Day: October 4, 2011

An earthquake swarm is taking place in the Canary Islands.. Amost 10,000 earthquakes in recent weeks and no sign that the earth rattling shaking is going to subside.. Even today, number 2.somethings have developed and rattled nerves–and rattled people already closely watching El Hierro, the volcano that is poised to rumble yet again.

Rumors and fear aside (there are those who claim a mega tsunami could develop), it’s a story that EarthInformer will be watching and reporting on.. and one that is sure to continue it’s interesting development as time tick tocks on..

Harrowing news from NASA as they release this: Arctic Sea ice declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed that the summertime sea ice cover narrowly avoided a new record low.

Scientists have watched it unfold for three decades.. and now, a new low for the ice..

Joey Comiso, senior scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md, said “The sea ice is not only declining, the pace of the decline is becoming more drastic. The older, thicker ice is declining faster than the rest, making for a more vulnerable perennial ice cover.”

Earthinformer.com will try to get in contact with Mr. Comiso for more on the troubling news..