010: Peaks November 17 AM

Timeline: Skeletal Animals in the Fossil Record Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:07 PM PST “Beginning around 542 million years ago, a profusion of animals with shells and skeletons began to appear in the fossil record. So many life forms appeared during this time that it is often referred to as the “Cambrian Explosion.” Geologists at Princeton and UCSB and their coauthors have proposed a rethinking of the timeline of these early animal appearances.”

October 25, 2010 Sumatra Tsunami Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:49 PM PST The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission has a summary article on the October 25, 2010 Sumatra Tsunami that includes a travel time / maximum wave crest height map. Related: Travel Time Maps for Indian Ocean Tsunamis

Insects in India’s Cambay Amber Deposit Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:37 PM PST Insect fossils in the Cambay amber deposit of western India provide evolutionary clues suggesting that India was not an isolated landmass in the Early Eocene – before it collided with Asia.

Improving Earth and Space Science Education Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:36 PM PST “Climate change, energy, natural resources and the health of planet Earth are major modern-day concerns, but Americans’ grasp of Earth and space sciences is, according to scientists and educators at Penn State, not strong.” [...] “We are not teaching Earth and space science well nationally,” said Tanya Furman, assistant vice president and associate dean for undergraduate education and professor of geosciences. “That is particularly critical considering the worldwide concern about energy, the environment and natural resources.” Quoted from the Penn State Live website.

New England Geothermal Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:35 PM PST The United States Department of Energy has funding a study of the geothermal potential of New England. One goal of the study is to map the temperature of subsurface rock units.

Detecting Neutrinos Beneath Antarctic Ice Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:24 PM PST “IceCube, an astronomy project at the South Pole, is a telescope designed to detect subatomic particles called neutrinos that originate in far space and pass through the Earth, infrequently interacting with the Antarctic ice.” Quoted from the National Science Foundation press release.

Earth Science Week Newsletter – November, 2010 Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PST The Earth Science Week Newsletter for November, 2010 has been published. Topic there include: * Earth Science Week 2010 an Energetic Success * Earth Science Week Contest Winners Announced * NSF Offers Online Climate Change Resources * Dig Into 'Citizen Science' With Online Resources * Is Earth Science Education at Risk in Your State? * NOAA Teaches Teachers About Oceans, Atmosphere

Leonid Meteor Shower 2010: Peaks November 17 AM Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:44 PM PST The Leonid Meteor Shower for 2010 will peak on November 17th between 3:30 and 5:30 AM eastern time. Related: What Causes a Meteor Shower?

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