Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Standing on Shaky Ground


Not too many people know it, but there are thousands of earthquakes everyday. Just today California experienced a 5.4 quake (The largest recorded by humans was a 9.3). New York has many small earthquakes each year, they are just too small for us to pay any attention. Our city actually stands on an ancient (very ancient) fault zone, so lets hope it doesn't become active again, or we could have some serious problems...

Smith

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Global Climate Change


Well,

Here I am, no air conditioning, sweating it out in the Bronx. It was 92 today, not as bad as that day in may that hit 98 (102-B was not a happy room that day), but it was still warm. In the spirit of the season, I looked up a graph on CO2 emissions. Carbon Dioxide is the most abundant greenhouse gas warming the Earth, but not the most powerful. This graph is fairly accurate in showing the change in CO2 levels since around 1750. What do you predict for our future?

Smith

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The World is Amazing



Found this video of a discovery channel video. I think it really sums up my viewpoint well.
Smith