News today over at "Green Inc.", that a new deal has been struck involving a large wind power project in Oregon. Most of the parts for the project will be/have been made in the US, and the project will have about 845 megawatts of power capacity. 338 turbines are planned, meaning each one on average has a capacity of 2.5 megawatts.
While not in total a huge amount of power for the US, this is a great step forward in clean, renewable, home-grown energy. Now we need about a hundred more like it.
Geoscience news & issues on planet Earth, as well as anything else geological I feel like yabbering about.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Seeing microbugs from space
Today's NASA image of the day is spectacular. It is an image of the waters off the coast of New Zealand. During this time of year, microscopic organisms that live in the ocean waters (phytoplankton) bloom due to the mixing of ocean currents. When they grow in such large numbers, they reflect enough sunlight to be visible from space. Different kinds of these organisms use different minerals to create their tiny solid shells; these end up reflecting the light as slightly different colors of blue & green.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
a planet where it rains rocks
Scientists at Washington Univ. in St. Louis have found a extra-solar planet so hot that it likely rains rocks down onto a bubbling lava surface.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Cost of solar power dropping
Article on Green Inc. blog from the NY Times today discusses the fact that solar power has been dropping significantly over the past decade, down ~30% in 2008 from 1998.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
new fossil find
This new beast is another pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived in the Mesozoic Era during the time of the dinosaurs (but not technically a dinosaur). article in BBC News
Friday, October 9, 2009
new NASA probe lands on Moon
The AP reports today that NASAs recent probe to the moon has landed successfully. The goal of the probe is to determine whether ice is present at the moon's southern pole.
Monday, September 28, 2009
the man who single-handedly saved the world
About 2 weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about Norman Borlaug, a man who's passion for farming and heart for the poor and hungry led him through a life that probably saved or even made possible millions of lives over his lifetime. He died a couple of weeks ago and his death has gone largely unnoticed by his own country.
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