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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Quatenary Period Wins Out
"Pending an almost certain ratification by the ultimate authority--the International Commission on Stratigraphy --the Quaternary will officially take over the past 2.6 million years of the geologic time scale, when humans took up tools and the world began slipping in and out of the ice ages."Click here to read details.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
New Report Sets Forth Principles of Earth Science Literacy
Earth's rocks and other materials provide a record of its history. Our solar sy
stem formed from a vast cloud of gas and dust 4.6 billion years ago. Earth's crust has two distinct types: continental and oceanic.
These and other concepts are the major ideas of Earth science that all citizens should know, according to a newly released report--Earth Science Literacy Principles: The Big Ideas and Supporting Concepts of Earth Science--funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI).
stem formed from a vast cloud of gas and dust 4.6 billion years ago. Earth's crust has two distinct types: continental and oceanic.These and other concepts are the major ideas of Earth science that all citizens should know, according to a newly released report--Earth Science Literacy Principles: The Big Ideas and Supporting Concepts of Earth Science--funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI).
New Solar Power Plant near Phoenix
Wind and Solar Power really CAN be in our future!
Actually, they're in our present!
Click here for the story.
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