(I lost internet access at the university until today — argh. Please excuse the delay.)
In addition to my Solar System class, I’m also teaching physical geology this semester. Those student simply have to find articles describing some form of geological news article that has occurred in the past week:
- earthquakes: 5.2 in Greece on Friday, 27. January; aftershocks continue to rattle Virginia five months later; a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in Nevada was barely noticed on 1. February; the magnitude 7.1 near Vanuatu on 2. February seems to have caused no reported damage; a 3.0 in Cartago, California on 2. February also was noticed by my students
- the 2.4 magnitude event in northern Illinois on Monday resulted in papers trying to find something to talk about & settled for geophysicists using the seismic waves to find fault lines
- the 6.3 earthquake near Ica, Peru on 30. January amazingly was only chosen by one student — I thought the coverage would have resulted in more entries (I mean, I heard about it on NPR in the 5 minute roundup…)
- Moon magnetic dynamo and what fueled it (based on recent Science article – behind paywall)
- the Little Ice Age caused by non-specificed volcanic eruptions topic was also chosen (original Geophysical Research Letters article & Erik’s commentary on Eruptions)
- Cleveland’s new dome also made an appearance (Erik also mentioned this recently)
- In the case of one of my physical students finding an article that Solar System could use, a new alien planet that is within the habitable zone was announced (article itself isn’t too bad)
I’ll have Solar System’s news for week #3 up in a bit — they’re taking an exam at the moment, so I have time to grade & collect the links.
