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WHAT DO VOLACANOES AND ANTARCTICA HAVE IN COMMON? Find out during our next chat with Dr. Don Blankenship, Research Scientist and Director of the UT Institute for Geophysics. Chat with Don on March 7th from 10:30am-11:30am CST. Cyberways and Waterways http://www.cyberwaysandwaterways.com Join our chat with Dr. Don Blankenship on March 7th from 10:30am-11:30am CST. Dr. Blankenship is a research scientist and director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. Don uses both airborne and ground-based geophysical techniques, including laser altimetry, radar sounding, seismic reflection and refraction, and potential fields methods, to investigate dynamics of large ice sheets and subglacial geology. Much of his current research is focused on understanding the West Antarctic rift system (including the flanking Transantarctic Mountains) and the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Tune in Thursday, March 7th at 11am and join the chat! Here�s how: 1. Go to www.CyberwaysandWaterways.com. On the left hand navigation, click "chat/mail/boards". 2. An hour before the chat, there will be an active link under "chats". Click this. Clicking this link will take you to a JOIN page (if you are not a member of the Cyberways community). Click "join" to join our community. 3. Now, you can begin typing in questions for our online expert! TIPS TO ACCESS THE CHAT: Make sure that your browser has cookies enabled and that, if you are at a school, your school does not BLOCK access to chat sites during the time of the chat. If they do, you will need to get your technology coordinator to �unblock� the chat for the time the chat occurs.

This is Great Terry! I will post the chats Rob conducts with his group of volcano enthusiasts and geologists in both World Volcanology and World Seismicity.

That's a great question isn't it? What do Volcanoes and Antarctica have in comon? I'm going to try and tune in find out what the experts say! If I can get trhough my firewall!

I think I know. But do check. I'd love to hear what he has to say if I can manage to extrapolate it to Hawaiian Standard Time.

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05/7/2002) ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/ * Seeing Leaves in a New Light http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/LAI/ An increase in plant growth can cool surface temperatures, give rise to more rain and cloud cover and lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. For many years biologists and Earth scientists have known of these interactions, but they have never been able to precisely measure and assess to what degree plants influence climate. Using a measurement known as Leaf Area Index, scientists have now found a way to quantify plant growth on a global scale with satellite imagery. -------------------- Natural Hazards: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ * Latest Events: Storm: Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland (ASTER) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3621 Storm: Tropical Cyclone Kesiny http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3622 Fire: Wildfires in Northern Australia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3624 Dust and Smoke: Dust over Cape Verde http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3620 Fire: Fires in Central America http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3618 Fire: Wildfires in Northern Australia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3624 Storm: Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland (Landsat) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3617 Fire: Fires in Pacific Northwest http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3616 Storm: Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland (EO-1/ALI) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3613 Unique Imagery: Dark Water near Rio de la Plata http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3614 Flood: Floods in Uruguay http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3615 Fire: Fires in South Central Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3625 Dust and Smoke: Dust over Cape Verde http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3620 Storm: Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland (GOES animation) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3612 -------------------- In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/ * Latest Images: NASA Launches Aqua Satellite http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9264 Demini River http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9263 Aswan High Dam in 6-meter Resolution from the International Space Station http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9262 Smoke from Fires in Central America Drifts over Texas http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9261 New NASA Satellite Zooms in on Tornado Swath http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9260 Dust Obscures Liaoning Province, China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9259 Phytoplankton off the Coast of Portugal http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9258 * NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/ - Aqua Launches! - Thunderstorms Are Affected By Pollution - New NASA Satellite Zooms in on Tornado Swath - NASA to Test Microwave Effects on Plant Growth - NASA Helps Preserve Our Nation's History - NASA Eyes Intricate Pattern on Cloud Street - NASA Looks a Hurricane's Temperature in the Eye * Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/ - Scripps Researchers Use High-Tech Imagery for New Insights into Breaking Wave Dynamics - Colorado U-NOAA Scientists Say El Nino May Rescue Parched Southwest * Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/ - Pollution May Discourage Clouds - Ozone Hole Is Now Seen as a Cause for Antarctic Cooling - Changing Climate, Shrinking Habitats - NASA Stares Down the Eye of a Hurricane - Smog Can Protect Against Global Warming - Cold, Hard Facts of Ice in Hurricanes - Weather Forecast: Wait for El Nino * New Research Highlights http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/ -------------------- New Data: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/ * Updated Data: UV Radiation Exposure data for March 2002 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/uv.toms.html -- Robert Simmon Interim EO-Announce List Manager - Earth Observatory Announcements http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05/28/2002) ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/ * EO Study: Fragment of its Former Shelf http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/LarsenIceShelf/ Scientists investigate the 2002 Larsen Ice Shelf breakup with the help of MODIS imagery. -------------------- Natural Hazards: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ * Latest Events: Fire: Fires Near Lake Baikal, Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3664 Fire: Fires Near Lake Baikal, Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3664 Fire: Fires in Central and Southern Africa http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3666 Fire: Fires in Southeastern Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3667 Unique Imagery: Phytoplankton in the Gulf of Alaska http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3668 Unique Imagery: Black Sea Becomes Turquoise http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3669 Storm: The Beginnings of Typhoon Hagibis http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3656 Dust and Smoke: Smoke from Eastern Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3660 Flood: Flooding in Eastern Africa http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=3661 -------------------- In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/ * Latest Images: Florida Everglades http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9289 Gateway to the Hudson Highlands http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9288 San Francisco Bay http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9287 Extensive Burn Scars in Russia�s Amur Region http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9286 The Beginnings of Typhoon Hagibis http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9285 Okefenokee Swamp Fire, Georgia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9284 Flooding along the Mississippi http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9279 * NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/ - FLAMBE Helps With Firefighting, Weather and Air Quality Forecasts - New On-Line Tool Tailors Climate Forecasts to Fit Resource Managers' Needs

