By TaminoMarch 21, 2011 … The 2010-2011 rise in food prices was triggered by a rise in cereals prices. It started in July of 2010, and still hasn’t relented. Sure, there are other factors too — and as usually happens, an increase in cereals prices can cause a “ripple effect,” leading to increased prices in […]
Caption by Michon Scott and Mike Carlowicz20 March 2011 A swath of agricultural fields lies between the Japanese city of Sendai and Sendai Bay, and the area was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami on March 11, 2011. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image […]
Caption by Michon ScottMarch 18, 2011 On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the northeast coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami that devastated coastal communities. One of the hardest hit was the city of Rikuzentakata. At the end of a narrow inlet, the city of roughly 8,000 households lost 75 percent […]
DigitalGlobe has released a new satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site in Japan taken at 10:20AM local time on March 18, 2011. The most significant difference in the new image is the lack of any visible steam above the damaged reactor building for unit 3. In both the March 16 and March 17 […]
DigitalGlobe has released a new commercial satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site in Japan taken at 10:55AM local time on March 17, 2011. Steam continues to vent out of the top of the Unit 3 reactor building. Steam also appears to be continuing to vent out of the side of the Unit 2 […]
HATSUSHIMA – Earthquake recorded at Hatsushima observatory 1 on March 11 around 05:47 (UTC). To hear the low frequency sounds the recording has been sped up 16 times. Listening to the Deep Ocean Environment via Gizmodo Technorati Tags: ocean,Asia,infrastructure failure
DigitalGlobe has released a new satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear site in Japan taken at 9:35AM local time on March 16, 2011. Damage to the Unit 1 reactor building from a previous explosion can still be seen. Damage to the Unit 3 reactor building from an explosion can be seen as well. Steam […]
By ALAN McLEAN, MATTHEW ERICSON and ARCHIE TSE [Visit the site and move the slider to compare satellite images from before and after the disaster.] Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami Japan tsunami – before and after pictures Technorati Tags: Asia,flood,pollution,infrastructure failure
By MONIQUE POLAK, Postmedia News11 March 2011 In his seven terms as mayor of Salluit, Qalingo Angutigirk has tried to look after his people, and their land. But it’s not an easy job when the ground is literally shifting under his feet. Since 1998 Salluit, the province’s second northernmost community, has been hit by a […]
By now, everybody has seen video of the blast that occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, but this before/after comparison caught Desdemona’s eye: “The secondary containment building blew up; it’s totally gone (along with any relief valves that may have been installed).” – Ghung At 21:00 JST (12:00 GMT) TEPCO announced that they […]
