Eco- Event 6: Disaster In Japan

A couple of days ago, Japan went through on the worst disasters in the worlds history. Japan has gone through an earthquake, a tsunami, nuclear power plants exploding, and an estimated of tens of thousands of deaths. Dr. Musson who is the head of the seismic hazard at the British Geological Survey says that the last comparable tsunami was sometime around 869 AD. Other researchers have discovered that roughly around where the huge tsunami hit is where about one in 1,000 years will hit again. The article also talks about the other factors like the earthquake. The reason that the tsunami was so historical is because of the earthquake that struck just outside the coast of north east Japan. A professor from Georgia Tech University named Hermann Fritz said, "Nowhere in the world is as prepared as Japan - but in general you can plan for a magnitude 7 or 7.5 that happens every generation, but not anything in the 9 range".

That quote and the fact that this only happens about once in 1000 years got to me thinking about how far our world has come. If something like this was to hit a small country like it did to Haiti, I can't even imagine all the devastation that they would be going through. At least Japan is a well designed and somewhat rich country and can and will bounce back from this terrible disaster. But also after reading this article I can't not think about all the 2012 buzz thats circulating through the internet and other places. Maybe the world is coming to an end?

Eco-Event 5: If Dinosaurs Fought in the Civil War...

Take a look at this article.

I found this article on "stumbleupon.com" and as I was reading it I discovered that this is a theme park that was developed by a man named Mark Cline. He wanted to tell a story of how a group of Union soilders found a lost valley of dinosaurs and that they were trying to capture them and use the dinosaurs as weapons against The Confederacy. But the park is designed to show how The Union soilders "tried" to capture these 40-foot creatures.

After seeing this, I got to thinking that what if dinosaurs where still alive? And I know that birds and other animals are considered dinosaurs, but im talking about the giant T-rexs. What would our culture do with something that big and how would we solve the problem of them walking around anywhere and eating anything they choose to. Knowing how our country works we would probably be successful at capturing them and stuff them all in some zoo type facility and deprive them from their natural habitats. But I guess that's about the only thing you can do with something that large. Regardless of what we did, I think it would be cool to see animals that big walking around.

Eco-Event 4: Snow Storm for the Record Books

NASA captured infrared photos of a massive storm over the United States. And though they saw it we were all victims to one of the biggest snow storms since the 1950's. This storm was so large that it covered over 30 states and left 9 states under blizzard warnings and most of the states left with over a foot of snow. New York and Philadelphia recorded a combined 93 inches of snow with New York getting 56 of those inches. NASA says that this has been one of the nastiest storms they have ever gotten to witness on the face of the earth.

You can check out the video HERE.

When I first read this article and saw the picture of the storm sweeping over more than half of our country I became a little worried. I wasn't worried about Ohio's blizzard warnings, I was focused on the whole Global Warming issue, or as nice people like to call it Climate Change. The fact that in the summer or earth is getting hotter and in the winter their becoming more freezing and colder. This can all be looked at by the amount of air pollution and fossil fuels that are roaming around our atmosphere. If things don't change soon I can only wonder when the next huge storm is going to hit and if this one could possibly cover the whole earth.

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Eco-Event 3: A River in an Ocean?

In Cenote Angelita, Mexico a team of divers decided to dive into the near by ocean. And while they were down there, they found a underwater cave that looked interesting. They had no idea what they would find next. The diving team discovered a "river in the sea". At the bottom of this cave was a river that had surrounding islands and trees poking through. As the divers researched this "river" they soon found out that it was not water, and that it was a thick layer of hydrogen sulfide gas similiar to what can be found at the bottom of sewer water. Regardless of whether they redefined the laws of science this team of divers made an extrodinary discovery.

When I first saw this and took a look at the pictures I was shocked! I was thinking to myself, how could a river be in an ocean? Just by looking at the pictures, everything looks legit and it really does look like a river and some unexplained phenomenon. But as I got to reading I quickly learned that it was just a thick layer of gas. Even then I still thought that these divers made a cool discovery. To check out the pictures and article click here.

Eco-Event 2: Technology Helps Process Dinosaur Footprints

Scientist are using computers with 3-D modeling to understand dinosaur footprints. They have discovered that the for a animal to leave a everlasting footprint it depends on how much the animal weighs and some part has to do with the conditions of the soil. Scientist have found that since weight is a huge factor to leave footprints, that their could be so many more different types of dinosaurs that are unknown. So using this technology they can study land and it gives palaeontologists the chance to re evaulate over 100 million years of history. To see the full article, click here.

At first when I read this article I found it interesting that our technology now can figure out what happened over 100 million years ago. I will always think that what an accomplishment our society has achieved. Also I feel like what else is left out there in the world that is undiscovered and if it will be discovered. Or will we have developed the technology to be capable of uncovering the hidden secrets of this planet that we live on. I have also had an interest in history and this article justs sparks it even more. There are still so many questions to be asked and hopefully our society has the people to answer them.