Stonedom Come! http://www.stonedom.com is the Spring's new rocks and minerals website which make make a heavy pitch for it's visitors to stop by Geo.

Oooh Terry! I can hardly wait!

Still waiting for content from Ames.

This is the most amazing, fantastic, incredible "geo" website I have ever seen. Mind blowingly awesome! Excuse me, I don't usually get excited about websites. But this ones different. From a helicopter, every square inch of California coastline. Not a millimeter missed. There's a story behind this, and I'll talk about it in a later response. http://www.californiacoastline.org

The Idea We've flown over most of the California coastline before and have seen the beauty of the natural coastline and destruction that man has wrought unto it. In 1997 we volunteered the use of our helicopter to the Sierra Club. It wasn't long before Mark Massara called us asking for our help working with Gary Lynch, an established environmental photographer from Cambria, to document San Simeon Point for the fight against a huge resort and golf course that the Hearst Corporation wants to build. Our mission and the fight against this development was successful, and from time-to-time over the years we have volunteered our time and resources to help protect the coast. We've been called to photograph "after" pictures of illegal activity that has destroyed the coast, but rarely do we have the "before" pictures. More than once we wished we'd used the opportunity to photograph a "before" picture. This started us thinking -- what if we photographed the entire coast as a baseline of "before" pictures? We did some film-less dry runs near our home to try to understand how big a project this would be and estimated that it would take 10,000 exposures. The cost of the film and processing, not the mention the problem of indexing, filing, and retrieving the slides, made the project seem prohibitive at the time. Fortunately, technology changes this... http://www2.californiacoastline.org/ I looked at one single picture tonight and I was overwhelmed by the detail and the magnificence of this part of our planet. It took a very long time to load. And it took a longer time to marvel at it's beauty. Warning, this site could be very, very addicting for geophiles. http://www1.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=11268&mode=big&lastmode=sequential&flags=0

Bolinas California, where I used to live. http://www1.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=5573&mode=big&lastmode=sequential&flags=0

Checking it out. I might be on one of these photos!

