Topic: scientists

Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active: "The Blanco Transform Fault Zone likely won't produce the huge earthquake many have predicted for the Pacific Northwest because it isn't a subduction zone fault. But the scientists say an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 to 7.0 is possible, if not probable in the near future, and their analysis suggests that the region may be under some...

Sub seeker - News - The Engineer: "The work made it possible to finalise locations for the two critical sites. One is near an area 50 miles off Newport, Oregon, where scientists would like to learn more about the icy methane that collects on or below the seafloor where the Juan de Fuca plate dives beneath North America. 'Our plan is to build the infrastructure that will allow entire...

A couple of scientists from the Desert Research Institute in Reno came up with some interesting information on how dirty the air was a century ago in North America and Europe. Detailed measurements from a Greenland ice core showed pollutants from burning coal--the toxic heavy metals cadmium, thallium and lead--were much higher than expected. The catch, however, was the pollutants weren't higher...

Saturday's paper had some coverage of the Bigfoot event in Shallow Alto. Unfortunately, they didn't think much of the Bigfoot DNA that was presented. Three samples of DNA were presented to "Scientists&# 034; (later revealed as scientists at a university in the midwest). The first appeared to be Human, the second was a possum, and the third was from the OJ Trial, um I mean was...