Monthly Archives: March 2012

Challenges, Deep-sea and Budgetary

Posted on 2012/03/31 by Sam

Last weekend, film director James Cameron descended alone into the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench, the deepest known point in the world’s oceans. He was the third human to do so, and the first since 1960. Four days later, … Continue reading →

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The sound of solar wind

Posted on 2012/03/14 by Sam

Most of us here on earth are familiar with the blustery, buffeting noise a strong wind makes in our ears. That noise is low-frequency pressure waves in the air, caused by turbulence when it flows past our ears. There are … Continue reading →

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Evacuating Paradise

Posted on 2012/03/09 by Sam

As reported in several news sources today, the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific is considering relocating its entire population elsewhere because of rising sea levels. President Anote Tong is in talks with Fiji to purchase land that … Continue reading →

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