It's amazing, very amazing. ].

I sent my son the link. Vacaville is not on them but nearby is. Great photos!

The photos are truly amazing. This guy and his wife fly a small helicopter along the coastline taking a picture every 3 seconds and feeding it into their Apple notebook computer until they have 40 gbs or about a days worth of photos. The pictures, as you saw, are huge and they take a long time to load in your browser. But they are often worth the wait. I could almost count the tiles in Grace Slicks swimming pool in Bolinas. The California coastline is one of the most amazing places on the planet and this is the next best thing to being there.

Absolutely! No wonder with these satellites they were able to track the movements of Gorbachev by looking for the "port wine stain" birthmark on his forehead. That is NOT your ordinary camera and lens!

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ is a "global change master directory" which let's you drill down in to just about any topic relating to the earth sciences.

I think Terry and Cfman have come up with a startlingly amazingly long list of new websites for eager Geoites to peruse. This stuff is really great and you guys must be tired of reading Thank you, but it is well deserved.

They are one and the same. ptw and cfadm. cfadm is the "super user" that owns the bbs software and I find myself in this mode when I need to do maintenance on the system on the web based interface. Usually "terry" logs in via ssh and cfadm uses the web interface. That global change master directory (above) is pretty exhaustive.

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (08 March 2005) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The next "Where on Earth ... ?" MISR Mystery Image Quiz (#21) will be published Wednesday, March 9th 2005, at Noon (PST), at the MISR site: http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Earth Observatory team would like to announce the relaunch of the Visible Earth, a catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/ * Stealing Rain from the Rainforest http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AmazonDrought/ In a rainforest, visible effects of drought can be subtle. An experiment that mimicked the impact of a severe El Nino in the Amazon revealed surprising signs of stress that could be seen from space. -------------------- In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/ * Latest Images: Cyclone Ingrid http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16843 A Weak El Niño Getting Weaker http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16842 Nightime Lava Glow on Klyuchevskaya Volcano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16841 Coastal Change, Amazon River Mouth http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16840 Uluru (Ayers Rock) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16839 Drygalski Ice Tongue http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16838 Dust Storm Over Libya and Egypt http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16837 Haze Over Sumatra http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16836 * NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/ - NASA Finds Lightning Clears Safe Zone in Earth's Radiation Belt - NASA Study Suggests Giant Space Clouds Iced Earth - Satellite Sees Ocean Plants Increase, Coasts Greening * Media Alerts http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/ - Wetlands Clean Water and May Control Neighborhood Flood Problems - Huge 2004 Stratospheric Ozone Loss Tied to Solar Storms, Arctic Winds - Modeled Climate and Land-Use Change Threatens Plant Species - Widespread Arctic Warming Crosses Critical Ecological Thresholds, Scientists Warn - Hawaiian Volcano May Be Health Risk * Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/ - New Ecosystem at Atlantic Hydrothermal Vent - Quake Swarm Off Oregon Coast Prompts Research - Restless Volcano Creates Hazards in Alaska - Forests Could Be Key to Curbing Global Warming - Huge Space Clouds May Have Caused Mass Extinctions - Home Cooking Clogs Climate - El Nino Growth Stunted In Pacific - Researcher Downplays Ozone Hole Risk - Satellite Sees Ocean Plants Increase, Coasts Greening - South America 'Hazard Map' to Chart Disaster Risk - Arctic Ozone Loss Concerns Researchers - Natural Disasters on Coasts Concern NOAA - NASA Research Aids UNESCO Global Conservation Efforts - Scientists Advance in Detection and Attribution Of Climate Change - Arctic Researchers Trace Warming Trend to 1850s - 100 World Cities in Britain's Climate Rescue Drive - Climate 'Threatens' Arctic Lakes - Record Rains Stump Weather Experts - NASA'S "Great Earth Observatory" Marks Five Years of Climate Discoveries * New Research Highlights http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/ -------------------- New Data: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/ * Updated Data: Global Sea Surface Temperature data for January 2005 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for December 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for November 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for October 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for September 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for August 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html Global Sea Surface Temperature data for July 2004 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/sst.ocean.html

One can always start poking around in the following, too...there are over 6000 websites currently to choose from. http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/

Thank you for this link. I could spend the rest of my life in one of these sites, but then I'd not be on the breaking news of earthquakes like I was last night. Impressive site. I wonder how many links I've posted...

