Earthquake in Chile moved city 9 feet

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14 years ago

March 9, 2010

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The earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that struck Chile on 27 February visited the city of Concepción for more than three meters to the west, scientists revealed on Monday (8).

Preliminary measurements obtained from global positioning stations show that Concepcion, the second city of Chile, moved 3.04 meters (around 10′) to the west by the tremor.

Santiago, the Chilean capital, moved 27.7 centimeters (11″) to the west, according to measurements made by Chilean and American experts and published by Ohio State University.

The earthquake in Chile moved to the city of Buenos Aires, by 4 inches to the west, and was felt in the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic.

Source: G1

2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012

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12 years ago

November 16, 2012

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The 5,125-yearlong Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, which many claim portends a massive global transformation. Some dread its arrival, believing it will be the beginning of the end. Others await it with delicious anticipation, expecting it to be the catalyst for a quantum leap of consciousness, the dawning of a true New Age.

Others wonder if anything at all will occur–remember Y2K?

2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012 examines all of the popular myths, prophecies, and predictions circulating about 2012, including the Mayan teachings of time acceleration and global awakening on a consciousness level. Furthermore it takes an in-depth look at lesser-known predictions and prophecies, and at the more scientific and reality-based challenges we will face.

Some of the questions this book explores include:

* Will cosmic and earthly chaos disrupt our lives with destructive sunspot cycles, volcanic super-eruptions, monster storms, mass extinctions, and asteroid threats?

* Will huge leaps in technology create bionic humans, computers that think, and an end to all disease–possibly even death itself?

* Will economic and geopolitical powers shift out of the West and into the “the New Eurasia,” with new wars being fought over dwindling resources as global warming takes its toll?

* Will this be the evolution revolution of human consciousness–or the final countdown that leads to Armageddon itself?

* Will it be the apocalypse so many have feared–or the rebirth of the world and the transformation of humanity?

There is much, much more to the 2012 enigma than just an ancient calendar, and 2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning? will prove it.

<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.amazon.com/Marie-D.-Jones/e/B001JPA3KC/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=3xstrange-20″>Marie D. Jones</a><img src=”https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=3xstrange-20&l=ur2&o=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” /> is the coauthor of Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History and PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena.

She is a widely published writer with hundreds of credits, including dozens of inspirational gift books and five Chicken Soup for the Soul books.

She is also a licensed New Thought Minister and spiritual counselor with a background in metaphysical studies. She has appeared on numerous radio shows including Coast to Coast A.M. and Darkness Radio.

2012

As Temperature Rises, Earth Breathes Faster, and Maybe Harder

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14 years ago

March 27, 2010

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As planetary temperatures rise, Earth’s soils release steadily larger amounts of carbon dioxide, according to massive data crunching from hundreds of soil respiration studies published since 1989.

The critical question is whether soils release more CO2 because faster-growing plants pump more in, or if soils release CO2 that would have stayed in the ground at lower temperatures.

If the latter, the fresh influx of CO2 could produce a self-reinforcing cycle, producing higher temperatures that cause even more CO2 to be released.

Carbon dioxide enters the soil through the roots of living plants and from the decaying bodies of dead plants, and is processed by microbes, fungi and insects. Over time, some of that CO2 releases back into the atmosphere.

At any given time, there’s about twice as much CO2 in Earth’s soils as in its atmosphere.

Because more heat means more energy and faster chemical reactions, Earth scientists have suspected that rising global temperatures would increase the rate of soil respiration.

The last review of soil respiration studies (.pdf) took place in 1992, however, and though it found a link between temperature and respiration rates, data was relatively sparse.

Whatever the anomaly’s explanation, that data was still included when global soil-respiration rates were calculated and the rise identified.

What’s not clear from the analysis is whether soil-respiration rates have increased without actually affecting atmospheric balances of CO2, or if CO2 that would have remained earthbound is now being released.

Source: Pwired.com

2012

Caught on Tape: Flood? What Flood? or How To Face a Catastrophe…

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14 years ago

March 8, 2010

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What was supposed to have been just another lunch on a Brazilian Saturday has become a small aquatic adventure with the right to flood the restaurant and a different way to cross the street in Rio de Janeiro.

Nothing shakes the great Brazilian’s sense of humor.

“Between a beer and another with water by the shuttle, we did a video up there.”