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The interior of the Earth, similar to the other rocky or terrestrial planets, is divided into layers. The mantle is a highly viscous layer between the crust and the outer core. Earth’s mantle is a rocky shell about 1,800 miles thick that constitutes over 80% percent of the Earth’s volume (The part of the Earth best known to us humans.). Two thousand miles beneath our feet, the Earth’s solid rock – known as the mantle – gives way to the swirling liquid iron of the outer core. The last few hundred miles of the lowermost mantle is also known as D” (pronounced dee-double-prime). D” is one of the most enigmatic parts of the Earth which scientists have struggled to understand for decades; it can only be measured remotely, using seismic waves from earthquakes.

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The Not So Solid Earth

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The Political Environment: Gulf Oil Spill Should Increase …

Let’s hope that the horrifying oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – - and probably extended by currents into the Atlantic Ocean – - forces regulators, businesses and individuals to be far more mindful of threats to the environment right …

Publish Date: 05/18/2010 11:04

http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-should-increase.html

Cuba concerned Gulf oil spill may damage coast

WASHINGTON — The sprawling oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is prompting concern in Cuba, which boasts one of the Caribbean’s most pristine coral reefs, thick mangroves and nesting areas for green sea turtles. … “We simply can’t afford to not communicate on the environment,” said Daniel Whittle, Cuba program director for the Environmental Defense Fund. “The economic and ecological impact, if and when, it reaches the loop current could be significant and we don’t have any …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 11:00

http://www.thehappykennel.com/cuba-concerned-gulf-oil-spill-may-damage-coast

Oil Execs Say Gulf Oil Spill ‘A New Reality TV Show’ « The Mines …

WASHINGTON DC– Oil executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton recently leaked that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ( a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster) is an elaborate reality TV …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 12:49

http://theminesoforme.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/oil-execs-say-gulf-oil-spill-a-new-reality-tv-show/

Atlantic coast now under threat as current spreads Gulf oil slick …

There was mounting evidence last night that the scale of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has grown beyond all the initial worst-case scenarios, as thousands of gallons of oil continued to gush from the sea floor. via …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 4:43

http://constantine.typepad.com/blog/2010/05/atlantic-coast-now-under-threat-as-current-spreads-gulf-oil-slick-environment-the-guardian.html

My Blue Planet » Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico 2010 and Concerns …

CNM News Network Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico 2010 and Concerns about Environment. The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been a big tragedy for the past month. … US Congress Steps Up Gulf Oil Spill ProbeVoice of America …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 8:50

http://www.my-blue-planet.info/oil-spill-in-gulf-of-mexico-2010-and-concerns-about-environment-cnm-news-network/

Gulf oil spill: Lowering the cofferdam | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Video emerges of BP’s efforts to lower containment tower over one of three leaks.

Publish Date: 05/13/2010 9:44

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/13/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-oil-spills

NASA, U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy. Though not quite a perpetual motion machine it is close to that. The Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging (SOLO-TREC) autonomous underwater vehicle uses a novel thermal recharging engine powered by the natural temperature differences found at different ocean depths. Scalable for use on most robotic oceanographic vehicles, this technology breakthrough could usher in a new generation of autonomous underwater vehicles capable of virtually indefinite ocean monitoring for climate and marine animal studies, exploration and surveillance.

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Underwater Robot That Can Run Forever

Cuddle up with your walls! Who ever said walls were just for hanging pictures? A Trombe wall is a sun-facing wall designed as a passive solar collector; people can enjoy its benefits in the toasty comfort of their homes. Instead of running your home heating system, you can use the radiant heat flow from an original design. The Trombe wall, also referred to as a solar wall, was popularized by Felix Trombe in 1964 although it was patented by Edward Morse in 1881.

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Indoor Heating by a Concrete Wall