Back down the url to find much more. Archaeology had well over 5000 websites listed. http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/ Back all the way down for a all-conclusive list of topics they cover in science http://dmoz.org/Science/

Yep, it is the basis for Google's directory listings, and a few other sites, too. They're also looking for more editors...

*sigh* also=always, btw, and maybe I shouldn't have said they since http://dmoz.org/profiles/wer.html

Fantastic. I could not get that link open fast enough. May it be the first of many (and profitable) employments on the internet. Since when did we check grammer here?! whatever you said sounds just fine.

It's volunteer, actually, been doing it off and on for a few years. And, not so much a grammatical mistake as a contextual one.

From my editing background either word fits. In any case it is a great link. Voluunteering lets you make mistakes and they can't fire you (though I have yet to see a mistake from you) so have at it. What is your interest in Morocco?

Your profile could supply word disassociation for months.

Enough mistakes and they will let you go, and there are other things you can do to get banned from editing, but without some rules, the directory wouldn't be the cool thing it be. I started editing in Morocco because someone started a project to straighten up the category, and I'd never done anything in Africa, so I asked to help and got approved to do so. The topical side of the directory confuses me more than the Regional side, so I like to expand my permissions in Regional whenever I feel I can. As for the profile, some habits die hard.

OH yes... thanks for reminding me after all those years of dealing with incompetent volunteers that you are not welcome if you mess up. Have you discoverd the Berber connection? There was a French prof at UH Hilo with relatives (Berbers) in Morocco. It sounds very interesting. Perhaps the subject of a travel topic? I need to go back into that coference to add a few things.

The problem with my side in Morocco is that there are way more Moroccan sites in Arabic and French than there are in English.

well, yeah, you can't be an "editor" and make mistakes, now can you *grin* i think it's great that you're hooked up with them. i'm interested in Moroccan culture but more with the art/textile side than anything else, never bothered looking anything up on the internet *duh* usually am trying to find something at the bookstore.....

PLEASE someone, why is Geo topic 2 about volcanoes not visible? It is my favorite places and I send others there. Now it is invisible and therefore non-existent as far as anyone is concerned. Help!! Please!!

I'll check it.

Thanks.

It's there. It exists. What browser are you using?

I'm one of those dinosaurs using Netscape 7.2 I love Netscape's bookmarks so for 10 years or nearly that long I have transfered them from computer to computer.

Can you see the topic now?

Negative

Using Internet Explorer 6.0 I could also not see it. Is anyone else having trouble with Geo topic 2? I'm not sure what browser my friend was using, but he was the one who brought it to my attention.

i couldn't see the topic either and i'm on MSN Explorer

Marcia, try going to the following url: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/unretire/Geo/2 if that doesn't fix it, let me know and I'll try and think of something else to try...

http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/Geo/2

Looks like something worked, as it is back where I can see it now.

me too!

And we even got wolfie back on line. Again, inexscusible delay. Apologies wolfie.

it wasn't your delay, i delayed in contacting YOU!! *HUGS*

OK. OK. That makes me feel better.

Many MANY thanks for restoring my favorite topic. I guess I retired it instead of freezing it - but have no idea when that was. I now have a ftp program downloaded and tried logging into spring.net anonymously which it did (Good) but rejected me (for security reasons I am guessing) so Next I need to know what to do to get in and how do I arrange the commands so it can see where I have the graphic stored but so it is not still visible online.

I really didn't do much except slack off a little less.